Shakeel Pillay and Rajat Rai will represent Fiji at the Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Championship, which is scheduled to take place in Japan from October 3 to 6.
Nineteen-year-old Pillay is set to make his debut in this championship. Earlier this year, he finished as the runner-up in the Western Amateur Championship and placed 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 is also entering the championship for the first time.
Amitesh Chandra, president of Golf Fiji, expressed pride in sending two players to this prestigious event after a three-year break. He stated, “Golf Fiji is confident that the two players will do Golf Fiji proud at the event, and it is after three years that Golf Fiji has been able to send two players to the event.”