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CREATING HEROES 成就英雄 ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP SHESHAN INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB 26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 PAST CHINESE CHAMPIONS JIN CHENG 2015 | GUAN TIANLANG 2012 | LIN YUXIN 2017 SHESHAN GOLF CLUB • CHINA • 2019 MEDIA GUIDE

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Page 1: MEDIA GUIDE 成就英雄 CREATING HEROES · to five shots through the front nine in the final round, with Horikawa gaining on him. It was the only time he felt any pressure, but Murdaca

CREATING HEROES

成就英雄

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP SHESHAN INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB

26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

PAST CHINESE CHAMPIONS

JIN CHENG 2015 | GUAN TIANLANG 2012 | LIN YUXIN 2017

SHESHAN GOLF CLUB • CHINA • 2019

MEDIA GUIDE

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2019 ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPSHESHAN INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

THE CHAMPIONSHIP 2

THE TROPHY 3

2019 CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION 4

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 5

2018 CHAMPIONSHIP 6

2017 CHAMPIONSHIP 10

2016 CHAMPIONSHIP 14

2015 CHAMPIONSHIP 18

2014 CHAMPIONSHIP 22

2013 CHAMPIONSHIP 26

2012 CHAMPIONSHIP 30

2011 CHAMPIONSHIP 34

2010 CHAMPIONSHIP 38

2009 CHAMPIONSHIP 42

CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS 48

ALL-TIME PARTICIPANTS 57

2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Media Guide 1

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The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship was created in February 2009 as a joint initiative to grow the game by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, the Masters Tournament and The R&A. An invitation to play in the Masters Tournament and The Open is given to the winner, while the runner(s)-up gain a place in The Open Qualifying Series for The Open.

The 120-player field is annually comprised of the top male amateurs in the Asia-Pacific region invited from the 42 Asia Pacific Golf Confederation member organisations.

Korean Han Chang-won triumphed at the inaugural event in China in 2009, before Hideki Matsuyama won in his native Japan in 2010 and successfully defended his title in Singapore the following year.

At 14 years old, Guan Tianlang of China won the fourth edition of the event in 2012, while Lee Chang-woo from Korea claimed the title the next year in China.

Australian Antonio Murdaca became the next champion in 2014 at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

In 2015, China’s Jin Cheng fired a course-record eight-under 62 en route to winning the AAC at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong.

2016 champion Curtis Luck of Australia, then the world’s second-ranked amateur, triumphed in the 2016 AAC with a bogey-free 67 and a one-stroke victory after starting the final round seven strokes behind the lead.

Lin Yuxin, at 17, became the third AAC champion from China after finishing with a birdie and eagle in the final round to win by three strokes at Royal Wellington Golf Club in New Zealand.

Last year, Takumi Kanaya followed in Matsuyama's footsteps when he became the second player from Japan to lift the trophy in Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

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THE TROPHY

The winner of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship has his name engraved on the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Trophy, which stands 40 centimetres/15.75” tall and weighs more than six kilograms/13 lbs.

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Date 26-29 September 2019

Format 72-holes, stroke play. A cut takes place after 36 holes for the leading 60 players plus ties. In the event of a tie after 72 holes, the winner is decided by a sudden-death playoff.

Award Champion Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Trophy Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Gold Medal An Invitation to compete in the 2020 Masters Tournament An exemption into The 149th Open at Royal St George's in 2020 An exemption into The 125th Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A

Runner(s)-up Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Silver Medal A place in The Open Qualifying Series with the opportunity to qualify for The 149th Open at Royal St George's in 2020

Venue Sheshan International Golf Club, widely regarded as one of the world’s best golf courses, is located at the base of Sheshan Mountain in Shanghai, China. The par-72 course plays host annually to the WGC-HSBC Champions, which two-time AAC champion (2010, 2011) Hideki Matsuyama won in 2016.

Par 36-36-72

Length 7,041 yards / 6,410 metres

Designer Neil Haworth and Robin Nelson

Opened 2004

Qualification

The 11th edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will be held from September 26-29, at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China.

The 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) will have a maximum field of 120 male amateur players. The field will be selected by the following criteria:

1. Asia-Pacific Amateur Champions 2009-2018. Past Champions will be exempt for a five-year period from the year of their win provided they maintain their Amateur Status.

2. The first five and anyone tying for fifth place from the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will receive an automatic exemption into the 2019 AAC, provided they maintain their Amateur Status.

3. The top two ranked amateur players from each Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Member Association, plus the top four ranked players from the host country, as ranked on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) on 27 June 2019. If there is not a sufficient number of players ranked from a Member Association, that association may nominate a player(s) from their association with an established handicap of less than 5.4, subject to AAC approval, to fill up to two positions.

4. The remainder of the field will be filled by taking the next highest ranked players from APGC Member Associations from the WAGR on 27 June 2019. The maximum number of eligible players from any APGC Member Association will be six. The only exception is the host nation, which may have up to 10 participants.

5. If players from Conditions 1 and 2 above do not qualify under Conditions 3 and 4, these players will be included in the field in addition to the maximum number of eligible players from their country. If, however, they fall within the WAGR players from their country that qualifies under Conditions 3 and 4, their country will not receive additional invitations.

6. The AAC reserves the right, at its discretion, to invite additional players, or withdraw an invitation if the APGC is made aware of disciplinary matters or anti-doping sanctions concerning any player.

In its short history, the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship has seen the birth of some of the game's future heroes. We have celebrated the winners who went on to play in the Masters Tournament and The Open, as well as the runners-up who made it into The Open Qualifying Series. On the following pages we relive each of the championships in detail.

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ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

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Date 4-7 October 2018

Venue Sentosa Golf Club Singapore

Par 35-35-70

Length 6,262 metres / 6,847 yards

Designer Frank Pennick / Redesign by Andrew Johnston and Matt Swanson in 2016

Opened 1974

Japan’s Takumi Kanaya followed in the footsteps of his successful countryman Hideki Matsuyama when he captured the 10th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC). Kanaya earned an invitation to the 2019 Masters Tournament and a place in The 148th Open at Royal Portrush.

The 20-year-old Kanaya, the highest-ranked Japanese player in the field at No. 22, shot a five-under-par 65 on the final day to finish at 13-under-par 267, two shots ahead of India’s Rayhan Thomas and compatriot and 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Keita Nakajima. As runners-up, both Thomas and Nakajima earned spots in The Open Qualifying Series.

After entering the final round two strokes behind defending champion Lin Yuxin, Kanaya set out to make up ground and played his first six holes in four under. When inclement weather hit, Kanaya wasn’t fazed by the suspension in play. Following the hour delay, he powered ahead of the field with three consecutive birdies starting at the 14th hole. After a bogey on the 17th, he went on to finish two strokes ahead of what had been a tight leader board throughout the day.

“This is simply like a dream. I have been dreaming of going to the Masters ever since I was a kid,” said Kanaya, who received a congratulatory call from Matsuyama, a two-time AAC champion and now a multiple PGA Tour winner, moments after winning the championship.

“I never expected to play the Masters and The Open so early in my career, so this is just huge.

“I played well throughout the day, but I think the key for me was how I kept my calm and composure during the round.”

Thomas , who played his last 54 holes in 15 under par, was disappointed with the four-over 74 start he had in the first round, which eventually made all the difference.

“One thing I definitely learned from this week is that you can’t win a championship of this level after starting with a four-over round,” said Thomas, who made only one bogey in his last 45 holes.

“Irrespective of my score, I loved every moment of this great championship, and I am glad that I have the chance to come back again next year knowing that I have the ability to win it.”

Nakajima, who fired four sub-par rounds, felt he was in the reckoning until he made a bogey on the 17th hole, but added that Kanaya’s play was a factor, too.

“I had a fantastic week. I thought I still had a chance coming in, but the three-putt bogey on the 17th was a turning point. And also, Takumi played so solid,” said Nakajima.

Venue Information

First opened in 1974, Sentosa Golf Club became the host of the Singapore Open in 2005, which is now the SMBC Singapore Open, as well as the HSBC Women’s Champions since 2012. The club is home to two golf courses and is located on the resort island of Sentosa, surrounded by scenic views of the Singapore Harbour and Singapore Straits.

Weather

Warm temperatures and afternoon storms were present throughout the championship. Temperatures ranged from 27 – 32 degrees Celsius. Lightning brought on by the afternoon storms caused suspensions in play during the third round for two hours early afternoon and just over an hour during the final round.

KANAYA REALIZES CHILDHOOD DREAM WITH AAC TITLE, BECOMES SECOND JAPANESE CHAMPION

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Takumi Kanaya - 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship winner

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Takumi Kanaya JPN 69 69 64 65 -13

T2 Rayhan Thomas IND 74 64 65 66 -11

T2 Keita Nakajima JPN 67 68 67 67 -11

4 Lloyd Jefferson Go PHI 65 67 69 69 -10

5 K.K. Limbhasut THA 66 68 68 69 -9

6 Jin Cheng CHN 65 67 70 70 -8

7 Ervin Chang MAS 72 69 68 64 -7

8 Sadom Kaewkanjana THA 68 66 73 67 -6

T9 Gregory Foo SIN 70 69 69 67 -5

T9 Won-Jun Lee KOR 68 67 68 72 -5

T9 Zheng Kai Bai CHN 66 67 69 73 -5

T9 Lin Yuxin CHN 69 69 62 75 -5

T13 Daniel Hillier NZL 72 65 71 68 -4

T13 Kartik Sharma IND 71 66 69 70 -4

T13 Andy Zhang CHN 69 70 64 73 -4

T16 Charlie Hillier NZL 68 70 69 70 -3

T16 Chun-An Yu TPE 68 70 68 71 -3

T16 Min Woo Lee AUS 66 69 69 73 -3

T19 Liu Yung-Hua TPE 65 70 74 69 -2

T19 Abdul Hadi SIN 70 71 68 69 -2

T21 Denzel Ieremia NZL 68 70 71 70 -1

T21 Yuvraj Sandhu IND 72 66 70 71 -1

T21 Zach Murray AUS 70 69 69 71 -1

T24 Blake Windred AUS 72 69 70 69 E

T24 Kazuya Osawa JPN 69 68 73 70 E

T24 Leon Philip D'Souza HKG 72 70 69 69 E

T24 Dylan Perry AUS 73 67 69 71 E

T24 Dongmin Kim KOR 67 73 67 73 E

T24 Naraajie Ramadhan INA 66 74 63 77 E

T30 Si Ngai MAC 72 70 70 69 +1

T30 Oh Seung-Taek KOR 73 69 69 70 +1

T30 Shiso Go JPN 68 72 70 71 +1

T30 Jang Hyun Lee KOR 71 71 71 68 +1

T30 Tanapat Pichaikool THA 67 72 69 73 +1

T30 Sean Maruyama JPN 69 69 69 74 +1

T30 David Micheluzzi AUS 64 71 69 77 +1

37 Terrence Ng HKG 73 67 70 72 +2

T38 Amarin Kraivixien THA 70 71 73 69 +3

T38 Kshitij Naveed Kaul IND 69 76 71 67 +3

T40 Wee Jin Low SIN 70 70 75 69 +4

T40 Parathakorn Suyasri THA 71 75 68 70 +4

T42 Joshua Ho SIN 72 69 73 71 +5

T42 Rupert Zaragosa PHI 69 71 74 71 +5

T42 Bryan Wiyang Teoh MAS 70 69 76 70 +5

45 Matthew McLean NZL 72 73 73 68 +6

T46 Luke Brown NZL 73 71 69 74 +7

T46 Ha Jin-Bo KOR 66 67 79 75 +7

T46 Chanmin Jung KOR 69 77 70 71 +7

T49 M Rifqi Alam Ramadhan INA 72 73 72 71 +8

T49 Han Xue CHN 72 74 71 71 +8

T51 Kerry Mountcastle NZL 75 65 75 74 +9

T51 Runchanapong Youprayong THA 74 72 73 70 +9

53 Almay Rayhan Yagutah INA 69 73 74 74 +10

T54 Matthew Cheung HKG 74 71 73 73 +11

T54 Varun Parikh IND 73 73 71 74 +11

T54 Hsieh Ting-Wei TPE 73 72 73 73 +11

T54 William Howard COK 72 74 73 72 +11

T58 Lucius Toh SIN 80 66 70 77 +13

T58 Guxin Chen CHN 77 68 78 70 +13

T60 Othman Almulla KSA 69 74 78 77 +18

T60 Ahmad Baig PAK 73 69 81 75 +18

62 Shergo Al Kurdi JOR 69 76 84 72 +21

63 Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 71 75 83 74 +23

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Chan Tuck Soon MAS 76 71

MC Brentt Salas GUM 73 74

MC Wang Wei-Hsuan TPE 71 76

MC Sukra Bahadur Rai NEP 75 72

MC Kaito Onishi JPN 75 72

MC Vinay Kumar Yadav IND 74 74

MC Van Wright SAM 76 72

MC Andre Wei Zer Chong SIN 71 77

MC Jonathan Wijono INA 71 78

MC Mg Mae MYA 77 72

MC Thiha Htay MYA 72 77

MC Muhammad Afif Fathi MAS 74 76

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 76 74

MC Ali Abdulla Al-Shahrani QAT 74 76

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 74 76

MC Ahmad Skaik UAE 76 75

MC Donovan Lee SIN 76 75

MC Ryan Wong SIN 74 77

MC Indika Jayamaha SRI 74 78

MC Md Shahab Uddin BAN 81 71

MC George Rukabo SOL 75 77

MC Azzan Al Rumhi OMA 78 75

MC Md Shomrat Sikder BAN 77 76

MC Vanseiha Seng CAM 73 80

MC Thammalack Bouahom LAO 77 76

MC Redge Camacho GUM 72 83

MC Ali Khazanbeik IRI 75 80

MC Morgan Annato PNG 78 77

MC Amer Abdulhasan Radee IRQ 79 76

MC Abid Hussain FIJ 79 76

MC Sun-Yi Lu TPE 77 79

MC Chanpasit Ounaphom LAO 78 78

MC Sisira Kumara SRI 77 80

MC Tanka B. Karki NEP 79 78

MC Ka Hou Ao MAC 80 77

MC Arthur Barakat LIB 78 80

MC Saleh Alkaabi QAT 77 81

MC Hung Dung Nguyen VIE 78 80

MC Amarapadma Narahenpitage SRI 80 79

MC Phuong Toan Nguyen VIE 83 76

MC Saud Alsharif KSA 80 81

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahr IRI 77 85

MC B.A. Sanjeewa SRI 77 85

MC Samu Matulino SAM 83 80

MC Saqer Alnoaimi BRN 85 79

MC Abdulla Almusharrekh UAE 84 81

MC Kristopher Williamson COK 86 80

MC Peou Pichmeta CAM 85 81

MC Mohamed Alnoaimi BRN 87 80

MC Rachid Akl LIB 87 81

MC Munkhbaatar Boldbaatar MGL 89 79

MC Talgat Sugirbekov KGZ 88 84

MC Aidarali Asanov KGZ 88 86

MC Asad Alrawashdeh JOR 89 86

MC Khayankhyarvaa Amgalan MGL 88 91

WD Afif Razif MAS 70 72 77

WD Shae Wools-Cobb AUS 70

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Date 26-29 October 2017

Venue Royal Wellington Golf Club New Zealand

Par 36-35-71

Length 6,258 metres/6,845 yards

Designer Turner Macpherson Golf Design

Opened 1908

China’s Lin Yuxin won the ninth Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Wellington Golf Club to secure spots in the 2018 Masters Tournament and The 147th Open at Carnoustie. In front of large crowds, the left-hander birdied the 17th hole and eagled 18 to card a six-under-par 65 and finish 14-under, three ahead of compatriot Andy Zhang, who was rewarded with a place in The Open Qualifying Series.

The Beijing-based Lin, who turned 17 on October 12, became the third Chinese player to win the championship following victories by Guan Tianlang in 2012, aged 14, and Jin Cheng, who was 17 when he won in 2015.

“I’m very, very happy I got the chance to win this event and play two majors,” said Lin, who trailed Zhang for much of the round. “I’m very proud of myself. It means a lot to me to play in the Masters and The Open next year.

“I was just trying to stay aggressive and hit as many drivers as I could. Even though I wasn’t playing that well for 12 holes, I still stuck with that plan. Andy is a very steady player, but I had to stay aggressive and get birdies.”

Lin started the day at eight under, one ahead of playing partners Min Woo Lee and Zhang, China’s top-ranked amateur. And it was Zhang, the 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Florida, who quickly took control with birdies at one and three to take the lead, which he held for much of the round.

Zhang doubled his lead with a birdie at 13, but Lin bounced back with a crucial birdie at the next hole. When Zhang bogeyed 15, the pair drew even at 11 under and remained level with two holes to play. That’s when Lin’s power game and self-confidence came into play.

The solidly built teen drove the green at the 361-yard, par-4 17th to set up a tap-in birdie. On the par-5 18th, he smashed his drive down the middle of the fairway then watched as his stunning five-iron from 216 yards landed just six feet from the flag, holing the putt for an eagle three and punching the air in victory.

“On 18, I was going to hit a four-iron because it was a bit into the wind, but then I thought it might roll over the green, so I hit a five. I thought it was a bit short but it turned out that it was pretty good.”

Zhang, who competed in the U.S. Open at the age of 14, was playing with Lin for the first time in competition and was full of praise for his younger compatriot.

“It shows you how good China is getting at golf,” Zhang explained. “The next generation is coming up and China will be a big country up there.”

Venue Information

Founded in 1895, Royal Wellington Golf Club is situated outside New Zealand’s capital city on a parkland site adjacent to the Hutt River. The club has hosted seven New Zealand Open Championships since 1912, and in 2004 became the first golf club in the country to receive Royal status.

Weather

No weather delays. Cooler mornings gave way to warm afternoons with high temperatures ranging from 17.2 – 21.7 degrees Celsius and maximum wind gusts ranging from 22.3 km/h to 42.5 km/h.

17-YEAR-OLD LIN YUXIN BECOMES THE THIRD AAC CHAMPION FROM CHINA

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Lin Yuxin - 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship winner

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Lin Yuxin CHN 69 67 69 65 -14

2 Andy Zhang CHN 69 70 67 67 -11

T3 Yuan Yechun CHN 74 66 69 68 -7

T3 Min Woo Lee AUS 67 68 71 71 -7

5 Jin Cheng CHN 73 73 67 65 -6

T6 Chun-An Yu TPE 73 71 68 67 -5

T6 Daniel Hillier NZL 70 73 68 68 -5

T6 Shae Wools-Cobb AUS 63 74 71 71 -5

9 Kerry Mountcastle NZL 69 70 70 71 -4

T10 Harrison Endycott AUS 70 71 74 66 -3

T10 Ryan Chisnall NZL 74 73 67 67 -3

T10 Kosuke Hamamoto THA 72 73 69 67 -3

T10 Nick Voke NZL 67 72 73 69 -3

14 Charlie Hillier NZL 74 69 72 67 -2

T15 Kaito Onishi JPN 76 68 71 68 -1

T15 Dylan Perry AUS 71 69 71 72 -1

T17 Abdul Hadi SIN 71 74 73 66 E

T17 Keita Nakajima JPN 72 68 70 74 E

T19 Sean Maruyama JPN 67 72 76 70 +1

T19 Kammalas Namuangruk THA 78 68 69 70 +1

T19 Sadom Kaewkanjana THA 74 71 70 70 +1

T19 Jonathan Wijono INA 72 70 72 71 +1

T19 James Anstiss NZL 70 70 72 73 +1

T24 Travis Smyth AUS 70 71 75 70 +2

T24 Rupert Zaragosa PHI 76 70 71 69 +2

T24 Shota Ueki JPN 71 76 72 67 +2

T24 Lloyd Jefferson Go PHI 67 72 71 76 +2

T28 Mark Hutson NZL 74 74 68 71 +3

T28 William Howard COK 73 72 71 71 +3

T28 Luke Brown NZL 77 68 70 72 +3

T28 Lee Won-Jun KOR 73 74 71 69 +3

T28 Liu Yung-Hua TPE 72 72 71 72 +3

T33 Wang Wei-Hsuan TPE 69 73 74 72 +4

T33 Atiruj Winaicharoenchai THA 72 74 71 71 +4

T35 Rayhan Thomas IND 73 71 73 72 +5

T35 Priyanshu Singh IND 74 72 71 72 +5

T35 Taiga Sugihara JPN 76 72 72 69 +5

T35 Naraajie Emerald Ramadhan INA 70 72 70 77 +5

T39 Hsieh Ting-Wei TPE 70 70 75 75 +6

T39 Ha Jin-Bo KOR 75 73 74 68 +6

T41 Gregory Foo SIN 74 70 73 74 +7

T41 Gaku Tsukamoto JPN 73 73 72 73 +7

T41 Matthew Cheung HKG 73 72 75 71 +7

T41 Nathan Zhao GUM 72 73 75 71 +7

T41 Chan Tuck Soon MAS 77 70 74 70 +7

T46 W Chothirunrungrueng THA 75 71 71 75 +8

T46 Shuai-ming Wong HKG 74 66 77 75 +8

T48 Hein Sithu MYA 73 72 73 75 +9

T48 Yashas Chandra IND 73 75 71 74 +9

T48 Almay Rayhan Yagutah INA 69 75 76 73 +9

T48 Ali Khazanbeik IRI 74 74 72 73 +9

T52 Charlie Dann AUS 74 71 75 74 +10

T52 Kevin Caesario Akbar INA 74 73 75 72 +10

T54 Md Akbar Hossain BAN 74 71 76 74 +11

T54 Jang Seung-Bo KOR 71 74 80 70 +11

56 Thammasack Bouahom LAO 77 71 75 73 +12

57 Chen Yi-Tong TPE 71 76 72 78 +13

T58 B A Sanjeewa SRI 75 73 75 75 +14

T58 Muhd Afif Razif MAS 76 72 78 72 +14

T60 Oh Seung-Taek KOR 71 75 74 79 +15

T60 Yuvraj Sandhu IND 73 75 75 76 +15

62 Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 75 73 76 84 +24

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Joshua Shou SIN 77 72

MC Tirto Tamardi INA 79 70

MC Jesse Yap SIN 79 70

MC Kshitij Naveed Kaul IND 75 74

MC Denzel Ieremia NZL 76 73

MC Si Ngai MAC 74 75

MC Rhaasrikanesh Kanavathi MAS 75 74

MC Wee Jin Low SIN 74 76

MC Ye Wocheng CHN 77 73

MC Ugen Dorji BHU 74 76

MC Tsai Kai-Jen TPE 77 73

MC Kim Seong-Hyeon KOR 76 74

MC Kyaw Thet Oo MYA 73 77

MC Abid Hussein FIJ 72 79

MC Khaled Attieh KSA 75 76

MC Guan Tianlang CHN 75 76

MC Chi Quan Truong VIE 75 76

MC Joshua Ho SIN 77 75

MC Parathakorn Suyasri THA 78 74

MC Niko Vui SAM 77 75

MC Lee Chang-gi KOR 78 74

MC Taichi Kho HKG 72 80

MC Md Rasel BAN 74 79

MC Nasser Yacoob BAH 77 76

MC Sunit Chowrasia IND 75 78

MC Henry Spring NZL 78 77

MC Brentt Salas GUM 74 81

MC Leon Philip D'souza HKG 81 77

MC Abdulrahman Al Shahrani QAT 81 77

MC Amarapadma Narahenpitage SRI 82 77

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 81 78

MC J M D Indika SRI 79 80

MC Morgan Annato PNG 79 80

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 75 85

MC Azzan Al Rumhi OMA 80 80

MC Kristopher Williamson COK 79 81

MC Peou Pichmeta CAM 79 82

MC Saud Al Sharif KSA 78 83

MC Do Le Gia Dat VIE 77 84

MC Willie Teleso ASA 82 80

MC Ahmad Skaik UAE 86 78

MC Ghanim Al Kuwari QAT 84 82

MC Boldbaatar Munkhbaatar MGL 80 88

MC Ochirjav Oyunbold MGL 85 84

MC Gideon Tikili PNG 82 87

MC Thomas Felani SOL 83 86

MC Abdulla Sultan Saleh BRN 83 87

MC Robert Faaaliga SAM 85 85

MC Mohamed Al Hajeri UAE 82 89

MC George Rukabo SOL 84 88

MC Yves Traboulsi LIB 89 85

MC Tariq Alghababshen JOR 98 85

MC Pelefoti Sagapolutele ASA 93 93

MC Asad Alrawshdeh JOR 109 93

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Date 6-9 October 2016

Venue Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea

Par 36-36-72

Length 6,457 metres/7,062 yards

Designer Jack Nicklaus

Opened 2010

Australia’s Curtis Luck, then the world’s second-ranked amateur, overcame a seven-stroke deficit to secure a one-shot victory over compatriot Brett Coletta at the eighth Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. Luck, who had already earned berths in the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale in 2017 after winning the U.S. Amateur in August, carded a bogey-free 67 to finish at 12-under-par (276).

Luck, 20, was seven strokes behind Coletta at the start of the final day and had to shoot his lowest score of the week to clinch the AAC title in his second appearance, having made his debut in 2014.

“I’ve had an amazing year and this has topped it off,” said Luck who was part of the Australia team that won the World Amateur Team Championships in Mexico two weeks prior.

“I came here to try my best and win, but I wasn’t expecting to be standing here with the trophy at the end of the week. I’ve had a pretty good year and a couple of big wins in the past couple of months.”

Playing in the penultimate group, Luck birdied Nos. 2, 11, 12 and 15 and was playing the par-five 18th when he realised Coletta had drawn level with him following a chip-in birdie on 17. Luck had hit his second shot into a bunker, but splashed out to 15 feet and drained a curling birdie putt, following it up with an emotional fist pump.

“It was a pretty nerve-racking finish as I knew Brett could make birdie on 18, so fortunately for me he didn’t,” said Luck. “That bunker shot was probably one of the most nervous shots I’ve ever had to play, and the putt just topped it off. I left myself a bit of a swinging putt, but I had a really good feel for it.”

Venue Information

Jack Nicklaus Golf Club is located in Incheon, within the Songdo International Business District (IBD), 64 kms west of Seoul and offers views of modern high-rise buildings and natural scenery of the west coast. Before hosting the AAC for the first time in Korea, the course hosted a Champions Tour event, the Shinhan Donghae Open, the Chosunilbo-Posco Championship, the Korea Women’s Open and was the home of the 2015 Presidents Cup.

Weather

No weather delays. Light rain on Friday afternoon and evening preceded a cold front that brought cool, breezy and drier weather through the weekend. Sunday’s final round saw sunny and cool conditions with winds of 19-29 km/h and temperatures between 10-15 degrees Celsius.

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Curtis Luck AUS 70 69 70 67 -12

2 Brett Coletta AUS 67 67 68 75 -11

3 Luke Toomey NZL 71 72 70 66 -9

4 Cameron Davis AUS 65 70 69 77 -7

5 Junya Kameshiro JPN 68 69 71 75 -5

6 Chun-An Yu TPE 71 71 73 69 -4

7 Kk Limbhasut THA 68 71 73 73 -3

8 Lee Won-Jun KOR 73 69 73 73 E

9 Yuan Yechun CHN 73 72 74 70 +1

10 Kazuki Higa JPN 75 70 67 78 +2

11 Nick Voke NZL 71 72 71 77 +3

T12 Andy Zhang CHN 73 69 75 75 +4

T12 Takumi Kanaya JPN 70 70 70 82 +4

14 Jang Seung-Bo KOR 74 74 75 70 +5

T15 Travis Smyth AUS 74 79 67 74 +6

T15 Daniel Hillier NZL 73 70 76 75 +6

T15 Gunn Yang KOR 78 73 72 71 +6

T15 Jin Cheng CHN 72 72 74 76 +6

T15 Gregory Foo SIN 72 74 72 76 +6

T15 Yuwa Kosaihira JPN 67 72 76 79 +6

T21 Luke Brown NZL 72 76 73 75 +8

T21 Sadom Kaewkanjana THA 74 72 75 75 +8

T21 Yuxin Lin CHN 73 71 75 77 +8

T21 Kaito Onishi JPN 75 71 70 80 +8

T21 Witchayanon Chothirunrungrueng THA 75 77 75 69 +8

T26 Viraj Madappa IND 76 72 72 77 +9

T26 Yun Sung Ho KOR 74 76 73 74 +9

T26 Harrison Endycott AUS 72 73 80 72 +9

T29 William Howard COK 75 73 73 78 +11

T29 Rayhan Thomas IND 70 75 76 78 +11

T29 Jesse Yap SIN 79 70 71 79 +11

T32 Joshua Ho SIN 71 75 74 80 +12

T32 Liu Kaiwen CHN 75 73 75 77 +12

T32 Toshiki Ishitoku JPN 77 74 72 77 +12

T32 Yeh Yu-Chen TPE 71 79 68 82 +12

T32 Ryu Je Chang KOR 75 72 70 83 +12

T32 Lee Jae-Kyeoung KOR 76 75 78 71 +12

T38 Yuvraj Sandhu IND 72 75 74 80 +13

T38 Nicholas Coxon NZL 69 71 78 83 +13

T38 Nathan Zhao GUM 76 72 77 76 +13

T38 Anthony Quayle AUS 73 76 76 76 +13

T42 Rigel Fernandes IND 76 71 73 83 +15

T42 Kshitij Naveed Kaul IND 74 73 77 79 +15

T42 Daeng Rahman MAS 74 75 77 77 +15

45 Ryan Chisnall NZL 78 72 72 82 +16

T46 Chi Quan Truong VIE 74 77 71 83 +17

T46 Ekpharit Wu THA 75 75 78 77 +17

T46 Matthew Cheung HKG 80 72 77 76 +17

T49 Ye Wocheng CHN 73 74 77 82 +18

T49 Chan Tuck Soon MAS 72 77 85 72 +18

T49 Tsai Kai-Jen TPE 79 74 77 76 +18

T52 Tae Ho Kim KOR 80 71 76 80 +19

T52 Ruperto Zaragosa PHI 78 73 78 78 +19

T54 Danial Durisic MAS 74 74 78 84 +22

T54 James Leow SIN 76 76 76 82 +22

56 Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 76 75 83 77 +23

57 Zin Aung Min MYA 74 78 74 86 +24

58 Han-Ting Chiu TPE 74 77 83 81 +27

59 Jonathan Wijono INA 72 81 77 87 +29

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Maung Maung Oo MYA 78 76

MC Do Le Gia Dat VIE 75 79

MC Choi Hou Kuan MAC 75 79

MC Wang Wei-Hsiang TPE 75 79

MC Priyanshu Singh IND 79 76

MC Lloyd Jefferson Go PHI 79 76

MC Thammasack Bouahom LAO 76 79

MC Devin Hua GUM 79 77

MC Galven Green MAS 78 78

MC Amir Nazrin Jailani MAS 79 77

MC Saleh Al Kaabi QAT 80 76

MC Saud Al Sharif KSA 80 76

MC Taimoor Khan PAK 79 78

MC Khaled Attieh KSA 77 80

MC Ha Jin Bo KOR 80 78

MC Muhd Afif Razif MAS 78 80

MC Mohammad Rasel BAN 80 78

MC Naraajie Emerald INA 83 75

MC Atiruj Winaicharoenchai THA 80 79

MC Guan Tianlang CHN 82 77

MC Leon Philip D’souza HKG 82 77

MC Behrod Keshtavar IRI 76 84

MC Sangchai Keawcharoen THA 78 82

MC Ali Hammoud LIB 80 80

MC Tirto Tamardi INA 81 79

MC Roneel Prakash FIJ 78 83

MC Delgermaa Ulziidelger MGL 83 79

MC Lin Yuan-Wei TPE 79 83

MC Joseph Chun KOR 83 79

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 85 78

MC Azzan Al Rumhi OMA 84 79

MC Akbar Hossain BAN 85 78

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 76 87

MC Ismael Lelae PNG 83 81

MC Naveenda Ranga SRI 82 83

MC George Rukabo SOL 80 85

MC Sultan Al-Hakam BRN 85 80

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 81 85

MC Sukra Bahadur Rai NEP 86 80

MC Yan Sihuang MAC 86 80

MC Nasser Yacoob BRN 80 86

MC Amarapadma Narahenpitage SRI 85 85

MC J M D Indika SRI 86 84

MC Abdel Ghani Zein LIB 83 87

MC Ugen Dorji BHU 87 84

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahr IRI 86 85

MC Altynbek Imanaliev KGZ 88 83

MC Peou Pichmeta CAM 85 90

MC Tanka Karki NEP 87 88

MC Thomas Felani SOL 89 88

MC Willie Teleso ASA 88 91

MC Tshendra Dorji BHU 88 94

MC James Herman COK 95 89

MC Gangaa Mendsaikhan MGL 103 88

MC Tariq Algababsheh JOR 94 98

MC Aidarali Asanov KGZ 95 98

MC Edward Samoa ASA 100 101

WD Kang Tae Young KOR 74 73

WD Riyad Almajali JOR 86

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Date 1-4 October 2015

Venue The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club Hong Kong

Par 35-35-70

Length 5,956 metres/6,513 yards

Designer Thomson Perret Design

Opened 1982

Chinese No. 1-ranked amateur golfer Jin Cheng, of Beijing, was crowned champion of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after high winds and heavy rainfall from a nearby typhoon forced the cancellation of the final round at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong.

The first group teed off as scheduled at 6:40 a.m. with nine groups making it on course for the start of the fourth round. Play was subsequently suspended at 7:41 a.m. With conditions not improving by midday, Cheng, the 54-hole leader, became the winner over joint runners-up Ryan Ruffels and Cameron Davis of Australia.

Cheng opened the championship with a course-record eight-under 62 in the first round, followed by rounds of 68 and 69 to finish at 11-under 199 to earn an invitation to the 2016 Masters Tournament. His victory also secured his place in The Open Qualifying Series for The Open along with Davis and Ruffels, who each finished at 10 under par.

At 17 years old, Cheng managed to retain his place at the top of the leader board at the end of the third round thanks to a superbly judged chip at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club’s par-5 closing hole, from which he went on to secure a decisive birdie. With his win, Cheng became the second player from China to lift the AAC trophy following the triumph of Guan Tianlang in 2012.

“This win just came so fast and so sudden,” said Cheng. “I was ready for the round today, and unfortunately the weather didn’t work out, [but] it’s my pleasure to win this week. Going there [Augusta National Golf Club] next year is just amazing for me. I’m so excited and looking forward to it.”

Venue Information

The 2015 AAC marked the first time the championship was held in Hong Kong. The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club is located in the New Territories and situated on a peninsula with stunning views of the South China Sea and Hong Kong. The golf course is divided into two parts: the Highland Nine and the Ocean Nine.

Weather

Inclement weather caused delays in play throughout the week - during the morning of the first round and briefly in the late afternoon of the third round. High winds and heavy rainfall due to a nearby typhoon also resulted in suspended play in the morning of the final round. When conditions did not improve by midday, the fourth round was ultimately cancelled.

