WORLD AWAITS
COAST GOLFER’S OVERSEAS HOPE
IF all goes to plan at next week’s ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth, Anthony Quayle won’t compete in Australia again until next year.
The Gold Coast golfer has his Japan Tour card and wants to play more than 20 events of the tour as he sets his sights on finishing high in the order of merit.
Quayle, 24, is currently playing in the Victorian Open and will head to the New Zealand Open at the end of the month before leaving for Japan in April.
“It’s going to be a pretty big year,” Quayle said.
“There are about 26 events in Japan from April to December, there is a bit going on. Depending on how I’m going in the order of merit will determine if I get back for the Australian Open and PGA Championship.
“If I have a chance at winning in Japan I’ll stay there. The Australian Open clashes with their Tour Championship and the Australian PGA is a couple weeks before.”
It will be Quayle’s second year on the Japan Tour and after coming close to a breakthrough professional win a handful of times in 2018, the Hills International graduate is focused on winning multiple titles.
“It will be a bit easier in my second year,” Quayle said.
“I’ll know hot to handle things off the golf course better, know the courses better.
“Last year I got to a lot of the events a bit later and didn’t get as much preparation.”
Quayle was leading last year’s Victorian Open at the end of the second round before finishing equal third. He also finished second in the Fiji International.
“I felt it was a tournament I could win,” the Sanctuary Cove member said.
IT WILL BE A BIT EASIER IN MY SECOND YEAR ... LAST YEAR I GOT TO A LOT OF THE EVENTS A BIT LATER AND DIDN’T GET AS MUCH PREPARATION ANTHONY QUAYLE
“I like the style of golf you need to play there. When the wind picks up you have to shape the ball different ways and be creative with how you hit the fairways.”
Quayle finished 25th in last year’s Perth tournament and is determined to improve on that performance when the 2019 event begins next Thursday.
“I feel like I left a lot out on the course,” Quayle said.
“The course actually suited me and I’m keen to get back there to see if I can do better and close it out.”