**Billy Payne Said To Be Resting Comfortably After Two Asians Vault To Top Of Asian Amateur Leaderboard

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Granted, as Sean Martin points out, one of the potential Asian Amateur winners of the coveted Masters invite is the reigning Big 10 champ from Northwestern, Eric Chun. But at least he's not Australian!

Chun, 19, is the reigning Big Ten champ. He has lived in South Korea only about six years and played virtually no tournament golf in the country; he had to receive a special invitation to this event after uncertainty about his Korean citizenship. Chun’s family moved to Malaysia when he was 4.

He lived there until he was 14, when his family moved to Australia to help him develop his game. He lived in South Korea for his final two years before leaving for college, but didn’t play tournaments there. Instead, he came to the U.S. in the summer of 2007 to play AJGA events, hoping to get noticed by colleges in the U.S.
Chun is a sophomore at Northwestern. He is wearing his college uniform this week, while the other six Koreans in the field, including Han, are wearing national-team uniforms.