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 Total

1 Jin Cheng CHN 62 68 69 -11

T2 Ryan Ruffels AUS 69 64 67 -10

T2 Cameron Davis AUS 69 64 67 -10

T4 Chun-An Yu TPE 66 69 67 -8

T4 Tae Ho Kim KOR 66 68 68 -8

6 Antonio Murdaca AUS 69 70 64 -7

7 Sangchai Keawcharoen THA 67 70 67 -6

T8 Lloyd Jefferson Go PHI 70 68 67 -5

T8 Joshua Munn NZL 69 69 67 -5

T8 Tae Koh NZL 71 67 67 -5

11 Sungho Yun KOR 69 69 68 -4

T12 Atiruj Winaicharoenchai THA 68 71 68 -3

T12 Lucas Herbert AUS 69 73 65 -3

T12 Travis Smyth AUS 66 69 72 -3

T12 Shohei Hasegawa JPN 69 65 73 -3

T12 Zihan She CHN 67 66 74 -3

T17 Han Ting Chiu TPE 71 69 68 -2

T17 Ekpharit Wu THA 67 67 74 -2

T19 James Leow SIN 70 69 70 -1

T19 Gregory Foo SIN 64 74 71 -1

T19 Chi Huang TPE 69 68 72 -1

T19 Ye Wocheng CHN 70 70 69 -1

T19 Tirto Tamardi INA 69 68 72 -1

T19 Jarryd Felton AUS 67 70 72 -1

T19 Yuan-Wei Lin TPE 69 67 73 -1

T19 Nick Voke NZL 64 71 74 -1

T27 Naoyuki Kataoka JPN 68 71 71 E

T27 Kenta Konishi JPN 68 69 73 E

T27 Young Woong Kim KOR 73 68 69 E

T27 Lee Won Jun KOR 66 71 73 E

T27 Tuck Soon Chan MAS 66 71 73 E

T27 Devin Hua GUM 65 70 75 E

T27 Rongjian Tang CHN 65 69 76 E

T27 Takashi Ogiso JPN 67 65 78 E

T35 Ryan Chisnall NZL 67 72 72 +1

T35 Ruperto Zaragosa Iii PHI 72 68 71 +1

T35 Gunn Yang KOR 69 72 70 +1

T35 Sadom Kaewkanjana THA 71 64 76 +1

T39 Kk Limbhasut THA 69 70 73 +2

T39 Luke Toomey NZL 71 71 70 +2

T39 Matthew Cheung HKG 71 64 77 +2

T42 Samarth Dwivedi IND 67 73 73 +3

T42 Abdul Hadi SIN 67 73 73 +3

T42 Toshiki Ishitoku JPN 74 67 72 +3

T42 Sarit Suwannarut THA 69 65 79 +3

46 Leon Philip D’souza HKG 71 71 72 +4

T47 Clement Kurniawan INA 67 73 75 +5

T47 Guan Tianlang CHN 68 73 74 +5

T47 Aman Raj IND 70 72 73 +5

T47 Khaled Attieh KSA 72 71 72 +5

T51 Khai Jei Low MAS 71 65 80 +6

T51 Jerome Ng SIN 70 72 74 +6

T51 Joshua Ho SIN 70 73 73 +6

T54 William Howard COK 66 75 76 +7

T54 Wei Lin TPE 68 75 74 +7

56 Phetnoy Siboupha LAO 72 70 76 +8

57 Ren Okazaki JPN 73 70 76 +9

T58 Chi Quan Truong VIE 68 75 77 +10

T58 Joshua Shou SIN 71 72 77 +10

T60 Motin Yeung HKG 70 72 79 +11

T60 Kevin Caesario Akbar INA 71 72 78 +11

62 Daeng Rahman MAS 71 72 83 +16

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 Total

MC Karandeep Kochar IND 69 75

MC Michael Regan Wong HKG 69 75

MC Priyanshu Singh IND 70 74

MC Viraj Madappa IND 70 74

MC Md. Akbar BAN 70 74

MC Oliver Roberts HKG 70 75

MC Ervin Chang MAS 71 75

MC Md. Rasel BAN 72 74

MC Sithu Ye Yint MYA 70 76

MC Nicholas Coxon NZL 70 77

MC Van Wright SAM 72 75

MC Jobim Carlos PHI 75 72

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 73 74

MC Isaac Lam HKG 73 75

MC Yongxuan Yin CHN 69 79

MC Jae-Kyeoung Lee KOR 75 73

MC Taimoor Khan PAK 75 73

MC Maung Maung Oo MYA 75 73

MC G M Pradeep Kumara SRI 75 74

MC Yu-Chen Yeh TPE 72 77

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 73 78

MC Roneel Prakash FIJ 75 76

MC Galven Kendall Green MAS 74 77

MC Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 74 79

MC Ali Abdulla Ali Shahrani QAT 76 77

MC Afif Razif MAS 74 80

MC Saud Al Sharif KSA 77 77

MC Veer Ahlawat IND 75 79

MC Saleh Al Alkaabi QAT 76 78

MC Sisira Kumara SRI 80 75

MC Naveenda Ranga SRI 78 77

MC N Amarapadma SRI 80 75

MC Karimian Noshah Hassan IRI 79 77

MC Naraajie Ramadan INA 76 80

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 78 80

MC Dondovtseveen Luvsandondov MGL 82 76

MC Masanam Arumugam SRI 82 76

MC Daryl Poe GUM 77 81

MC Azaan Al Rumhi OMA 79 79

MC Soti Dinki PNG 77 81

MC Tshendra Dorji BHU 78 81

MC Sihuang Yan MAC 82 77

MC Malase Maifea ASA 78 82

MC Vasin Manibanseng LAO 82 78

MC Priya Hemantha SRI 79 83

MC Rachid Akl LIB 86 77

MC Alick Dalo SOL 80 84

MC George Rukabo SOL 79 88

MC Tanka B. Karki NEP 84 83

MC Mendsaikham Gangaa MGL 83 85

MC Chak Hou Tang MAC 90 78

MC Jozi Seyed Mahmoud IRI 86 83

MC Robert Aipopo Faaaliga SAM 84 86

MC Ugen Dorji BHU 89 82

MC Arun Tamang NEP 84 90

MC Sokhamony Thong CAM 91 85

MC James Herman COK 92 90

MC Aidarali Asanov KGZ 103 89

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Date 23–26 October 2014

Venue The Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course) Melbourne, Australia

Par 35-37-72

Length 6,453 metres / 7,059 yards

Designer Alister MacKenzie

Opened 1891

Antonio Murdaca, of Adelaide, Australia, was crowned champion of the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.

Murdaca became the first Australian to win the AAC since its inaugural event in 2009. He closed with a final-round one-under-par 71 that left him seven shots clear of the field, the largest winning margin in event history.

The 19-year-old’s win clinched him a spot in the 2015 Masters Tournament, in addition to The Open Qualifying Series for The Open, where runner-up Mikumu Horikawa of Japan also earned a spot.

After posting strong rounds of 69, 68 and 67, Murdaca saw his lead shrink to five shots through the front nine in the final round, with Horikawa gaining on him. It was the only time he felt any pressure, but Murdaca immediately responded with a 20-foot birdie on the par-4 10th. Two perfectly struck shots at the par-5 14th set up another birdie to get his advantage back to seven.

Murdaca, joined by his coach Gareth Jones on the bag as his caddie, made a string of pars to finish his round. By the time he hit the green in regulation on No. 18, he was prepared to acknowledge that he had won, and waved to the large crowd surrounding the green. Murdaca finished at 13-under-par 275 for the Championship.

"When I hit that shot, I felt some tingles down my spine,” Murdaca said of his final approach shot. “It’s a dream that’s come true for me now. I always wanted to play in the Masters and it’s so exciting now knowing I’ve got a spot in there, and also in the Qualifying Series for The Open at St Andrews.”

Venue Information

Established in 1891, Royal Melbourne is Australia’s oldest golf club and is one of the country’s premier golf venues. It has hosted prestigious events such as the Presidents Cup (1998, 2011), the World Cup (1959, 1970) and the Women’s Australian Open since 2012. The AAC was contested over Royal Melbourne’s original Composite Course, which was created in 1959 for the Canada Cup (now the World Cup). This setup consists of 12 holes from the West Course and six holes from the East Course.

Weather

No weather delays occurred throughout the week. The mornings were cool and windy with lows around 13 degrees Celsius and up to 29 km/h winds. Sunday was warm for the final round, with a high temperature of 26 degrees Celsius.

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

T63 Niko Vui SAM 75 79 84 80 +30

T63 Nattawat Suvajanakorn THA 78 76 83 81 +30

65 Mohammad Nazim BAN 78 76 82 84 +32

66 Mohammad Sajib Ali BAN 77 73 85 86 +33

MC Han-Ting Chiu TPE 80 75

MC Thammasack Bouahom LAO 76 79

MC Muhammad Rehman PAK 74 81

MC Teng Kao TPE 78 77

MC Chun-An Yu TPE 73 82

MC Johnson Poh SIN 80 75

MC Syed Saqib Ahmed IND 80 76

MC Oliver Roberts HKG 82 74

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 84 72

MC Gregory Foo SIN 78 78

MC William Howard COK 78 78

MC Chi Quan Truong VIE 83 73

MC Ye Htet Aung MYA 79 77

MC Ruperto Zaragosa III PHI 82 75

MC Saleh Alkaabi QAT 82 75

MC Tuck Soon Chan MAS 78 79

MC Manu Gandas IND 82 76

MC Ervin Chang MAS 83 75

MC Sisira Kumara SRI 81 77

MC Khai Jei Low MAS 81 78

MC Muhd Afif Muhd Razif MAS 87 72

MC Justin Quiban PHI 82 78

MC Jieyu Xiao MAC 83 77

MC Morgan Annato PNG 79 81

MC Nathan Zhao GUM 81 79

MC Ali Al Shahrani QAT 82 78

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahr IRI 82 79

MC Azzan Al Rumhi OMA 87 74

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 81 80

MC G M Pradeep Kumara SRI 82 79

MC Navinda Ranga SRI 79 83

MC Dondovtseveen Luvsandondov MGL 78 85

MC Dechen Ugyen BHU 84 80

MC Thammalack Bouahom LAO 82 83

MC Mohamed Diab Alnoaimi BRN 80 85

MC Anuresh Chandra FIJ 79 86

MC Alick Dalo SOL 85 81

MC Pulou Faaaliga SAM 87 79

MC Mubariz Ahmad PAK 84 83

MC Kirk Tuaiti COK 88 79

MC Tshendra Dorji BHU 86 83

MC Zulfiqar Ali PAK 88 83

MC Rachid Akl LIB 87 85

MC Tony Ramo SOL 88 86

MC Othman Almulla KSA 86 89

MC Ebrahim Nouri IRI 91 91

MC Hamood Al Harthy OMA 101 85

MC Mendsaikhan Gangaa MGL 103 90

MC Sokhamony Thong CAM 96 99

WD Chawki Harb LIB

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Antonio Murdaca AUS 69 68 67 71 -13

2 Mikumu Horikawa JPN 75 71 67 69 -6

3 Todd Sinnott AUS 67 71 74 71 -5

4 Ryan Ruffels AUS 71 71 75 68 -3

T5 Zecheng Dou CHN 73 72 71 70 -2

T5 Guan Tianlang CHN 68 73 74 71 -2

T5 Cheng-tsung Pan TPE 73 68 71 74 -2

T8 Lucas Herbert AUS 76 70 73 68 -1

T8 Jerome Ng SIN 74 70 73 70 -1

T8 Kazuya Koura JPN 72 72 73 70 -1

T8 Geoffrey Drakeford AUS 73 71 69 74 -1

T12 Jarryd Felton AUS 73 71 74 70 E

T12 Taihei Sato JPN 70 74 73 71 E

T12 Jin Cheng CHN 71 69 72 76 E

T15 Curtis Luck AUS 74 74 72 69 +1

T15 Rigel Fernandes IND 74 71 72 72 +1

T17 Jonathan Ke-Jun Woo SIN 78 70 72 70 +2

T17 Cory Crawford AUS 71 72 74 73 +2

T17 Kenta Konishi JPN 73 73 71 73 +2

T20 Jordan Bakermans NZL 76 76 70 69 +3

T20 Yuan Yechun CHN 73 72 76 70 +3

T22 Tae Koh NZL 74 73 72 73 +4

T22 Devin Hua GUM 70 76 71 75 +4

T22 Joshua Munn NZL 74 67 72 79 +4

T25 Marc Ong SIN 73 79 72 69 +5

T25 Nam-hun Kim KOR 73 76 70 74 +5

27 Tyler Hodge NZL 72 74 75 73 +6

28 James Beale NZL 71 75 77 72 +7

T29 Suradit Yongcharoenchai THA 77 76 72 71 +8

T29 Kasidit Lepkurte THA 73 78 75 70 +8

T29 Tawan Phongphun THA 69 71 79 77 +8

T29 Yanwei Liu CHN 72 76 70 78 +8

T33 Sungho Yun KOR 75 77 72 73 +9

T33 Shohei Hasegawa JPN 77 74 74 72 +9

T33 Ben Eccles AUS 74 76 76 71 +9

T33 Blair Riordan NZL 76 76 74 71 +9

T37 Danthai Boonma THA 77 73 71 77 +10

T37 Eun-Ho Youm KOR 77 72 77 72 +10

T37 Taylor James Macdonald AUS 72 76 79 71 +10

T40 Maung Maung Oo MYA 74 74 77 75 +12

T40 Kevin Caesario Akbar INA 82 72 71 75 +12

T42 Qi Wen Wong SIN 78 74 73 76 +13

T42 Gunn Yang KOR 81 73 72 75 +13

T42 Seik Joeh KOR 82 71 76 72 +13

T45 Muhammad Wafiyu Abdul Manaf MAS 73 74 79 76 +14

T45 Matthew Cheung HKG 72 73 83 74 +14

T47 Fadhli R. Soetarso INA 76 73 78 76 +15

T47 Lloyd Jefferson Go PHI 76 73 78 76 +15

T47 Tae-hyun Kong KOR 78 70 80 75 +15

T47 Eric Sugimoto JPN 79 74 76 74 +15

T51 Shinichi Mizuno HKG 73 75 72 84 +16

T51 Chieh-Po Lee TPE 69 78 81 76 +16

T51 Aman Raj IND 78 75 74 77 +16

T51 Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 79 75 78 72 +16

T55 Udayan Mane IND 72 69 85 79 +17

T55 Sarit Suwannarut THA 76 73 80 76 +17

T57 Yu-Jui Liu TPE 80 73 80 73 +18

58 Olaf Allen FIJ 75 74 82 76 +19

T59 Tirto Tamardi INA 75 79 74 81 +21

T59 Viraj Madappa IND 75 73 83 78 +21

61 Alvin Hiew MAS 78 71 87 78 +26

62 Nasser Yacoob BRN 75 79 79 82 +27

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Date 24–27 October 2013

Venue Nanshan International Golf Club (Garden Course) Longkou City, Shandong, China

Par 36-35-71

Length 6,407 metres / 7,006 yards

Designer Steve Shepherdson

Opened 2008

Lee Chang-woo claimed the fifth edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship by three strokes at the Nanshan International Golf Club in Shandong province, China.

Lee became the second Korean to win the event after Han Chang-won won the inaugural event in 2009 at Mission Hills Golf Club in southern China.

With the victory, Lee clinched a spot in the 2014 Masters Tournament, in addition to The Open Qualifying Series for The Open, where he would be joined by runner-up Shohei Hasegawa of Japan.

After posting earlier rounds of 70, 72 and 69, Lee started the final day with a slender one-shot advantage over Zecheng Dou. After mixing two birdies and two bogeys over the front nine to turn in a level-par 36, he pulled away from the competition with a superb display of ball-striking that produced birdies at the 12th and 15th.

Although Lee played like a seasoned pro down the final stretch, he admitted to not being able to shed his nerves until his tee shot at the par-3 17th, which he struck to the heart of the green.

"I have been looking at the leader board since the third round and I was a bit nervous," said Lee. "I just tried to keep calm and it seemed to work. I knew I was going to win after the tee shot on the 17th hole."

Venue Information

Nanshan International Golf Club’s Garden Course is located in Longkou City in the northwest region of China’s Shandong province. The Garden Course is regarded as the most challenging of the six Nanshan International courses in Longkou City.

Weather

No weather delays with cold conditions in the mornings. Lows around nine degrees Celsius and up to 40 km/h winds in the first and second rounds gave way to a high temperature of 19 degrees Celsius on Sunday during the final round.

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1 Lee Chang-woo KOR 70 72 69 70 -3

