Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship | |
Location: | Rotates through Asia-Pacific |
Establishment: | 2009 |
Org: | Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | October |
Aggregate: | 267 Takumi Kanaya (2018) |
To-Par: | −18 Hideki Matsuyama (2011) |
Current Champion: | Ding Wenyi |
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]
Year | Player | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | ||
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Asia-Pacific Amateur | ||||||||
2024 | 268 (−12) | 1 stroke | Taiheiyo Club Gotemba, Japan | |||||
2023 | 285 (+1) | Playoff | Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia | |||||
2022 | 275 (−13) | 1 stroke | Amata Spring Country Club, Thailand | |||||
2021 | 270 (−14) | Playoff | Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, United Arab Emirates | |||||
2020 | Canceled | |||||||
2019 | Lin Yuxin (2) | 278 (−10) | Playoff | Sheshan Golf Club, China | ||||
2018 | 267 (−13) | 2 strokes | Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore | |||||
2017 | 270 (−14) | 3 strokes | Royal Wellington Golf Club, New Zealand | |||||
2016 | 276 (−12) | 1 stroke | Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, South Korea | |||||
2015 | 199 (−11)* | 1 stroke | Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Hong Kong | |||||
2014 | 275 (−13) | 7 strokes | Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia | |||||
2013 | 281 (−3) | 3 strokes | Nanshan International Golf Club, China | |||||
2012 | 273 (−15) | 1 stroke | Amata Spring Country Club, Thailand | |||||
Asian Amateur | ||||||||
2011 | Hideki Matsuyama (2) | 270 (−18) | 1 stroke | Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore | ||||
2010 | 269 (−15) | 5 strokes | Kasumigaseki Country Club, Japan | |||||
2009 | 276 (−12) | 5 strokes | Mission Hills Golf Club (World Cup Course), China |