Asian Amateur Championship
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The Asian Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf
tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia
. 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, along with the runner-up, gains entry to International Final Qualifying for the Open. In 2011, the winner also receives an invitation to the Asian Tour's season ending Thailand Golf Championship. It is also considered a special 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.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. 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 Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
. The winner receives an invitation to the Masters and, along with the runner-up, gains entry to International Final Qualifying for the Open. In 2011, the winner also receives an invitation to the Asian Tour's season ending Thailand Golf Championship. It is also considered a special event by the World Amateur Golf Ranking
World Amateur Golf Ranking
The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by the R&A, the governing body of amateur golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 750 amateur tournaments and is updated weekly. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in...
in that any player that makes the cut is eligible to be ranked. Only the U.S. Amateur, British Amateur
The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...
, and European Amateur
European Amateur
The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was first played in 1986. The winner receives an invitation to The Open Championship.-Winners:-External links:***...
have this distinction.
Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | Venue |
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| 2011 | Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama is a Japanese amateur golfer, who at age 18, won the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship.... (2) |
270 (–18) | Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
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| 2010 | Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama is a Japanese amateur golfer, who at age 18, won the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship.... |
269 (–15) | Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe Kawagoe, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is about a 30-minute train ride from Ikebukuro in Tokyo.As of July 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 343,926... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| 2009 | Han Chang-won | 276 (–12) | Mission Hills Golf Club Mission Hills Golf Club Mission Hills Shenzhen is a twelve course 18-hole course golf resort, located in the town of Guanlan in Shenzhen, between the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan. It is accredited as the world's largest golf facility by the Guinness World Records in 2004, surpassing the Pinehurst Resort in the United... , World Cup Course, Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |