Shakeel Pillay and Rajat Rai will represent Fiji at the Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Championship, scheduled to be held in Japan from October 3-6.
Nineteen-year-old Pillay is set to make his debut at the championship. Earlier this year, he secured the runner-up position in the Western Amateur Championship and finished seventh in the Fiji Golf Classic. In 2022, he represented Fiji at the Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands and won the Nadi Open in 2021.
Seventeen-year-old Rai will also be making his first appearance at the championship.
Amitesh Chandra, president of Golf Fiji, expressed pride in sending two players to this prestigious event after a three-year absence.
“Golf Fiji is confident that the two players will represent us well at the event, and it is significant that after three years, we have been able to send two players to this championship,” Chandra stated.