2 Shohei Hasegawa JPN 72 70 71 71 E

3 Kenta Konishi JPN 76 71 68 70 +1

T4 Lucas Herbert AUS 73 75 71 68 +3

T4 Lee Soo-min KOR 73 70 74 70 +3

T4 Dou Zecheng CHN 68 75 69 75 +3

7 Oliver Goss AUS 72 73 71 72 +4

T8 Cheng-tsung Pan TPE 72 73 73 71 +5

T8 Brady Watt AUS 71 74 73 71 +5

T8 Kazuya Koura JPN 74 69 74 72 +5

T8 Guan Tianlang CHN 74 74 68 73 +5

T12 Zhang Jin CHN 72 76 71 72 +7

T12 Taihei Sato JPN 73 71 74 73 +7

T12 Poom Saksansin THA 72 75 71 73 +7

15 Kim Tae-woo KOR 75 75 67 75 +8

16 Anton Arboleda PHI 74 74 72 73 +9

T17 Jin Cheng CHN 76 72 75 71 +10

T17 Daniel Hoeve AUS 77 75 70 72 +10

19 Sam An NZL 74 74 74 73 +11

T20 Eric Sugimoto JPN 73 74 77 72 +12

T20 Taylor James Macdonald AUS 72 74 75 75 +12

T22 Sarit Suwannarut THA 78 75 70 74 +13

T22 Blair Riordan NZL 74 73 74 76 +13

T22 Vaughan Mccall NZL 73 76 72 76 +13

T25 Lee Chieh-po TPE 79 75 70 74 +14

T25 Danthai Boonma THA 76 74 75 73 +14

T25 Kim Nam-hun KOR 76 72 76 74 +14

T25 Kim Gyu-bin KOR 77 76 73 72 +14

T25 Luke Toomey NZL 74 75 74 75 +14

T30 Khai Jei Low MAS 79 75 69 76 +15

T30 Jonathan Woo SIN 77 74 71 77 +15

T30 Kao Teng TPE 78 71 78 72 +15

33 Nick Voke NZL 75 72 74 79 +16

T34 Trishul Chinnappa IND 77 75 73 76 +17

T34 Shinichi Mizuno HKG 74 76 75 76 +17

T34 Joshua Shou SIN 77 75 75 74 +17

T34 Viraj Madappa IND 80 72 69 80 +17

T34 Wang Xichen CHN 74 77 78 72 +17

T39 Jerome Ng SIN 75 75 75 77 +18

T39 Karan Taunk IND 80 78 68 76 +18

T39 Udayan Mane IND 80 77 72 73 +18

T42 Tawan Phongphun THA 74 79 74 76 +19

T42 Liu Yu-jui TPE 78 77 73 75 +19

T44 Lin Chang-heng TPE 73 73 78 80 +20

T44 Mikumu Horikawa JPN 77 75 76 76 +20

T44 Koo Kyo-won KOR 81 74 78 71 +20

T44 Joshua Munn NZL 80 79 75 70 +20

48 Rupert Zaragosa PHI 77 77 74 77 +21

T49 Chen Zihao CHN 75 80 75 76 +22

T49 Ned Howard COK 81 76 76 73 +22

51 Marc Ong SIN 75 75 77 80 +23

T52 Johnson Poh SIN 75 76 76 81 +24

T52 Chan Tuck Soon MAS 75 77 77 79 +24

T52 Mohd Afif Mohd Razif MAS 80 75 76 77 +24

T52 Nattawat Suvajanakorn THA 77 76 83 72 +24

56 Vijitha Bandara SRI 79 76 73 82 +26

T57 Md Wafiyuddin B Abdul Manaf MAS 80 77 75 79 +27

T57 Yang Yinong CHN 80 78 76 77 +27

T57 Niko Vui SAM 79 80 76 76 +27

60 Andres Saldana PHI 78 77 76 84 +31

61 Justin Quiban PHI 78 80 77 81 +32

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Manu Gandas IND 83 77

MC Jieyu Xiao MAC 81 79

MC Thammasack Bouahom LAO 80 80

MC Anuresh Chandra FIJ 81 79

MC Ghazanfar Mehmood PAK 80 80

MC Wang Ziting CHN 83 77

MC Abdul Hadi SIN 78 82

MC Tiger Lee HKG 83 77

MC Ye Htet Aung MYA 85 75

MC Luo Xuewen CHN 83 78

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 80 81

MC Muhammad Waseem Rana PAK 83 78

MC Doan Van Dinh VNM 83 79

MC Kirk Tuaiti COK 81 81

MC Syed Saqib Ahmed IND 80 82

MC Pulou Faaaliga SAM 78 85

MC Md Nazim BAN 80 83

MC Md Thaznim Hamdan MAS 85 78

MC Dechen Ugyen BHU 85 79

MC Solomon Emilio Rosidin MAS 82 82

MC Nasser Yacoob BHR 84 80

MC Muhammad Rehman PAK 79 85

MC Salman Jehangir PAK 84 81

MC Maung Maung Oo MYA 76 89

MC George Rukabo SOL 84 82

MC Redge Camacho GUM 86 80

MC Geoffrey Drakeford AUS 88 78

MC Yu Sung-i TPE 84 83

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 87 81

MC Tang Chak Hou MAC 89 79

MC Rohana SRI 90 78

MC Nguyen Gia Hong VNM 89 80

MC Bishnu Sharma NEP 87 83

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 89 81

MC Sisira Kumara SRI 79 91

MC Akl Rachid LIB 85 85

MC Qu Hongxin CHN 85 85

MC Elki Kow INA 84 87

MC Navinda Ranga SRI 85 86

MC M Arumugam SRI 84 90

MC Tshendra Dorji BHU 90 84

MC Delgermaa Ulziidelger MGL 90 85

MC Morgan Annato PNG 94 81

MC Lon Lindsey GUM 88 89

MC Dinesh Prajapati NEP 89 90

MC Ben Felani SOL 91 89

MC Thammalack Bouahom LAO 89 91

MC N Amarapadma SRI 90 90

MC Sajad Karampour Barjoei IRI 93 90

MC Ebrahim Nouri IRI 89 94

MC Mohamed Diab Alnoaimi BHR 92 93

MC Mendsaikhan Gangaa MGL 95 98

MC Sokhamony Thong CAM 94 100

MC Imanaliev Nurmat KGZ 108 92

MC Osmonkulov Kuban KGZ 94 108

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Date 1–4 November 2012

Venue Amata Spring Country Club Chonburi, Thailand

Par 36-36-72

Length 6,615 metres / 7,234 yards

Designer Lee Schmidt

Opened 2005

Guan Tianlang became the youngest winner of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at 14 years old when he won the fourth edition of the event at Amata Spring Country Club.

A final round of one-under-par 71 gave the Chinese teenage sensation a 15-under total of 273 and a nail-biting one-stroke victory over Chinese Taipei’s Cheng-tsung Pan. After rounds of 66-64-72, Guan started the final day two shots ahead of his nearest challenger, Australian Oliver Goss, who eventually finished third. The 14-year-old began nervously and off-set his two birdies on Nos. 2 and 4 with two bogeys on the 7th and 9th. He picked up his game, however, on the back nine to fend off the challenge of Pan, who had a superb final-day 65 that included nine birdies.

Weighing just 125 lbs and averaging 250 yards per tee shot, he had found Amata Spring's 18th hole, a par-4 of more than 470 yards, a little tough going. Having bogeyed the hole twice in the first three rounds, Guan was under pressure to sink at least a par putt at the final hole to secure his win. He missed the green with his 3-wood second shot, then chipped to five feet with a 60-degree wedge. He used his belly putter, which he began using in June, to successfully sink the par putt, an effort that he admitted was a little nerve-racking.

“I had a great up-and-down on the last hole," Guan said. "I was a little bit nervous over the putt."

Guan became the first Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship winner from China.

Venue Information

Amata Spring Country Club has hosted numerous international events, including The Royal Trophy and the Thailand Golf Championship. These events have helped establish the notoriety and legacy of the course. In only a few short years, Amata Spring Country Club is now recognised as the preeminent facility in the country.

Weather

No weather delays. Sunny, fine and clear with an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius.

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1 Guan Tianlang CHN 66 64 72 71 -15

2 Cheng-tsung Pan TPE 75 67 67 65 -14

3 Oliver Goss AUS 70 65 69 72 -12

4 Hideki Matsuyama JPN 71 69 70 68 -10

5 James McMillan AUS 73 69 69 68 -9

6 Lee Soo-min KOR 69 70 69 72 -8

T7 Nattawat Suvajanakorn THA 71 72 72 67 -6

T7 Nathan Holman AUS 75 64 75 68 -6

T7 Cameron Smith AUS 74 66 73 69 -6

T7 Brett Drewitt AUS 71 71 71 69 -6

T7 Natipong Srithong THA 69 69 73 71 -6

12 Chikkarangappa Senapaa IND 69 74 71 69 -5

13 Mikumu Horikawa JPN 71 72 67 74 -4

T14 Vaughan McCall NZL 72 68 76 69 -3

T14 Gyu-Bin Kim KOR 71 73 72 69 -3

T14 Khalin Joshi IND 74 71 69 71 -3

T14 Prin Sirisommai THA 70 65 72 78 -3

T18 Zecheng Dou CHN 72 72 76 67 -1

T18 Taihei Sato JPN 75 71 73 68 -1

T18 Lee Chang-woo KOR 78 71 68 70 -1

T18 Poom Saksansin THA 73 71 73 70 -1

T18 Daniel Pearce NZL 68 73 74 72 -1

T23 Anton Arboleda PHI 73 75 70 70 E

T23 Jonathan Ke-Jun Woo SIN 71 70 75 72 E

T23 Khai Jei Low MAS 70 73 71 74 E

T23 Blair Riordan NZL 73 69 71 75 E

27 Kenta Konishi JPN 77 71 78 63 +1

28 Rico Hoey PHI 75 72 70 75 +4

29 Peter Lee NZL 78 70 73 72 +5

T30 Angad Cheema IND 77 72 72 73 +6

T30 Chieh-Po Lee TPE 76 74 75 69 +6

32 Abel Tam MAS 72 76 73 74 +7

T33 Udayan Mane IND 75 75 70 76 +8

T33 Danthai Boonma THA 70 76 74 76 +8

T33 Somprad Rattanasuwan THA 79 69 75 73 +8

T33 Rupert Zaragosa PHI 74 70 80 72 +8

T33 Shinichi Mizuno HKG 75 73 76 72 +8

T33 Manav Das IND 79 71 75 71 +8

T39 Chirat Jirasuwan THA 75 75 75 73 +10

T39 Ricky Kato AUS 77 75 73 73 +10

T39 Jerome Ng SIN 74 76 76 72 +10

T39 Kyo Won Koo KOR 78 74 76 70 +10

T43 Cachok Dejpiratanamongkol THA 73 73 74 79 +11

T43 Honey Baisoya IND 76 72 76 75 +11

T43 Ryutaro Kato JPN 73 75 78 73 +11

T46 Vijitha Bandara SRI 74 70 76 80 +12

T46 Teng Kao TPE 77 71 75 77 +12

T46 Nadaraja Thangaraja SRI 75 71 78 76 +12

T46 Andy Hyeon Bo Shim KOR 77 76 72 75 +12

T50 Vikrant Chandra FIJ 75 74 75 77 +13

T50 Tae Wan Lee KOR 77 74 77 73 +13

T50 Waseem Rana PAK 78 70 80 73 +13

T53 Md Dulal Hossain BAN 73 74 75 80 +14

T53 Ian Andrew INA 78 73 78 73 +14

T55 Maung Maung OO MYN 79 72 74 78 +15

T55 Compton Pikari NZL 72 81 77 73 +15

T57 James Beale NZL 76 76 74 78 +16

T57 Wei-Hou Liu TPE 74 79 75 76 +16

T57 Olaf Allen FIJ 74 78 79 73 +16

60 Nanfa Somnuek THA 74 72 80 80 +18

61 Mohd Afif Mohd Razif MAS 79 74 78 79 +22

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MC Jordan Irawan INA 81 73

MC Hamad Mubarak BRN 79 75

MC Cheng Jin CHN 77 77

MC Adidandono Rinaldi INA 77 78

MC Melvin Chew SIN 76 79

MC Wei-Hsiang Wang TPE 80 75

MC Marc Ong SIN 81 74

MC Ghazanfar Mahmood PAK 82 73

MC Thammasack Bouahom LAO 79 77

MC Muhammad Ahmad Fauzi MAS 77 79

MC M Arumugam SRI 79 77

MC Llyod Jefferson Go PHI 80 77

MC Doan Van Dinh VIE 78 79

MC Chan Tuck Soon MAS 78 79

MC Thein Naing So MYN 79 78

MC Nicklaus Chiam SIN 78 80

MC Nirun Sea-Ueng THA 77 81

MC Ba Rohana SRI 78 80

MC Nasser Yacoob BRN 81 78

MC Tshendra Dorji BHU 80 79

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahr IRI 82 77

MC Sammy Bob PNG 78 82

MC Mohd Ali Hai PAK 77 83

MC Albright Chong MAS 81 79

MC Malase Maifea SAM 82 78

MC Abdul Hadi SIN 81 79

MC Terrence Ng HKG 81 80

MC John Kier Abdon PHI 79 82

MC Saleh Al Kaabi QAT 78 83

MC Han-Ting Chiu TPE 83 78

MC Sohail Al Marzouqi UAE 81 81

MC Seyed Mahmoud Jozi IRI 85 77

MC Ramzi Khaled LIB 82 81

MC Pulou Faaaliga SAM 76 87

MC Md Sagor BAN 79 84

MC Daryl Poe GUM 85 78

MC Ziwang Gurung BHU 84 80

MC Chak Hou Tang MAC 81 83

MC George Rukabo SOL 80 84

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 87 77

MC Rachid Akl LIB 83 81

MC Redge Camacho GUM 85 81

MC Ta Thuy Vo VIE 89 79

MC Jieyu Xiao MAC 81 87

MC Ali Abdulla Al Mufleh QAT 86 83

MC Sisira Kumara SRI 84 85

MC Ly Hong CAM 88 81

MC Navinda Ranga SRI 88 81

MC Soti Dinki PNG 86 84

MC Soulis Chanthalanouvat LAO 82 89

MC Daniel Joseph Webb COK 85 87

MC William Haimona Browne COK 87 85

MC Tom Felani SOL 89 86

MC Abdalla Al Musharrekh UAE 85 90

MC Bikash Bogati NEP 86 93

MC Nurmat Imanaliev KGZ 97 97

MC Orgil Sodov MGL 94 106

MC Talgat Sugirbekov KGZ 105 108

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Date 29 September – 2 October 2011

Venue The Singapore Island Country Club (New Course) Singapore

Par 36-36-72

Length 6,525 metres/7,136 yards

Designer Frank Pennink

Opened 1970

Hideki Matsuyama won the third Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship with a superb final round 67 at The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC).

The 19-year-old defending champion, who won the title in his native Japan in 2010, collected five birdies in a bogey-free final round to finish 18 under par and one shot clear of South Korea’s Lee Soo-min. Victory provided a return for Matsuyama to the Masters Tournament at Augusta National, where he made history in April 2011 by becoming the first Asian golfer to win the Silver Cup for Low Amateur.

In Singapore, the Japanese star was never behind after the first hole but faced competition from Lee, who signed for the lowest score of the week after a birdie on the 18th hole secured a round of 64.

Overnight leader Ben Campbell also stayed in touch after recovering from a difficult start to shoot 70 and finish in third place at 16 under thanks to late birdies on Nos. 16 and 17. However, Matsuyama continued to hit fairways and greens and secured back-to-back wins with a tap-in par on the 605-yard 18th.

Admitting to feeling some nerves at the start of the back nine, he said: “To be honest, my feet started shaking, I was really nervous but I was happy that I was able to play my game even under that tremendous pressure. If you look at today and yesterday, I didn’t make any bogeys, so that was very encouraging for me.”

His final total of 270 consisted of rounds of 67-71-65-67 over The SICC’s New Course, which set the record for the lowest 72-hole score in the event’s history. He has also recorded a subpar score in every round he has played in the competition.

The Tohoku Fukushi University student continued his great form from the third round with birdies on Nos. 1, 8, 9, 12 and 16. A rare missed green on the 15th provided hope for his opponents, but a deft chip making full use of the green saw him make a comfortable par and stay one shot ahead of the field before going a further shot up at the next hole.

The top 12 was made up of players from Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. A total of 120 players from 35 countries began the championship, which had television coverage broadcast in 150 countries.

Venue Information

The Singapore Island Country Club, located about 10 kilometres from downtown Singapore, has an enviable reputation as a host of major international golf events, including the 1969 World Cup, 1993 Johnnie Walker Classic, 28 editions of the Singapore Open and the European Tour’s Singapore Masters in 2001.

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A one hour weather delay occurred just 10 minutes after the first round started, though play was ultimately completed before darkness. Weather delayed the start of the second round by two hours, which meant 30 players were unable to finish on Friday. Morning storms delayed play again on Saturday, but the second and third rounds were completed by day’s end.

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Hideki Matsuyama JPN 67 71 65 67 -18

2 Lee Soo-min KOR 65 72 70 64 -17

3 Ben Campbell NZL 67 66 69 70 -16

4 Cameron Smith AUS 68 69 69 67 -15

5 Masamichi Ito JPN 70 70 68 68 -12

6 Jake Higginbottom AUS 68 72 72 65 -11

T7 Masahiro Kawamura JPN 70 75 69 66 -8

T7 Tae Wan Lee KOR 72 67 73 68 -8

T9 Mathew Perry NZL 71 69 72 69 -7

T9 Choo Tze Huang SIN 68 72 72 69 -7

T9 Vaughan Mccall NZL 69 72 67 73 -7

T12 Shinji Tomimura JPN 72 69 73 68 -6

T12 Low Khai Jei MAS 73 69 71 69 -6

T14 Matthew Stieger AUS 70 72 69 72 -5

T14 Eric Chun KOR 73 69 70 71 -5

16 Lee Chang-woo KOR 73 77 67 67 -4

T17 George Gandranata INA 71 70 77 67 -3

T17 Natipong Srithong THA 75 69 70 71 -3

T17 Keeneth Christian John De Silva MAS 67 69 73 76 -3

T17 Ryan Fox NZL 69 70 70 76 -3

T21 Sam An NZL 74 73 70 69 -2

T21 Zhiqun Lam SIN 74 66 74 72 -2

23 Luke Humphries AUS 75 69 73 70 -1

T24 Clyde Mondilla PHI 73 73 71 71 E

T24 Ahmed Al Musharrekh UAE 75 70 72 71 E

T24 Alex Shi Yup Kim KOR 73 70 72 73 E

T24 George Foo SIN 73 72 71 72 E

T28 Teng Kao TPE 73 71 73 72 +1

T28 Chien-Yao Hung TPE 71 74 72 72 +1

T28 Olaf Allen FIJ 77 71 69 72 +1

T28 Yosuke Asaji JPN 69 74 67 79 +1

T32 Rupert Zaragosa PHI 70 69 77 74 +2

T32 Philip Matsson THA 72 75 71 72 +2

T32 Art Markhael Arbole PHI 68 72 72 78 +2

T32 Chieh-Po Lee TPE 72 71 69 78 +2

T36 Wei-Hou Liu TPE 71 77 73 71 +4

T36 Nadaraja Thangaraja SRI 75 75 72 70 +4

T38 Hamza Amin PAK 72 69 75 77 +5

T38 Gregory Foo SIN 74 71 73 75 +5

T38 Hao-Sheng Hsu TPE 75 72 74 72 +5

T38 Ian Andrew INA 67 77 78 71 +5

T38 Kenta Konishi JPN 75 75 72 71 +5

T43 Matthew Smith AUS 73 76 73 72 +6

T43 Terrence Ng HKG 73 73 77 71 +6

T43 Jerome Ng SIN 74 74 75 71 +6

T46 Rinaldi Adiyandono INA 70 73 75 77 +7

T46 Marc Ong SIN 72 78 68 77 +7

T46 Si-woo Kim KOR 73 73 74 75 +7

T46 Honey Honey IND 76 72 73 74 +7

T46 Chikkarangappa Senapaa IND 72 74 76 73 +7

T51 Ratanon Wannasrichan THA 72 75 76 73 +8

T51 Maung Maung Oo MYR 74 74 77 71 +8

53 Trishul Chinnappa Ajjikuttira IND 74 72 78 73 +9

T54 Mohd Ali Hai PAK 70 76 74 78 +10

T54 Melvin Chew SIN 71 76 73 78 +10

T54 Paul San Weng Yau MAS 76 74 73 75 +10

T54 Angad Cheema IND 71 79 74 74 +10

58 Khalin Hitesh Joshi IND 76 74 73 76 +11

59 Joshua Shou SIN 75 74 79 72 +12

60 Juan Miguel Yee PHI 71 74 80 77 +14

61 Abhijit Singh Chadha IND 74 75 78 76 +15

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Yan Myo Aye MYR 78 73

MC Taimur Amin PAK 71 80

MC Joshua Munn NZL 76 75

MC Joshua Ho SIN 72 79

MC Zanie Boy Gialon PHI 72 81

MC Lip Shien Chong HKG 78 75

MC Vikrant Chandra FIJ 82 72

MC Sung-I Yu TPE 75 79

MC Jeremiah Kim Leun Kwang MAS 79 75

MC Abel Tam Kwang Yuan MAS 73 81

MC Chirat Jirasuwan THA 77 77

MC Khalid Al Jasmi UAE 79 75

MC Md Nazim BAN 73 81

MC Nasser Yacoob BAH 78 76

MC Brad Moules AUS 78 76

MC Mohamed Hisyam Abdul Majid MAS 77 77

MC Chanachok Dejpiratanamongkol THA 79 75

MC John Abdon PHI 79 76

MC Soti Dinki PNG 77 78

MC Vijitha Bandara SRI 77 78

MC Vic Borja GUM 78 78

MC Niko Vui SAM 78 78

MC Muhammad Waseem Rana PAK 78 78

MC Naveenda Ranga Gamage SRI 76 80

MC Atthachai Jaichalad THA 81 75

MC Johnson Poh SIN 74 83

MC Robin James PNG 78 80

MC Ziwang Gurung BHU 77 81

MC Ned Howard COK 83 75

MC Md Jakiruzzaman BAN 81 78

MC Chandra Suresh FIJ 80 80

MC Hamad Mubarak Afnan BAH 82 78

MC Thammasack Bouahom LAO 80 81

MC George Rukabo SOL 81 80

MC Rachid Akl LEB 81 80

MC Md Dulal Hossain BAN 76 85

MC Thuy Vo Ta VIE 81 81

MC Patrick Tom CAM 83 79

MC Lon Lindsey GUM 86 77

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahr IRI 81 82

MC Jieyu Xiao MAU 79 84

MC Patrick Fepuleai SAM 83 81

MC Saleh Ali M K Al Kaabi QAT 86 79

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 84 82

MC Mohammad Rahman PAK 83 85

MC Royle Brogan COK 83 86

MC Vasin Manibanseng  LAO 86 83

MC Tashi Ghale NEP 86 84

MC Ben Felani SOL 86 84

MC Matthew Moucharafieh LEB 83 89

MC Tashi Tsering NEP 90 83

MC Ali Abdullah Al Bishi QAT 79 94

MC Delegermaa Ulziidelger MGL 89 86

MC Ebrahim Nouri IRI 88 88

MC Van Tho Trinh VIE 86 90

MC Altynbek Imanaliev KYR 86 98

MC Aidar Asanov KYR 102 97

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RTD Gangaa Mendsaikhan MGL 102 28

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Date 7–10 October 2010

Venue Kasumigaseki Country Club (West Course) Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Par 35-36-71

Length 6,463 metres/7,068 yards

Designer Seiichi Inoue

Opened 1932

Hideki Matsuyama made sure of an invitation to Augusta National for the 2011 Masters Tournament, as well as a place in The Open Championship International Final Qualifying (IFQ), with his victory at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

The 18-year-old from Ehime, Japan, signed for a four-under-par final round of 67 to finish five shots ahead of Australia’s Tarquin MacManus, who also earned an exemption into IFQ by virtue of his runner-up performance.

