Our SGA National squad members Justin Kuk and Ng Wei Jun with national coach Murray Smit at this week’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship which is set to get underway on Thursday at Te Arai Links (South Course in New Zealand).
Fast Facts
- The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, which aims to further develop golf in the Asia-Pacific region, was created in 2009 as a joint initiative between the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation.
- Notable past competitors include Hideki Matsuyama, a two-time winner of the Asia-Pacific Amateur and the 2021 Masters champion, Cameron Smith, champion of The 150th Open, and Ryan Fox, champion of The 154th Open. Other top players that have used the Asia-Pacific Amateur as a springboard to a notable professional career include 2018 champion Takumi Kanaya and 2021 champion Keita Nakajima of Japan, Cameron Davis and Min Woo Lee of Australia, the Republic of Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan.
- Field size features 120 players representing 39 countries. The champions will receive an invitation to the 2027 Masters Tournament; exemptions into The 155th Open at St Andrews and The 131st Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush.