Manato Nakatani
Availability status: Committed
University: University of Maryland
Country: Australia
Date of birth: 6th August 2004
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 140 lbs
Sex: Male
School: Robina State High School
Graduation Year: December 2022
College Enrollment Year: 2023
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Maths: A, Japanese: A, Additional Maths: B, English: B, Physics: A, Geography: B;
SAT: 1320
Scoring Average: 70.8
Tournament Low Score: 66
Current Handicap: +2
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 1244
National Junior Ranking (Australia): 4
Team Selections: Queensland Team, Gold Coast Junior Team (2020 & 2021), South Coast Team (2020 & 2021)
Top Tournament Results:
1st place Victorian U18 Amateur Championship (69,66,73,75)
1st place 2020 Greg Norman Junior Masters (69,68)
8th place 2022 Northern Territory Open (69,73,69,71)
1st place 2021 The Sunshine Coast Junior Masters (72,70,69,72)
2nd place 2021 Invincibles Sunshine Coast Junior Masters (71,69,70,73)
8th place 2022 Australian Junior Amateur (69,75,70,76)
9th place 2021 Queensland Amateur (76,69,74,67)
9th place 2021 Keperra Bowl (70,72,70)
1st place 2022 Bobby Locke Junior Classic (74,69)
11th place 2021 Tasmanian Men’s Open Championship (74,71,72,70)
4th place 2021 Tasmanian Junior Masters (73,72,73,73)
1st place 2021 Northern Territory Classic (69,76,72)
4th place 2020 Gary Player Junior Classic (71,77,70,76)
2nd place 2021 Middle Ridge Championships (71,68)
1st place 2022 Pacific Junior Classic (68)
1st place Cameron Smith Junior Classic (68)
1st place 2019 Gary Player Junior Classic (75,72,72,75)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
calm, diligent, honest, logical, competitive
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
My best golfing memory was when I had a bogey-free round, which made me win the Greg Norman Junior Masters in 2020. This also got me qualified for a professional tournament, the Isuzu QLD Open, which was a great experience. I was really looking forward to this tournament and had been preparing very hard to win this event!
Goals:
To become a professional golfer and play on the PGA or European Tour!
Anything else we should know?
I started playing golf in London when I was nine years old and had experienced a lot of tournaments, including some US tournaments. After four years in London, I decided to move to Australia with my mum and younger sister to seek a better environment for golf with the plan to go back to Japan later on. Now I am working hard every day to achieve my big goals with my mum’s and coach’s help.