Matsuyama, whose caddie that week was a friend, class-mate and scratch-handicapper from Tohoku Fukushi University, emerged from a 118-man field, made up of competitors representing 27 different Asia Pacific Golf Confederation member nations, to claim the crown.

Eleven players from six nations finished tied for ninth or better. Four Japanese competitors formed over one third of that number, including Yusuke Asaji, who finished alone in third place at nine-under-par 275, five strokes ahead of Korea’s Lee Kyoung-Hoon and Ben Campbell of New Zealand.

“I’m very, very happy. I was under par for all four days and now I’m in the Masters, so that’s very exciting,” explained Matsuyama, who reached 15 under par with rounds of 68, 69, 65 – the lowest of the Championship – and 67. “I was extremely pleased to keep the bogeys off my card today; it’s harder to not make mistakes than to make birdies.”

Victory for Matsuyama, who became the first Japanese amateur to play in the Masters Tournament, seemed certain after a birdie on the 380-yard, par-4 14th hole, courtesy of a remarkable second shot from deep in the woods, which finished eight feet from the hole.

The shot was reminiscent of one played by Phil Mickelson on his way to winning the 2010 Masters Tournament. Matsuyama went on to play superbly at the 2011 Masters Tournament, finishing alongside Mickelson in a tie for 27th and winning the Silver Cup as Low Amateur.

Venue Information

The Kasumigaseki Country Club is located in Kawagoe City, Japan, one hour northwest of Tokyo in the historic Saitama Prefecture. The club has two 18-hole courses: the East and the West Courses, with the championship contested on the West Course.

Weather

No weather delays, although heavy rain fell during the third round when the temperature dropped to 17 degrees Celsius. The remaining three days were fine and clear with temperatures in the mid-20s.

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Hideki Matsuyama JPN 68 69 65 67 -15

2 Tarquin MacManus AUS 71 67 67 69 -10

3 Yosuke Asaji JPN 67 69 72 67 -9

T4 Ben Campbell NZL 71 69 72 68 -4

T4 Lee Kyoung-Hoon KOR 70 67 72 71 -4

6 Kieran Pratt AUS 70 68 72 71 -3

T7 Il-hwan Park KOR 68 71 75 68 -2

T7 Tze Huang Choo SIN 69 73 70 70 -2

T9 Yoshinori Fujimoto JPN 71 70 74 68 -1

T9 Masahiro Kawamura JPN 71 71 71 70 -1

T9 Khalin Joshi IND 70 71 72 70 -1

12 Kenta Konishi JPN 74 67 73 70 E

T13 Yuki Usami JPN 73 77 69 66 +1

T13 Mohd Iylia Jamil MAS 73 71 71 70 +1

T13 Zhiqun Lam SIN 69 66 78 72 +1

T16 Chien-Yao Hung TPE 69 72 77 68 +2

T16 Jae-hyeok Lee KOR 68 76 70 72 +2

T16 Jordan Sherratt AUS 70 72 72 72 +2

T19 Marcel Puyat PHI 72 71 75 69 +3

T19 Miguel Luis Tabuena PHI 72 72 74 69 +3

21 Sihwan Kim KOR 74 71 70 74 +5

T22 Satoshi Kodaira JPN 74 73 72 71 +6

T22 Masamichi Ito JPN 72 74 71 73 +6

T24 Hamza Amin PAK 73 70 75 73 +7

T24 Meen-whee Kim KOR 73 70 77 71 +7

T24 Mhark Fernando PHI 70 74 73 74 +7

T24 Eric Chun KOR 73 73 76 69 +7

T24 Mithun Perera SRI 72 75 71 73 +7

T24 Hiroki Abe JPN 76 72 69 74 +7

T24 Jake Higginbottom AUS 68 72 75 76 +7

T31 William Sjaichudin INA 69 73 77 73 +8

T31 Luke Bleumink AUS 77 71 71 73 +8

T31 Tao Huang TPE 74 74 74 70 +8

T34 Ryan Fox NZL 76 70 74 73 +9

T34 Johnson Poh SIN 72 77 75 69 +9

T34 George Gandranata INA 73 71 73 76 +9

T34 Keisuke Otawa JPN 77 73 76 67 +9

T38 Jerome Ng SIN 74 72 74 74 +10

T38 Jerson Balasabas PHI 73 72 75 74 +10

T40 Wei Wei CHN 72 73 76 74 +11

T40 Xin-jun Zhang CHN 73 76 74 72 +11

T42 Abhinav Lohan IND 71 72 78 75 +12

T42 Nakarin Ratanakul THA 71 72 81 72 +12

T42 Daniel Pearce NZL 75 72 78 71 +12

T42 Ren Han CHN 74 75 76 71 +12

T46 Wei-Hou Liu TPE 76 71 75 75 +13

T46 Chi-Hsien Hsieh TPE 75 71 77 74 +13

T46 Wenyi Huang CHN 69 77 77 74 +13

T46 Dulal Hossain BAN 77 72 75 73 +13T46 Pieter Zwart NZL 74 74 79 70 +13

T51 Bradley Kendall NZL 73 78 73 74 +14

T51 Shakhawat Sohel BAN 72 76 76 74 +14

T51 Amrith De Soysa SRI 74 76 76 72 +14

54 Louie Sunga GUM 76 75 77 71 +15

55 Yuxiang Liu CHN 71 76 83 71 +17

56 Chikkarangappa Senappa IND 76 70 80 76 +18

57 Chan Tuck Soon MAS 73 76 77 77 +19

58 Rattanon Wannasrichan THA 75 76 79 74 +20

59 Saurabh Bahuguna IND 72 78 79 76 +21

60 Judson Eustaquio PHI 70 78 83 75 +22

61 Choo Teck Ng MAS 74 72 78 83 +23

62 Terrence Ng HKG 76 75 83 74 +24

63 Suprapto INA 76 75 78 80 +25

64 Safdar Khan PAK 75 71 82 82 +25

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Philip Matsson THA 79 73

MC Wei Huo CHN 76 76

MC Matt Jager AUS 80 72

MC Vikrant Chandra FIJ 74 78

MC Teng Kao TPE 73 80

MC Ashbeer Saini IND 77 76

MC Olaf Allen FIJ 75 78

MC Thangaraja Nadaraja SRI 78 75

MC Taimur Amin PAK 77 76

MC Fei Hao Yang TPE 76 77

MC Gregory Foo SIN 77 77

MC Steven Lam HKG 77 77

MC Rinaldi Adiandono INA 75 79

MC Abel Tam Yuan MAS 76 78

MC Atiwit Janewattananond THA 76 78

MC Edgar Oh SIN 75 79

MC Mohd Ali Hai PAK 78 76

MC K A Chandradasa SRI 76 78

MC Kenneth De Silva MAS 79 76

MC Jhonnel Ababa PHI 78 77

MC Tariq Mehmood PAK 78 78

MC Poom Saksansin THA 77 79

MC Ziwang Gurung BHU 80 76

MC Azman Basharuddin MAS 81 75

MC Md Jakiruzzaman BAN 77 80

MC Zulfiqar Ali PAK 78 79

MC Andrew Stewart NZL 80 78

MC Lok Tin Liu HKG 82 76

MC Soti Dinki PNG 77 81

MC Naveenda Ranga Gamage SRI 79 79

MC Brian Taikiri PNG 81 77

MC Rashid Khan IND 81 78

MC Detsongkham Thammavong LAO 81 80

MC James Honda GUM 81 81

MC Lon Lindsey GUM 77 85

MC Ulziidelger Delgermaa MGL 83 79

MC Kirk Tuaiti COK 82 81

MC Masanam Arumugam SRI 81 82

MC Van Tho Trinh VIE 83 81

MC Malase Maifea SAM 80 84

MC Patrick Fepuleai SAM 79 85

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 81 84

MC Victor Borja GUM 81 85

MC Mando Iwanaga GUM 83 83

MC Dechen Ugyen BHU 80 86

MC Ta Thuy Vo VIE 77 90

MC Van Thong Nguyen VIE 84 83

MC Tashi Ghale NEP 81 87

MC Elki Kow INA 87 82

MC Tashi Tsering NEP 89 82

MC Santi Sithoumphalath LAO 86 86

MC James Herman COK 89 84

MC Tumenjargal Shagdar MGL 99 99

WD Atthachai Jaichalad THA 78

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Date 29 October – 1 November 2009

Venue Mission Hills Golf Club (World Cup Course) Shenzhen, China

Par 36-36-72

Length 6,539 metres/7,149 yards

Designer Jack Nicklaus

Opened 1994

Han Chang-won of Korea enjoyed the finest moment of his young golfing career when he booked a place at the 2010 Masters Tournament and International Final Qualifying for the 150th anniversary Open Championship at St Andrews with a dominant victory in the inaugural Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in China.

Leading by two shots overnight, the 17-year-old earned a trip to Augusta National by crushing the competition with a final-round two-under-par 70 at Mission Hills Golf Club’s World Cup Course, located about 90 minutes north of Hong Kong.

Han finished with a 72-hole total of 276 (-12), five shots in front of compatriot and playing partner Eric Chun, who could only manage a 73. Chun would join his countryman in the final qualifying stage for the 2010 Open Championship.

Three players – Korea’s Kim Meen-whee, Peter Spearman-Burn of New Zealand and Jordan Sherratt from Australia – shared third at 282, with Australia’s Matthew Giles sixth, one shot further back at five-under-par 283.

In an indication of the depth of the field, seven different APGC member nations were represented in the top-10 places at the championship’s conclusion.

Understandably, Han was thrilled with the victory. “I knew I was leading by five or six after the first nine holes, but I was trying not to think about the result.

“Anything can happen in a round of golf and I was very nervous towards the end. I have to admit that it was the thought of playing in the Masters that made me nervous. I had never even thought it would be possible for me to be playing in the Masters as an amateur,” said Han.

Venue Information

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship was held at Mission Hills Golf Club’s World Cup Course in Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen is located in southern China’s Guangdong province, approximately 90 minutes north of Hong Kong.

Weather

No weather delays. Sunny and humid with highs each day reaching approximately 31 degrees Celsius.

KOREAN HAN CHANG-WON’S DREAM COMES TRUE IN CHINA

2009 ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW

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Han Chang-won - 2009 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship winner

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POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

1 Han Chang-won KOR 66 69 71 70 -12

2 Eric Chun KOR 74 68 66 73 -7

T3 Kim Meen-Whee KOR 75 68 68 71 -6

T3 Peter Spearman-Burn NZL 69 68 73 72 -6

T3 Jordan Sherratt AUS 68 67 74 73 -6

6 Matthew Giles AUS 71 71 73 68 -5

7 Mohd Iszaimi Ismail MAS 70 72 71 71 -4

T8 Jonathan Woo SIN 70 74 70 71 -3

T8 Tomoya Tokunaga JPN 74 72 68 71 -3

10 Judson Eustaquio PHI 68 76 70 72 -2

T11 Il-Hwan Park KOR 75 72 71 69 -1

T11 Daniel Nisbet AUS 72 72 73 70 -1

T11 Jhonnel Ababa PHI 73 70 73 71 -1

T11 Hu Mu CHN 72 70 73 72 -1

T11 Zhang Xin-Jun CHN 77 72 66 72 -1

T11 Keisuke Otawa JPN 76 68 70 73 -1

T11 Han Ren CHN 65 78 68 76 -1

T18 Lee Kyoung-Hoon KOR 74 75 72 67 E

T18 Song Tae-Hoon KOR 71 69 74 74 E

T18 Rashid Khan IND 71 69 74 74 E

T18 Yoon Jung-Ho KOR 70 72 72 74 E

T22 Matt Jager AUS 72 73 74 70 +1

T22 Hung Chien-Yao TPE 70 72 73 74 +1

T22 Hsieh Chi-Hsien TPE 72 71 70 76 +1

T22 Mhark Fernando PHI 67 71 73 78 +1

26 Naoyuki Tamura JPN 70 74 72 74 +2

T27 Zhao Xiongyi CHN 73 74 73 71 +3

T27 Huang Wenyi CHN 74 67 75 75 +3

T27 Yang Fei-Hao TPE 76 73 67 75 +3

T30 Huo Wei CHN 74 73 73 72 +4

T30 Aung Win MYR 75 71 74 72 +4

T30 Steven Lam HKG 71 70 75 76 +4

T30 Wasin Sripattranusorn THA 71 71 72 78 +4

T34 Thanyakon Khrongpa THA 73 75 74 71 +5

T34 Abhishek Jha IND 79 69 73 72 +5

T34 Antonio Asistio PHI 69 71 79 74 +5

T37 Roderic De Lacy Staunton HKG 71 77 75 71 +6

T37 Shingo Ito JPN 74 73 74 73 +6

T37 Huang Tao TPE 76 72 72 74 +6

T40 Brendan Smith AUS 71 77 71 76 +7

T40 Tomohiro Umeyama JPN 77 69 71 78 +7

T42 Shakhawat Shohel BAN 75 70 77 74 +8

T42 Jamal Hossain Mollah BAN 73 71 77 75 +8

T42 Suprato INA 74 70 76 76 +8

T45 Hardjito INA 71 76 76 74 +9

T45 Yosuke Asaji JPN 74 71 76 76 +9

T45 KA Chandradasa SRI 74 72 75 76 +9

T48 Wei Wei CHN 72 74 75 77 +10

T48 Jerome Ng SIN 73 75 72 78 +10

T50 Amrith De Soysa SRI 73 75 80 72 +12

T50 Dante Becierra PHI 73 74 78 75 +12

T50 Vikram Rana IND 75 74 75 76 +12

T50 Poom Saksansin THA 75 71 75 79 +12

T50 Daniel Pearce NZL 75 71 74 80 +12

T55 Mohd Iylia Jamil MAS 74 75 83 69 +13

T55 Kao Teng TPE 75 74 74 78 +13

57 Rattanon Wannasrichan THA 74 75 76 79 +16

58 Chia Chong Zheng SIN 75 74 79 77 +17

59 Thai Duong Nguyen VIE 72 77 82 78 +21

60 Hsu Li-Peng TPE 71 76 81 84 +24

POS PLAYER NAT R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL

MC Gagan Verma IND 76 74

MC Zheng Ou-Yang CHN 76 74

MC Benny Kasiadi INA 75 75

MC Zhiqun Lam SIN 74 76

MC Ahmed Al Musharrekh UAE 74 76

MC Mithun Perera SRI 77 74

MC Hak Shun Yat HKG 76 75

MC Xiao Se CHN 75 76

MC Louie Sunga GUM 74 77

MC Dulal Hossain BAN 71 80

MC Bryden Macpherson AUS 79 73

MC Nicholas Fung MAS 74 78

MC Chen Xiao Long CHN 73 79

MC Abel Tam MAS 73 79

MC Liton Hawlader BAN 80 73

MC Arshdeep Tiwana IND 78 75

MC Rupak Prasad Acharya NEP 77 76

MC Gavin Kyle Green MAS 77 76

MC Patrick Fepuleai SAM 76 77

MC Jian Chuan Lin CHN 76 77

MC Ben Wallace NZL 73 80

MC Gregory Foo SIN 78 76

MC Miah Sayum BAN 78 76

MC Tariq Mehmoud PAK 77 77

MC Huang You Yi CHN 82 73

MC Win Soe Moe MMR 79 76

MC Varit Chomchalam THA 78 77

MC Mohd Aali Hai PAK 78 77

MC Phetsamone Seesomwang LAO 78 77

MC Hassan Karimian Noshahar IRI 78 77

MC Moin Malak IND 77 78

MC Lok Tin Liu HKG 77 78

MC Peter Villaber PHI 73 82

MC James Honda GUM 81 75

MC Shinichi Mizuno HKG 80 76

MC Ryan Fox NZL 77 79

MC Nitipat Krobteeranon THA 71 85

MC Mohd Zakiruzzaman BAN 81 76

MC Zoheer Ahmad FIJ 77 80

MC Terrence Ng HKG 81 77

MC Seyed Mahmooud Jozi IRI 80 78

MC Thomas Spearman-Burn NZL 77 81

MC Abdullah Al Musharrekh UAE 84 77

MC Nasser Yacoob BHR 81 80

MC Abdulla Sultan BHR 85 78

MC Vikrant Chandra FIJ 83 80

MC Ben Taylor NZL 85 80

MC Wongchen Dhondup NEP 82 83

MC Kenneth De Silva MAS 83 83

MC Seng Vanseiha CAM 81 85

MC Malase Maifea SAM 87 80

MC Peter Gumulia INA 86 84

MC Palden Tshering BHU 84 86

MC Jeevan Gurung BHU 83 87

MC Sonny Karati COK 86 87

MC Delgermaa Ulziidelger MGL 93 88

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LOWEST (IN RELATION TO PAR)Low First NineSeven-under 29, Prin Sirisommai, second round, 2012Six-under 30, Lee Soo-min, first round, 2011Six-under 29, Lin Yuxin, third round, 2018

