Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

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Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Tournament information
LocationRotates through Asia-Pacific
Established2009
Organized byAsia-Pacific Golf Confederation
FormatStroke play
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Hideki Matsuyama (2010)
To par−18 Hideki Matsuyama (2011)
Current champion
Japan

The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific. It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in conjunction with the Masters Tournament and The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship. The winner receives an invitation to the Masters and The Open Championship (beginning in 2018).[1] The winner and runner-up had previously gained entry to International Final Qualifying for the Open from 2009 to 2017.[2] In 2011, the winner also receives an invitation to the Asian Tour's season ending Thailand Golf Championship. It is also considered an "elite" event by the World Amateur Golf Ranking in that any player that makes the cut is eligible to be ranked. Only the U.S. Amateur, British Amateur, and European Amateur have this distinction.[3]

The winner in 2012, Guan Tianlang went on to play in the 2013 Masters Tournament and so became the youngest player in Masters history at 14.[4]

Winners[]

Year Player Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
Asia-Pacific Amateur
2021  Japan 270 (−14) Playoff Hong Kong Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, United Arab Emirates
2020 Canceled
2019 Lin Yuxin (2)  China 278 (−10) Playoff Japan Takumi Kanaya Sheshan Golf Club, China
2018 Takumi Kanaya  Japan 267 (−13) 2 strokes Japan
India 		Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
2017 Lin Yuxin  China 270 (−14) 3 strokes China Andy Zhang Royal Wellington Golf Club, New Zealand
2016 Curtis Luck  Australia 276 (−12) 1 stroke Australia Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, South Korea
2015 Jin Cheng  China 199 (−11)* 1 stroke Australia Cameron Davis
Australia Ryan Ruffels		 Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Hong Kong
2014 Antonio Murdaca  Australia 275 (−13) 7 strokes Japan Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
2013  South Korea 281 (−3) 3 strokes Japan Nanshan International Golf Club, China
2012 Guan Tianlang  China 273 (−15) 1 stroke Chinese Taipei Pan Cheng-tsung Amata Spring Country Club, Thailand
Asian Amateur
2011 Hideki Matsuyama (2)  Japan 270 (−18) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Soo-min Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore
2010 Hideki Matsuyama  Japan 269 (−15) 5 strokes Australia Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe, Japan
2009  South Korea 276 (−12) 5 strokes South Korea Mission Hills Golf Club, World Cup Course, Shenzhen, China

* Shortened to 54 holes due to poor weather conditions.

Future sites[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Winner of Asia Pacific Amateur Championship to earn exemption into The Open". The Open. 18 January 2017.
  2. ^ Masters, R&A open doors for amateurs
  3. ^ World Amateur Golf Ranking - Frequently Asked Questions
  4. ^ "Tiger Woods gives Augusta lesson to Chinese teen". BBC Sport. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

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