Low Second NineSix-under 30, Nathan Holman, second round, 2012Six-under 30, Kenta Konishi, fourth round, 2012Six-under 29, Shae Wools-Cobb, first round, 2017Six-under 29, Yung-Hua Liu, first round, 2018

Most Under Par, First Nine12 (34-33-32-33), Peter Spearman-Burn, 2009

Most Under Par, Second Nine12 (32-35-31-34), Hideki Matsuyama, 2011

Low 18Nine-under 63 (33-30), Kenta Konishi, fourth round, 2012Eight-under 62 (30-32), Jin Cheng, first round, 2015Eight-under 63 (34-29), Shae Wools-Cobb, first round, 2017Eight-under 62 (29-33), Lin Yuxin, third round, 2018

Low First RoundEight-under 62 (32-30), Jin Cheng, 2015Eight-under 63 (34-29), Shae Wools-Cobb, 2017

Low Second RoundEight-under 64 (32-32), Guan Tianlang, 2012Six-under 64 (32-32), Cameron Davis, 2015Six-under 64 (32-32), Ryan Ruffels, 2015Six-under 64 (32-32), Matthew Cheung, 2015Six-under 64 (31-33), Sadom Kaewkanjana, 2015Six-under 64 (32-32), Rayhan Thomas, 2018

Low Third RoundEight-under 62 (29-33), Lin Yuxin, 2018Seven-under 65 (34-31), Hideki Matsuyama, 2011Seven-under 63 (30-33), Naraajie Ramadhan, 2018

Low Fourth RoundNine-under 63 (33-30), Kenta Konishi, 2012Eight-under 64 (32-32), Lee Soo-min, 2011

Low First 36 Holes14-under 130 (66-64), Guan Tianlang, 201210-under 130 (62-68), Jin Cheng, 2015

Low Middle 36 Holes11-under 129 (64-65), Rayhan Thomas, 201810-under 134 (68-66), Eric Chun, 200910-under 134 (67-67), C.T. Pan, 201210-under 134 (65-69), Oliver Goss, 2012

Low Last 36 Holes12-under 132 (65-67), Hideki Matsuyama, 201112-under 132 (67-65), C.T. Pan, 201211-under 129 (64-65), Takumi Kanaya, 2018

Low First 54 Holes14-under 202 (67-66-69), Ben Campbell, 201114-under 202 (66-64-72), Guan Tianlang, 201214-under 202 (67-67-68), Brett Coletta, 201611-under 202 (68-69-65), Hideki Matsuyama, 201011-under 199 (62-68-69), Jin Cheng, 2015

Low Last 54 Holes15-under 195 (64-65-66), Rayhan Thomas, 201812-under 198 (69-64-65), Takumi Kanaya, 201812-under 201 (69-65-67), Hideki Matsuyama, 201012-under 201 (67-69-65), Lin Yuxin, 2017

Low 72 Holes18-under 270 (67-71-65-67), Hideki Matsuyama, 201117-under 271 (65-72-70-64), Lee Soo-min, 201116-under 272 (67-66-69-70), Ben Campbell, 201115-under 269 (68-69-65-67), Hideki Matsuyama, 201015-under 273 (68-69-69-67), Cameron Smith, 201115-under 273 (66-64-72-71), Guan Tianlang, 201214-under 274 (75-67-67-65), C.T. Pan, 201214-under 270 (69-67-69-65), Lin Yuxin, 2017

OTHERMost Contrasting Rounds, Low-High79-94, Ali Abdulla A M Al Bishi, 2011

Most Contrasting Rounds, High-Low108-92, Osmonkulov Kuban, 2013109-93, Asad Alrawshdeh, 2017

RINGER ROUNDSLows2018: 64-64-62-64, 2542012: 63-64-64-65, 2562011: 65-66-65-64, 2602017: 63-66-67-65, 2612010: 65-67-65-66, 2632009: 65-67-66-67, 2652016: 65-67-67-66, 265 2013: 68-69-67-68, 272

HOLES-IN-ONEShohel Shakhawat, 2009 Hole 15, first round, 203 yards, 5-iron

Sam An, 2013 Hole 17, third round, 174 yards, 6-iron

Ali Abdulla Ali Shahrani, 2015 Hole 16, second round, 172 yards, 8-iron

MOST EAGLES (FIELD)One Round11, 2015, second round

One Tournament, One Hole10, 2011, Hole 1610, 2015, Hole 1810, 2017, Hole 18

One Tournament28, 2015

MOST BIRDIESOne Round9, Tae Wan Lee, second round, 20119, Lee Soo-min, fourth round, 2011 9, Guan Tianlang, second round, 20129, C.T. Pan, fourth round, 20129, Lin Yuxin, third round, 2018

Tournament24, Tae Wan Lee, 201124, Guan Tianlang, 201223, Lee Soo-min, 201122, Hideki Matsuyama, 201022, Lin Yuxin, 2017

One Tournament, Field1000, 2011 (starting field of 120)

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A comprehensive look at statistics, records and interesting facts that have made up the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

RECORDS

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FOUR ROUNDS PAR OR BETTER, ONE TOURNAMENTHan Chang-won, 2009Ismail Mohd Iszaiki, 2009Hideki Matsuyama, 2010, 2011, 2012Tarquin Macmanus, 2010Masahiro Kawamura, 2010Ben Campbell, 2011Tze Huang Choo, 2011Jake Higginbottom, 2011Masamichi Ito, 2011Lee Soo-min, 2011, 2012Matthew Perry, 2011Cameron Smith, 2011Matthew Steiger, 2011Guan Tianlang, 2012Brett Drewitt, 2012Nattawat Suvajanakorn, 2012Oliver Goss, 2012Antonio Murdaca, 2014Curtis Luck, 2016Luke Toomey, 2016Lin Yuxin, 2017Andy Zhang, 2017Kerry Mountcastle, 2017Min Woo Lee, 2017Jin Cheng, 2018Gregory Foo, 2018Lloyd Jefferson Go, 2018Charlie Hillier, 2018K.K. Limbhasut, 2018Takumi Kanaya, 2018Keita Nakajima, 2018

FOUR ROUNDS UNDER 70, ONE TOURNAMENTHideki Matsuyama, 2010Cameron Smith, 2011Lin Yuxin, 2017Lloyd Jefferson Go, 2018K.K. Limbhasut, 2018Takumi Kanaya, 2018Keita Nakajima, 2018

APGC GOLF ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED 2009-201841

MOST APGC GOLF ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED IN ONE YEAR39, 2016, 2018

LARGEST LEADAt 18 Holes4 Strokes, Shae Wools-Cobb, 2017 (T6)

At 36 Holes5 Strokes, Guan Tianlang, 2012 (Winner)

At 54 Holes8 Strokes, Antonio Murdaca, 2014 (Winner)

LEAD, HIGHEST SCOREAt 18 Holes68, Zecheng Dou, 2013 (T4)67, Yosuke Asaji, 2009 (3) 67, Antonio Murdaca, 2014 (Winner)

At 36 Holes142, Shohei Hasegawa, 2013 (2)142, Lee Chang-woo, 2013 (Winner)

At 54 Holes211, Lee Chang-woo, 2013 (Winner)

LEAD, LOWEST SCOREAt 18 Holes62, Jin Cheng, 2015 (Winner)

At 36 Holes130, Jin Cheng, 2015 (Winner)130, Guan Tianlang, 2012 (Winner)

At 54 Holes199, Jin Cheng, 2015 (Winner)

LEAD, MOST PLAYERS TO TIEAt 18 HolesNo Ties

At 36 Holes2, 2009 (135) Jordan Sherratt, Han Chang-Won2, 2013 (142) Shohei Hasegawa, Lee Chang-woo2, 2018 (132) Lloyd Jefferson Go, Jin Cheng

At 54 HolesNo Ties

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FIELD SIZE (CUT SCORES)2011, 120 (61 made cut at 150)2012, 120 (61 made cut at 153)2015, 120 (62 made cut at 143)2018, 120 (64 made cut at 146)2010, 118 (64 made cut at 146) 2013, 118 (61 made cut at 159)2016, 118 (60 made cut at 153) 2009, 116 (60 made cut at 147)2017, 116 (62 made cut at 150)2014, 115 (66 made cut at 154)

PAR OR BETTER, ENTIRE FIELDTotal RoundsMost, 139, 2018 (of 366)Fewest, 36, 2013 (of 355)

First RoundMost, 54, 2015 (of 120)Fewest, 3, 2013 (of 117)

Second RoundMost, 38, 2018 (of 119)Fewest, 6, 2013 (of 116)

Third RoundMost, 35, 2018 (of 64)Fewest, 12, 2010 (of 64)

Fourth RoundMost, 37, 2011 (of 61)Fewest, 10, 2013 (of 61)

SUB-PAR ROUNDS (FIELD)Total RoundsMost, 105, 2018 (of 366)Fewest, 21, 2013 (of 355)

First RoundMost, 42, 2015 (of 120)Fewest, 2, 2013 (of 117)

Second RoundMost, 30, 2018 (of 119)Fewest, 2, 2013 (of 116)

Third RoundMost, 27, 2018 (of 64)Fewest, 7, 2010 (of 64)

Fourth RoundMost, 27, 2011 (of 61)Fewest, 5, 2013 (of 61)

ROUNDS IN 60s (FIELD)Total RoundsMost, 105, 2018 (of 366)Fewest, 11, 2013 (of 355)

First RoundMost, 42, 2015 (of 120)Fewest, 1, 2013 (of 117)

Second RoundMost, 30, 2018 (of 119)Fewest, 1, 2013 (of 116)

Third RoundMost, 27, 2018 (of 64)Fewest, 3, 2014 (of 66)

Fourth RoundMost, 19, 2018 (of 63)Fewest, 1, 2013 (of 61)

ROUNDS of 80-PLUS (FIELD)Total RoundsMost, 111, 2013 (of 355)Fewest, 35, 2015 (of 302)

First RoundMost, 59, 2013 (of 117)Fewest, 14, 2015 (of 120)

Second RoundMost, 44, 2013 (of 116)Fewest, 18, 2009 (of 116)

Third RoundMost, 13, 2014 (of 66)Fewest, 0, 2011 (of 61)

Fourth RoundMost, 17, 2016 (of 59)Fewest, 0, 2018 (of 63)

SUB-PAR TOTALS, PAR 5sMost Under Par11, Han Chang-won, 200911, Ben Campbell, 2011

SUB-PAR TOTALS, PAR 4sMost Under Par10, Tze Huang Choo, 201010, Keita Nakajima, 201810, Rayhan Thomas, 2018

SUB-PAR TOTALS, PAR 3sMost Under Par6, Cameron Davis, 2016

FOUR SUB-PAR ROUNDS, ONE TOURNAMENTHan Chang-won, 2009Hideki Matsuyama, 2010, 2011, 2012Ben Campbell, 2011Masamichi Ito, 2011Cameron Smith, 2011Brett Drewitt, 2012Antonio Murdaca, 2014Curtis Luck, 2016Lin Yuxin, 2017Andy Zhang, 2017Lloyd Jefferson Go, 2018K.K. Limbhasut, 2018Takumi Kanaya, 2018Keita Nakajima, 2018

American SamoaAustraliaBahrainBangladeshBhutanCambodiaChinaChinese TaipeiCook IslandsFijiGuamHong KongIndiaIndonesia

IranIraqJapanJordanKoreaKyrgyzstanLaosLebanonMacauMalaysiaMongoliaMyanmarNepalNew Zealand

OmanPakistanPapua New GuineaPhilippinesQatarSamoaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSolomon IslandsSri LankaThailandUnited Arab EmiratesVietnam

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AAC CHAMPION/RUNNER-UP RESULTS AT OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES2010 OQS – Saujana Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Eric Chun, 2009 AAC Runner-Up, qualified as the fourth of four qualifiers, shooting 67, 71 (-6) Han Chang-won, 2009 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T10, shooting 73, 68 (-3)

2011 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, Thailand Hideki Matsuyama, 2010 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T24, shooting 70, 71 (-3) Tarquin MacManus, 2010 AAC Runner-Up, did not attempt to qualify

2012 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, ThailandHideki Matsuyama, 2011 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T10, shooting 69, 73 (-2)Lee Soo-min, 2011 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing T52, shooting 76, 79 (+11)

2013 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, ThailandGuan Tianlang, 2012 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T53, shooting 73, 74 (+3)Cheng-tsung Pan, 2012 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing T23, shooting 68, 73 (-3)

2014 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, ThailandLee Chang-woo, 2013 AAC Champion, did not attempt to qualifyShohei Hasegawa, 2013 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing T47, shooting 79, 71 (+6)

2015 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, ThailandAntonio Murdaca, 2014 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T75, shooting 77, 73, 77, 77 (+16)Mikumu Horikawa, 2014 AAC Runner-Up, did not attempt to qualify

2016 OQS – Amata Spring Country Club, Bangkok, ThailandJin Cheng, 2015 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T11, shooting 73, 67, 69, 69 (-10)Ryan Ruffels, 2015 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after missing the cut, shooting 74, 73 (+3)Cameron Davis, 2015 AAC Runner-Up, did not attempt to qualify

2017 OQS – Sentosa Golf Club, SingaporeBrett Coletta, 2016 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing 65th, shooting 69, 72, 74, 75 (+6)

2017 OQS – Royal Sydney Golf Club, AustraliaCurtis Luck, 2016 AAC Champion, did not qualify after finishing T11, shooting 67, 71, 74, 69 (-7)

2018 OQS – Sentosa Golf Club, SingaporeAndy Zhang, 2017 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing T12, shooting 72, 66, 71, 70 (-5)

2019 OQS – The Lakes Golf Club, Sydney, AustraliaKeita Nakajima, 2018 AAC Runner-Up, did not qualify after finishing T5, shooting 70, 68, 70, 72 (-8)Rayhan Thomas, 2018 AAC Runner-Up, did not attempt to qualify

FINISHES IN THE OPEN BY THE AAC CHAMPION/RUNNER(S)-UPName Year Position Scores Total

Eric Chun (2009 Runner-Up) 2010 MC 71 76 0 0 147 Lin Yuxin (2017 Champion) 2018 MC 80 74 0 0 154 Takumi Kanaya (2018 Champion) 2019 MC 73 71 0 0 149

BEST FINISH AT THE OPEN BY A PAST AAC PARTICIPANT OR CHAMPIONT6, Hideki Matsuyama, 71-73-72-70, 2013

AVERAGE WINNING SCORE273

AAC WINNERS' RANKING THE WEEK BEFORE THEIR FIRST AAC VICTORY2009 Han Chang-won, Korea Ranking: 272 2010 Hideki Matsuyama, Japan Ranking: 544 2012 Guan Tianlang, China Ranking: 490 2013 Lee Chang-woo, Korea Ranking: 31 2014 Antonio Murdaca, Australia Ranking: 147 2015 Jin Cheng, China Ranking: 41 2016 Curtis Luck, Australia Ranking: 2 2017 Lin Yuxin, China Ranking: 428 2018 Takumi Kanaya, Japan Ranking: 22

ROUND BY ROUND WITH THE CHAMPIONSYear, Score, Standing and Stroke Status of the Champion in relation to the field

Year Champion 18 Holes 36 Holes 54 Holes 72 Holes

2009 Han Chang-won 66 2 -1 135 T1 E 206 1 +2 276 1 +52010 Hideki Matsuyama 68 T2 -1 137 T3 -2 202 1 +3 269 1 +52011 Hideki Matsuyama 67 T2 -2 138 5 -5 203 2 -1 270 1 +12012 Guan Tianlang 66 1 +2 130 1 +5 202 1 +2 273 1 +12013 Lee Chang-woo 70 2 -1 142 T1 E 211 1 -2 281 1 +32014 Antonio Murdaca 69 T3 -2 137 1 +1 204 1 +8 275 1 +72015 Jin Cheng 62 1 +2 130 1 +2 199 1 +12016 Curtis Luck 70 T7 -5 139 T4 -5 209 4 -7 276 1 +12017 Lin Yuxin 69 T6 -6 136 2 -1 205 1 +1 270 1 +32018 Takumi Kanaya 69 T19 -5 138 T15 -6 202 T3 -2 267 1 +2

LEADERSLed/Tied Year Year Year No.Total Player 18 Holes 36 Holes 54 Holes Titles

4 Jin Cheng 2015 2015, 2018 2015 1 3 Guan Tianlang 2012 2012 2012 12 Han Chang-won 2009 (T1) 2009 12 Ben Campbell 2011 2011 2 Lee Chang-woo 2013 (T1) 2013 12 Antonio Murdaca 2014 2014 12 Brett Coletta 2016 2016 2 Lin Yuxin 2017, 2018 1 1 Han Ren 2009 1 Jordan Sherratt 2009 (T1) 1 Yosuke Asaji 2010 1 Zhiqun Lam 2010 1 Hideki Matsuyama 2010 21 Lee Soo-min 20111 Zecheng Dou 20131 Shohei Hasegawa 2013 (T1)1 Todd Sinnott 2014 1 Cameron Davis 2016 1 Shae Wools-Cobb 20171 Min Woo Lee 20171 David Micheluzzi 20181 Lloyd Jefferson Go 2018

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PAST AAC PARTICIPANTS (NON-CHAMPIONS OR RUNNERS-UP) TO COMPETE IN THE OPENPlayer AAC Participation Best AAC Finish Open Participation Best Open FinishRyan Fox 2009, ’10,’11 T17 (2011) 2015,’17,’18,’19 T16 (2019)Cameron Smith 2011, ‘12 4 (2011) 2017, ’18, ‘19 T20 (2019)Satoshi Kodaira 2010 T22 2013, ’16, ‘18 T35 (2018)Cameron Davis 2015, ‘16 T2 (2015) 2018 T39 Masahiro Kawamura 2010, ‘11 T7 (2011) 2018 T39 Lucas Herbert 2013, ’14, ‘15 T4 (2013) 2018 T51Yoshinori Fujimoto 2010 T9 2012, ‘19 T54 (2012)Gavin Green 2009 MC 2018 T61Yosuke Asaji 2009, ’10, ‘11 3 (2010) 2019 T67Si Woo Kim 2011 T46 2017, ’18, ‘19 T67 (2018)Danthai Boonma 2012, ‘13 T25 (2013) 2018 MCNathan Holman 2012 T7 2016 MCMikumu Horikawa 2012, ’13, ‘14 2 (2014) 2019 MCJazz Janewattananond 2010 MC 2018, ‘19 MCBryden Macpherson 2009 MC 2011*, ‘14 MCC.T. Pan 2012, ’13, 14 2 (2012) 2014*, ‘19 MCShinji Tomimura 2011 T12 2015 MCGunn Yang 2014, ’15, ‘16 T15 (2016) 2015* MC

*Competed in The Open as an amateur

FINISHES IN THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT BY AAC CHAMPIONName Year Position Scores Total

Han Chang-won 2010 MC 79 76 155 Hideki Matsuyama 2011 T27 72 73 68 74 287Hideki Matsuyama 2012 T54 71 74 72 80 297Guan Tianlang 2013 58 73 75 77 75 300Lee Chang-woo 2014 MC 80 73 153 Antonio Murdaca 2015 MC 78 73 151 Jin Cheng 2016 MC 79 78 157 Curtis Luck 2017 T46 78 72 75 72 297 Lin Yuxin 2018 MC 79 80 159 Takumi Kanaya 2019 T58 73 74 68 78 293

AAC CHAMPIONS WHO FINISHED LOW AMATEUR AT THE MASTERSName Year Position Hideki Matsuyama 2011 T27Guan Tianlang 2013 58

LOWEST ROUND AT THE MASTERS BY AAC CHAMPION68, Hideki Matsuyama, third round, 201168, Takumi Kanaya, third round, 2019

PAST AAC PARTICIPANTS/NON-CHAMPIONS TO COMPETE IN THE MASTERSPlayer AAC Participation Best AAC Finish Masters Participation Best Masters FinishCameron Smith 2011, ’12 4 (2011) 2016, '18, '19 T5 (2018)Si Woo Kim 2011 T46 2017, '18, '19 T21 (2019)Satoshi Kodaira 2010 T22 2018, '19 T28 (2018)Oliver Goss 2012, ’13 3 (2012) 2014* 49 (2014)Bryden Macpherson 2009 MC 2012* MC (2012)Gunn Yang 2014, ’15, ’16 T15 (2016) 2015* MC (2015)C.T. Pan 2012, ’13, 14 2 (2012) Qualified for 2020 N/A

*Player competed in the Masters as an amateur

BEST FINISH AT THE MASTERS BY PAST AAC PARTICIPANT OR CHAMPION 5, Hideki Matsuyama, 71-70-70-66, 2015T5, Cameron Smith, 71-72-70-66, 2018

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Media Guide 5554

BEST RESULTS BY COUNTRYCountry Result Player Scores YearAustralia Winner Curtis Luck 70-69-70-67 2016 Winner Antonio Murdaca 69-68-67-71 2014

Bahrain 62 Nasser Yacoob 75-79-79-82 2014

Bangladesh T42 Jamal Hossain Mollah 73-71-77-75 2009

T42 Shakhawat Shohel 75-70-77-74 2009

China Winner Guan Tianlang 66-64-72-71 2012 Winner Jin Cheng 62-68-69 2015 Winner Lin Yuxin 69-67-69-65 2017

Chinese Taipei Runner-up C.T. Pan 75-67-67-65 2012

Cook Islands T28 William Howard 73-72-71-71 2017

Fiji T28 Olaf Allen 77-71-69-72 2011

Guam T22 Devin Hua 70-76-71-75 2014

Hong Kong T24 Leon Philip D’Souza 72-70-69-69 2018

India T2 Rayhan Thomas 74-64-65-66 2018

Indonesia T17 George Gandranata 71-70-77-67 2011

Iran T48 Ali Khazanbeik 74-74-72-73 2017

Japan Winner Hideki Matsuyama 68-69-65-67 2010 Winner Hideki Matsuyama 67-71-65-67 2011 Winner Takumi Kanaya 69-69-64-65 2018

Jordan 62 Shergo Al Kurdi 69-76-84-72 2018

Korea Winner Han Chang-won 66-69-71-70 2009 Winner Lee Chang-woo 70-72-69-70 2013

Laos 56 Thammasack Bouahom 77-71-75-73 2017

Macau T30 Ngai Si 72-70-70-69 2018

Malaysia 7 Mohd Iszaimi Ismail 70-72-71-71 2009 7 Ervin Chang 72-69-68-64 2018

Myanmar T30 Aung Win 75-71-74-72 2009

New Zealand T3 Peter Spearman-Burn 69-68-73-72 2009 3 Ben Campbell 67-66-69-70 2011 3 Luke Toomey 71-72-70-66 2016

Pakistan T24 Hamza Amin 73-70-75-73 2010

Philippines 4 Lloyd Jefferson Go 65-67-69-69 2018

Samoa T57 Niko Vui 79-80-76-76 2013

Saudi Arabia T60 Othman Almulla 69-74-78-77 2018

Singapore T7 Tze Huang Choo 69-73-70-70 2010

Sri Lanka T24 Mithun Perera 72-75-71-73 2010

Thailand 5 K.K. Limbhasut 66-68-68-69 2018

United Arab Emirates T24 Ahmed Al Musharrekh 75-70-72-71 2011

Vietnam T46 Chi Quan Truong 74-77-71-83 2016

COUNTRIES YET TO MAKE THE CUT

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Oman

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LOWEST ROUNDS BY COUNTRYCountry Score Player Year, RoundAmerican Samoa Eight-over 78 Malase Maifea 2015, First Round

Australia Eight-under 63 Shae Wools-Cobb 2017, First Round Eight-under 64 Nathan Holman 2012, Second Round

Bahrain Three-over 75 Nasser Yacoob 2014, First Round

Bangladesh Two-under 70 Shakhawat Shohel 2009, Second Round

Bhutan Three-over 74 Ugen Dorji 2017, First Round

Cambodia Three-over 73 Seng Vanseiha 2018, First Round

China Eight-under 64 Guan Tianlang 2012, Second Round Eight-under 62 Jin Cheng 2015, First Round Eight-under 62 Lin Yuxin 2018, Third Round

Chinese Taipei Seven-under 65 C.T. Pan 2012, Fourth Round

Cook Islands Four-under 66 William Howard 2015, First Round

Fiji Three-under 69 Olaf Allen 2011, Third Round

Guam Five-under 65 Devin Hua 2015, First Round

Hong Kong Five-under 66 Shuai-ming Wong 2017, Second Round

India Six-under 64 Rayhan Thomas 2018, Second Round

Indonesia Seven-under 63 Naraajie Ramadhan 2018, Third Round

Iran One-over 72 Ali Khazanbeik 2017, Third Round

Iraq Six-over 76 Amer Abdulhasan Radee 2018, Second Round

Japan Nine-under 63 Kenta Konishi 2012, Fourth Round

Jordan One-under 69 Shergo Al Kurdi 2018, First Round

Korea Eight-under 64 Lee Soo-Min 2011, Fourth Round

Kyrgyzstan 11-over 83 Altynbek Imanaliev 2016, Second Round

Laos Even-par 70 Phetnoy Siboupha 2015, Second Round Even-par 71 Thammasack Bouahom 2017, Second Round

Lebanon Seven-over 77 Rachid Akl 2015, Second Round

Macau One-under 69 Ngai Si 2018, Fourth Round

Malaysia Six-under 64 Ervin Chang 2018, Fourth Round

Mongolia Six-over 76 Dondovtseveen Luvsandondov 2015, Second Round

Myanmar One-under 71 Aung Win 2009, Second Round One-under 71 Maung Maung Oo 2011, Fourth Round

Nepal Two-over 72 Sukra Bahadur Rai 2018, Second Round

New Zealand Six-under 66 Luke Toomey 2016, Fourth Round Six-under 66 Ben Campbell 2011, Second Round

Oman Two-over 74 Azzan Al Rumhi 2014, Second Round

Pakistan Three-under 69 Hamza Amin 2011, Second Round

Papua New Guinea Even-par 72 Brian Taikiri 2014, Second Round

Philippines Five-under 67 Lloyd Jefferson Go 2017, First Round Five-under 65 Lloyd Jefferson Go 2018, First Round

Qatar Three-over 75 Saleh Alkaabi 2014, Second Round

Samoa Two-over 72 Van Wright 2015, First Round Two-over 72 Van Wright 2018, Second Round

Saudi Arabia One-under 69 Othman Almulla 2018, First Round

Singapore Six-under 64 Gregory Foo 2015, First Round Six-under 66 Zhiqun Lam 2011, Second Round

Solomon Islands Five-over 75 George Rukabo 2018, First Round

Sri Lanka Two-under 70 Vijitha Bandara 2012, Second Round

Thailand Five-under 67 Nattawat Suvajanakorn 2012, Fourth Round

United Arab Emirates Two-under 70 Ahmed Al Musharrekh 2011, Second Round

Vietnam Two-under 68 Chi Quan Truong 2015, First Round

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

A complete roll call of every player that has played in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship since its inception.

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TIME PARTICIPANTS

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EVERY PLAYER

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Maifea Malase American Samoa 2015

Sagapolutele Pelefoti American Samoa 2017

Samoa Edward American Samoa 2016

Teleso Willie American Samoa 2016 2017

Bleumink Luke Australia 2010

Coletta Brett Australia 2016

Crawford Cory Australia 2014

Dann Charlie Australia 2017

Davis Cameron Australia 2015 2016

Drakeford Geoffrey Australia 2013 2014

Drewitt Brett Australia 2012

Eccles Ben Australia 2014

Endycott Harrison Australia 2016 2017

Felton Jarryd Australia 2014 2015

Giles Matthew Australia 2009

Goss Oliver Australia 2012 2013

Herbert Lucas Australia 2013 2014 2015

Higginbottom Jake Australia 2010 2011

Hoeve Daniel Australia 2013

Holman Nathan Australia 2012

Humphries Luke Australia 2011

Jager Matt Australia 2009 2010

Kato Ricky Australia 2012

Lee Min Woo Australia 2017 2018

Luck Curtis Australia 2014 2016

Macmanus Tarquin Australia 2010

Macpherson Bryden Australia 2009

Macdonald James Taylor Australia 2013 2014

Mcmillan James Australia 2012

Micheluzzi David Australia 2018

Moules Brad Australia 2011

Murdaca Antonio Australia 2014 2015

Murray Zach Australia 2018

Nisbet Daniel Australia 2009

Perry Dylan Australia 2017 2018

Pratt Kieran Australia 2010

Quayle Anthony Australia 2016

Ruffels Ryan Australia 2014 2015

Sherratt Jordan Australia 2009 2010

Sinnott Todd Australia 2014

Smith Brendan Australia 2009

Smith Cameron Australia 2011 2012

Smith Matthew Australia 2011

Smyth Travis Australia 2015 2016 2017

Stieger Matthew Australia 2011

Watt Brady Australia 2013

Windred Blake Australia 2018

Wools-Cobb Shae Australia 2017 2018

Al-Hakam Sultan Bahrain 2016

Alnoaimi Mohamed Diab Bahrain 2013 2014 2018

Alnoaimi Saqer Bahrain 2018

Muburak Afnan Hamad Bahrain 2011 2012

Saleh Abdulla Sultan Bahrain 2009 2017

Yacoob Nasser Bahrain 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017

Ali Md Sajib Bangladesh 2013 2014

Hawlader Liton Bangladesh 2009

Hossain Akbar Bangladesh 2015 2016 2017

Hossain Dulal Bangladesh 2009 2010 2011 2012

Jakiruzzaman Md Bangladesh 2009 2010 2011

Mollah Jamal Hossain Bangladesh 2009

Last Name First Name Country Years of Participation

Nazim Md Bangladesh 2011 2013 2014

Rasel Mohammad Bangladesh 2015 2016 2017

Sagor Md Bangladesh 2012

Sikder Md Shomrat Bangladesh 2018

Sayum Miah Bangladesh 2009

Shakhawat Shohel Bangladesh 2009 2010

Uddin Md Shahab Bangladesh 2018

Dorji Tshendra Bhutan 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Dorji Ugen Bhutan 2015 2016 2017

Gurung Ziwang Bhutan 2009 2010 2011 2012

Tshering Palden Bhutan 2009 2011

Ugyen Dechen Bhutan 2010 2013 2014

Hong Ly Cambodia 2012

Peou Pichmeta Cambodia 2016 2017 2018

Seng Vanseiha Cambodia 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Thong Sokhamony Cambodia 2013 2014 2015

Tom Patrick Cambodia 2011

Bai Zheng Kai China 2018

Chen Guxin China 2018

Cheng Jin China 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Chen Xiao Long China 2009

Chuan Lin Jian China 2009

Guan Tianlang China 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Huang You Yi China 2009

Jin Zhang China 2013

Lin Yuxin China 2016 2017 2018

Liu Kaiwen China 2016

Liu Yanwei China 2013 2014

Luo Xuewen China 2013

Mu Hu China 2009

Qu Hongxin China 2013

Ren Han China 2009 2010

Se Xiao China 2009

She Zihan China 2015

Tang Rongjian China 2015

Wang Ziting China 2013

Wei Huo China 2009 2010

Wei Wei China 2009 2010

Wenyi Huang China 2010

Ye Wocheng China 2015 2016 2017

Xichen Wang China 2013

Xin-Jun Zhang China 2009 2010

Xue Han China 2018

Yinong Yang China 2013

Yonxcuan Yin China 2015

Yuan Yechun China 2014 2016 2017

Yuxiang Liu China 2010

Zecheng Dow China 2012 2013 2014

Zhang Andy China 2016 2017 2018

Zhao Xiongyi China 2009

Zheng Yang Uo China 2009

Zihao Chen China 2013

Chen Yi-tong Chinese Taipei 2017

Chien-Yao Hung Chinese Taipei 2009 2010 2011

Chi-Hsein Hseih Chinese Taipei 2009 2010

Chiu Han-Ting Chinese Taipei 2012 2015 2016

Fei-Hao Yang Chinese Taipei 2010

Hsieh Ting-Wei Chinese Taipei 2017 2018

Hsu Hao-Sheng Chinese Taipei 2011

Huang Chi Chinese Taipei 2015

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Kao Teng Chinese Taipei 2011 2014

Lee Chieh-Po Chinese Taipei 2011 2012 2013 2014

Lin Chang-Heng Chinese Taipei 2013

Lin Yuan-wei Chinese Taipei 2015 2016

Li-Peng Hsu Chinese Taipei 2009 2010

Liu Wei-Hou Chinese Taipei 2014

Liu Yung-hua Chinese Taipei 2017 2018

Lu Sun-Yi Chinese Taipei 2018

Pan C.T. Chinese Taipei 2012 2013 2014

Tao Huang Chinese Taipei 2010

Teng Kao Chinese Taipei 2009 2010 2012 2013

Tsai Kai-Jen Chinese Taipei 2016 2017

Wang Wei-Hsiang Chinese Taipei 2012 2016 2017

Wang Wei-Hsuan Chinese Taipei 2018

Wei Lin Chinese Taipei 2015

Wei-Hou Liu Chinese Taipei 2010 2011 2012

Yeh Yu-chen Chinese Taipei 2015 2016

Yu Chun-An Chinese Taipei 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Yu Sung-I Chinese Taipei 2011 2013 2014

Yu-Jui Liu Chinese Taipei 2013

Brogan Royle Cook Islands 2011

Browne William Haimona Cook Islands 2012 2014

Herman James Cook Islands 2010 2015 2016

Howard Ned Cook Islands 2011 2013

Howard William Cook Islands 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Karati Sonny Cook Islands 2009

Tuaiti Kirk Cook Islands 2010 2013 2014

Webb Daniel Joseph Cook Islands 2012

Williamson Kristopher Cook Islands 2017 2018

Ahmad Zoheer Fiji 2009

Allen Olaf Fiji 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Anuresh Chandra Fiji 2011 2013 2014

Chandra Vikrant Fiji 2009 2010 2011 2012

Hussain Abid Fiji 2017 2018

Prakash Roneel Fiji 2015 2016

Borja Vic Guam 2010 2011

Camacho Redge Guam 2012 2013 2018

Honda James Guam 2009 2010

Hua Devin Guam 2014 2015 2016

Iwanaga Mando Guam 2010

Lindsey Lon Guam 2010 2011 2013

Poe Daryl Guam 2012 2015

Salas Brentt Guam 2017 2018

Sunga Louie Guam 2009 2010

Zhao Nathan Guam 2014 2016 2017

Cheung Matthew Hong Kong 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Chong Lip Shien Hong Kong 2011

D'souza Leon Philip Hong Kong 2015 2016 2017 2018

Kho Thaichi Hong Kong 2017

Lam Isaac Hong Kong 2015

Lam Steven Hong Kong 2009 2010

Lee Tiger Hong Kong 2013

Lok Tin Liu Hong Kong 2009 2010

Mizuno Shinichi Hong Kong 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014

Ng Terrence Hong Kong 2009 2010 2011 2012 2018

Roberts Oliver Hong Kong 2015

Staunton Roderic De Lacy Hong Kong 2009

Wong Michael Hong Kong 2015

Wong Shuai-ming Hong Kong 2017

Yat Hak Shun Hong Kong 2009

Last Name First Name Country Years of Participation

Yeung Mo Tin Hong Kong 2015

Ahlawat Veer India 2015

Ahmed Syed Saqib India 2013 2014

Aman Raj India 2014

Bahuguna Saurabh India 2010

Baisoya Honey India 2011 2012

Chandra Yashas India 2017

Cheema Angad India 2011 2012

Chinnappa Ajjikuttira Trishul India 2011 2013

Chowrasia Sunit India 2017

Das Manav India 2012

Dwivedi Samarth India 2015

Fernandes Rigel India 2014 2016

Gandas Manu India 2013 2014

Irawan Joedan Surya India 2012

Jha Abhishek India 2009

Joshi Khalin India 2010 2011 2012

Kaul Kshitij Naveed India 2016 2017 2018

Khan Rashid India 2009 2010

Kochar Karandeep India 2015

Lohan Abhinav India 2010

Madappa Viraj India 2013 2014 2015 2016

Malak Moin India 2009

Parikh Varun India 2018

Raj Aman India 2015

Rana Vikram India 2009

Saini Ashbeer India 2010

Sandhu Yuvraj India 2016 2017 2018

Senapaa Chikkarangappa India 2010 2011 2012

Sharma Kartik India 2018

Singh Priyanshu India 2015 2016 2017

Singh Chandra Abhijit India 2011

Taunk Karan India 2013

Thomas Rayhan India 2016 2017 2018

Tiwana Arshdeep India 2009

Udayan Mane India 2012 2013 2014

Verma Gagan India 2009

Yadav Vinay Kumar India 2018

Akbar Kevin Caesario Indonesia 2014 2015 2017

Alam Ramadhan M Rifgi Indonesia 2018

Andrew Iam Indonesia 2011 2012

Adiandono Rinaldi Indonesia 2010 2011 2012

Fadhli Rahman Soetarso Indonesia 2014

Gandranata George Indonesia 2010 2011

Gumulia Peter Indonesia 2009

Hardjito Indonesia 2009

Kasiadi Benny Indonesia 2009

Kow Elki Indonesia 2010 2013

Kurniawan Clement Indonesia 2015

Ramadhan Naraajie Indonesia 2015 2016 2017 2018

Sjaichudin William Indonesia 2010

Suprapto Indonesia 2009 2010

Tamardi Tirto Indonesia 2014 2015 2016 2017

Wijono Jonathan Indonesia 2016 2017 2018

Yagutah Almay Rayhan Indonesia 2017 2018

Barjoei Sajad Karampour Iran 2013

Jozi Seyed Mahmoud Iran 2009 2012 2015

Karimian Noshahr Hassan Iran 2018

Keshtavar Behrod Iran 2016

Khazanbeik Ali Iran 2017 2018

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Noshahar Hassan Karimian Iran 2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Nouri Ebrahim Iran 2011 2013 2014

Radee Amer Abdulhasan Iraq 2018

Abe Hiroki Japan 2010

Asaji Yosuke Japan 2009 2010 2011

Fujimoto Yoshinori Japan 2010

Go Shiso Japan 2018

Hasegawa Shohei Japan 2013 2014 2015

Higa Kazuki Japan 2016

Horikawa Mikumu Japan 2012 2013 2014

Ito Masamichi Japan 2010 2011

Ito Shingo Japan 2009

Ishitoku Toshiki Japan 2015 2016

Kameshiro Junya Japan 2016

Kanaya Takumi Japan 2016 2018

Kataoka Naoyuki Japan 2015

Kawamura Masahiro Japan 2010 2011

Kodaira Satoshi Japan 2010

Konishi Kenta Japan 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Kosaihira Yuwa Japan 2016

Koura Kazuya Japan 2013 2014

Maruyama Sean Japan 2017 2018

Matsuyama Hideki Japan 2010 2011 2012

Nakajima Keita Japan 2017 2018

Ogiso Takashi Japan 2015

Okazaki Ren Japan 2015

Onishi Kaito Japan 2016 2017 2018

Osawa Kazuya Japan 2018

Otawa Keisuke Japan 2009 2010

Ryutaro Kato Japan 2012

Sato Taihei Japan 2012 2013 2014

Sugimoto Eric Japan 2013 2014

Sugihara Taiga Japan 2017

Tamura Naoyuki Japan 2009

Tokunaga Tomoya Japan 2009

Tomimura Shinji Japan 2011

Tsukamoto Gaku Japan 2017

Ueki Shota Japan 2017

Umeyama Tomohiro Japan 2009

Usami Yuki Japan 2010

Al Kurdi Shergo Jordan 2018

Algababsheh Tariq Jordan 2016 2017

Alrawashdeh Asad Jordan 2017 2018

Almajali Riyad Jordan 2016

Chang-Won Han Korea 2009

Chun Eric Korea 2009 2010 2011

Chun Joseph Korea 2016

Ha Jin-Bo Korea 2016 2017 2018

Hyeon Bo Shim Andy Korea 2012

Il-Hwan Park Korea 2009 2010

Jae-Hyeok Lee Korea 2010

Jang Seung-Bo Korea 2016 2017

Jung Chanmin Korea 2018

Jung-Ho Yoon Korea 2009

Kang Tae Young Korea 2016

Kim Dongmin Korea 2018

Kim Gyu-Bin Korea 2012 2013

Kim Nam-Hun Korea 2013 2014

Kim Seong-hyeon Korea 2017

Kim Shi Yup Korea 2011

Last Name First Name Country Years of Participation

Kim Si-Woo Korea 2011

Kim Tae Ho Korea 2015 2016

Kim Tae-Woo Korea 2013

Kim Young-woong Korea 2015

Kong Tae-Hyun Korea 2014

Koo Kyo Won Korea 2012 2013

Kyoung-Hoon Lee Korea 2009 2010

Lee Chang-gi Korea 2017

Lee Chang-Woo Korea 2011 2012 2013

Lee Jae-kyeoung Korea 2015 2016

Lee Jang Hyun Korea 2018

Lee Soo-Min Korea 2011 2012 2013

Lee Tae Wan Korea 2011 2012

Lee Won-Jun Korea 2015 2016 2017 2018

Meen-Whee Kim Korea 2009 2010

Oh Seung-Taek Korea 2017 2018

Ryu Je Chang Korea 2016

Seik Joeh Korea 2014

Sihwan Kim Korea 2010

Tae-Hoon Song Korea 2009

Yang Gunn Korea 2014 2015 2016

Youm Eun-Ho Korea 2014

Yun Sung Ho Korea 2014 2015 2016

Asanov Aidar Kyrgystan 2011 2014 2015 2016 2018

Imanaliev Altynbek Kyrgystan 2011 2016

Imanaliev Nurmat Kyrgystan 2012 2013

Kuban Osmonkulov Kyrgystan 2013 2014

Sugir Bekov Talgat Kyrgystan 2012 2018

Bouahom Thammalack Laos 2013 2014 2018

Bouahom Thammasack Laos 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017

Chanthaleousvat Soulisay Laos 2012

Manibanseng Vasin Laos 2011 2015

Ounaphom Chanpasit Laos 2018

Seesomwang Phetsamone Laos 2009

Siboupha Phetnoy Laos 2015

Sithoumphalath Santi Laos 2010

Thammavong Detsongkham Laos 2010

Akl Rachid Lebanon 2011 2013 2014 2015 2018

Barakat Arthur Lebanon 2018

Bahsoun Ramzi Lebanon 2013

Hammoud Ali Lebanon 2016

Harb Chawki Lebanon 2014

Khaled Ramzi Lebanon 2012

Moucharafieh Matt Lebanon 2011

Traboulsi Yves Lebanon 2017

Zein Abdel Ghani Lebanon 2016

Ao Ka Hou Macau 2018

Choi Hou Kuan Macau 2016

Si Ngai Macau 2017 2018

Tang Chak Hou Macau 2012 2013 2015

Xiao Jieyu Macau 2011 2012 2013

Yan Sihuang Macau 2015 2016

Abdul Majid Mohamad Hisyam Malaysia 2011

Rahman Daeng Aziz Malaysia 2015 2016

Basharuddin Mohd Azman Malaysia 2010

Chan Tuck Soon Malaysia 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Chang Ervin Malaysia 2014 2015 2018

Chong Albright Malaysia 2012

De Silva Kenneth Malaysia 2009 2010 2011

Durisic Danial Malaysia 2016

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Fathi Muhammad Afif Malaysia 2018

Fauzi Muhammod Arie Ahmad Malaysia 2012

Fung Nicholas Malaysia 2009

Green Galven Malaysia 2015 2016

Green Gavin Kyle Malaysia 2009

Hamdan Thaznim Malaysia 2013

Hiew Alvin Malaysia 2014

Ismail Mohd Iszaimi Malaysia 2009

Jailani Amir Nazrin Malaysia 2016

Jamil Mohd Iylia Malaysia 2009 2010

Low Khai Jei Malaysia 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Kanavathi Rhaasrikanesh Malaysia 2017

Kwang Jeremiah Malaysia 2011

Manaf Md Wafiyuddin B Abdul Malaysia 2013 2014

Ng Choo Teck Malaysia 2010

Razif Muhd Afif Malaysia 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Rosidin Solomon Emilio Malaysia 2013

San Paul Malaysia 2011

Tam Abel Malaysia 2009 2010 2011 2012

Teoh Bryan Wiyang Malaysia 2018

Amgalan Khayankhyarvaa Mongolia 2018

Boldbaatar Munkhbaatar Mongolia 2017 2018

Delgermaa Ulziidelger Mongolia 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016

Luvsandondov Dondovtseveen Mongolia 2014 2015

Mendsaikhan Gangaa Mongolia 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016

Ochirjav Oyunbold Mongolia 2017

Shagdar Tumenjargal Mongolia 2010

Sodov Orgil Mongolia 2012

Tsend Minkh Orgil Mongolia 2009

Aung Ye Htet Myanmar 2013 2014

Htay Thiha Myanmar 2018

Mae Mg Myanmar 2018

Min Zin Aung Myanmar 2016

Myo Aye Yan Myanmar 2011

Oo Kyaw Thet Myanmar 2017

Oo Maung Maung Myanmar 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Sithu Hein Myanmar 2017

Thain Naing So Myanmar 2012

Win Aung Myanmar 2009 2010

Win Soe Moe Myanmar 2009 2010

Ye Yint Sithu Myanmar 2015

Acharya Rupak Prasad Nepal 2009

Bogati Bikash Nepal 2012 2014

Dhondup Wongchen Nepal 2009

Ghale Tashi Nepal 2010 2011

Karki Tanka Nepal 2015 2016 2018

Prajapati Dinesh Nepal 2013 2014

Rai Sukra Bahadur Nepal 2016 2018

Sharma Bishnu Nepal 2013

Tamang Arun Nepal 2015

Tsering Tashi Nepal 2010 2011

An Sam New Zealand 2011 2013

Anstiss James New Zealand 2017

Bakermans Jordan New Zealand 2014

Beale James New Zealand 2012 2014

Brown Luke New Zealand 2016 2017 2018

Campbell Benjamin New Zealand 2010 2011

Chisnall Ryan New Zealand 2015 2016 2017

Compton Pikari New Zealand 2012

Coxon Nicholas New Zealand 2015 2016

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Fox Ryan New Zealand 2009 2010 2011

Hillier Charlie New Zealand 2017 2018

Hillier Daniel New Zealand 2016 2017 2018

Hodge Tyler New Zealand 2014

Hutson Mark New Zealand 2017

Ieremia Denzel New Zealand 2017 2018

Kendall Bradley New Zealand 2010

Koh Tae New Zealand 2014 2015

Lee Peter New Zealand 2012

Mccall Vaughan New Zealand 2011 2012 2013

McLean Matthew New Zealand 2018

Mountcastle Kerry New Zealand 2017 2018

Munn Joshua New Zealand 2011 2013 2014 2015

Pearce Daniel New Zealand 2009 2010 2012

Perry Matthew New Zealand 2011

Riordan Blair New Zealand 2012 2013 2014

Spearman-Burn Peter New Zealand 2009

Spearman-Burn Thomas New Zealand 2009

Spring Henry New Zealand 2017

Stewart Andrew New Zealand 2010

Taylor Ben New Zealand 2009

Toomey Luke New Zealand 2013 2015 2016

Voke Nick New Zealand 2013 2015 2016 2017

Wallace Ben New Zealand 2009

Zwart Pieter New Zealand 2010

Al Harthy Hamood Oman 2014

Al Rumhi Azzan Oman 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Ahmad Mubariz Pakistan 2014

Ali Zulfiqar Pakistan 2010 2014

Ali Hai Mohd Pakistan 2009 2010 2011 2012

Amin Hamza Pakistan 2010 2011

Amin Taimur Pakistan 2010 2011

Baig Ahmad Pakistan 2018

Jehangir Salman Pakistan 2013

Khan Mohd Safdar Pakistan 2010

Khan Taimoor Pakistan 2015 2016

Mehmood Ghazanfar Pakistan 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Mehmood Tariq Pakistan 2009 2010

Rehman Muhammad Pakistan 2011 2013 2014

Waseem Rana Muhammad Pakistan 2011 2012 2013

Annato Morgan Papua New Guinea 2013 2014 2017 2018

Bob Sammy Papua New Guinea 2012

Dinki Soti Papua New Guinea 2010 2011 2012 2015

James Robin Papua New Guinea 2011

Lelae Ismail Papua New Guinea 2016

Taikiri Brian Papua New Guinea 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018

Tikili Gideon Papua New Guinea 2017

Ababa Jhonnel Philippines 2009 2010

Adbdon John Philippines 2011 2012

Arboleda Antonio Philippines 2012 2013

Asistio Antonio Philippines 2009

Balasabas Jerson Philippines 2010

Becierra Dante Philippines 2009

Carlos Jobim Philippines 2015

Eustaquio Judson Philippines 2009 2010

Fernando Mhark Philippines 2009 2010

Gialon Zanie Boy Philippines 2011

Go Lloyd Jefferson Philippines 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Hoey Rico Philippines 2012

Markhael Arbole Art Philippines 2011

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Miguel Yee Juan Philippines 2011

Mondilla Clyde Philippines 2011

Puyat Carlos Marcel Philippines 2010

Quiban Justin Philippines 2013 2014

Saldana Andres Philippines 2013

Tabuena Miguel Luis Philippines 2010

Villaber Peter Philippines 2009

Zaragosa Rupert Philippines 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Abdulla A M Al Bishi Ali Qatar 2011 2012

Ali M K Al Kaabi Saleh Qatar 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

Al Kuwari Ghanim Qatar 2017

Ali Abdulla Al-Shahrani Qatar 2014 2015 2017 2018

Faaaliga Pulou Samoa 2012 2013 2014

Faaaliga Robert Samoa 2015 2017

Fepuleai Patrick Samoa 2009 2010 2011

Maifea Malase Samoa 2009 2010 2012

Matulino Samu Samoa 2018

Vui Niko Samoa 2011 2013 2014 2017

Wright Van Samoa 2015 2018

Almulla Othman Saudi Arabia 2014 2018

Al Sharif Saud Saudi Arabia 2015 2016 2017 2018

Attieh Khaled Saudi Arabia 2015 2016 2017

Chong Andre Wei Zer Singapore 2018

Chong Zheng Chia Singapore 2009

Chew Melvin Singapore 2011 2012

Chiam Nicklaus Singapore 2012

Foo George Singapore 2011

Foo Gregory Singapore 2009 2010 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Hadi Abdul Singapore 2012 2013 2015 2017 2018

Ho Joshua Singapore 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018

Ke-Jun Jonatan Singapore 2012

Lee Donovan Singapore 2018

Leow James Singapore 2015 2016

Low Wee Jin Singapore 2017 2018

Ng Jerome Singapore 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Oh Edgar Singapore 2010

Ong Marc Singapore 2011 2012 2013 2014

Poh Johnson Singapore 2010 2013 2014

Shou Joshua Singapore 2011 2013 2015 2017

Toh Lucius Singapore 2018

Tze Huang Choo Teck Singapore 2010 2011

Wong Ryan Singapore 2018

Wong Qi Wen Singapore 2014

Woo Jonathan Singapore 2009 2012 2013 2014

Yap Jesse Singapore 2016 2017

Zhiqun Lam Singapore 2009 2010 2011

Dalo Alick Solomon Islands 2014 2015

Felani Ben Solomon Islands 2011 2013

Felani Thomas Solomon Islands 2012 2016 2017

Ramo Tony Solomon Islands 2014

Rukabo George Solomon Islands 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

Amarapadma Narahenpitage Sri Lanka 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

Arumugam Masanam Sri Lanka 2010 2012 2013 2015

Bandara Vijitha Sri Lanka 2011 2012 2013

Bo Rohana Sri Lanka 2012 2013 2014

Chandradasa K A Sri Lanka 2009 2010

De Soysa Amrith Sri Lanka 2009 2010

Hemantha Priya Sri Lanka 2015

Jaymaha Indika Sri Lanka 2016 2017 2018

Kumara G M Pradeep Sri Lanka 2014 2015

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Kumara Sisira Sri Lanka 2012 2013 2014 2015 2018

Nadaraja Thangaraja Sri Lanka 2010 2011 2012

Naveenda Ranga Gamage Sri Lanka 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Perera Mithum Sri Lanka 2009 2010

Sanjeewa B A Sri Lanka 2017 2018

Boonma Danthai Thailand 2012 2013

Chomchalam Varit Thailand 2009

Chothirunrungrueng Witchayanon Thailand 2016 2017

Dejpiratanmongkol Chanachok Thailand 2011 2012

Hamamoto Kosuke Thailand 2017

Jaichalad Atthachai Thailand 2010 2011

Janewattananond Atiwit Thailand 2010

Jirasuwan Chirat Thailand 2011 2012

Kaewcharoen Sangchai Thailand 2015 2016

Kaewkanjana Sadom Thailand 2015 2016 2017 2018

Khrongpa Thanyakon Thailand 2009

Kraivixien Amarin Thailand 2018

Krobteeranon Nitipat Thailand 2009

Lepkurte Kasidit Thailand 2014

Limbhasut K.K. Thailand 2015 2016 2018

Matsson Philip Thailand 2010 2011

Namuangruk Kammalas Thailand 2017

Pichaikool Tanapat Thailand 2018

Phongphun Tawan Thailand 2013 2014

Ratanakul Nakarintra Thailand 2010

Rattanasuwan Somprad Thailand 2012

Sae-Ueng Nirun Thailand 2012

Saksansin Poom Thailand 2009 2010 2012 2013

Sirisommai Prin Thailand 2012

Somnuek Nanfa Thailand 2012

Sripattranusorn Wasin Thailand 2009

Srithong Natipong Thailand 2011 2012 2014

Suvajanakorn Nattawat Thailand 2011 2012 2013

Suwannarut Sarit Thailand 2013 2014 2015

Suyasri Parathakorn Thailand 2017 2018

Wannasrichan Rattanon Thailand 2009 2010

Winaicharoenchai Atiruj Thailand 2015 2016 2017

Wu Elpharit Thailand 2015 2016

Youprayong Runchanapong Thailand 2018

Yongcharoenchai Suradit Thailand 2014

Al Hajeri Mohamad United Arab Emirates 2017

Al Jasmi Khalid United Arab Emirates 2011

Al Marzouqi Sohail United Arab Emirates 2012

Almusharrekh Abdullah United Arab Emirates 2009 2018

Musharrekh Ahmed United Arab Emirates 2009 2011

Skaik Ahmad United Arab Emirates 2017 2018

Dinh Doan Van Vietnam 2012 2013

Gia Dat Do Le Vietnam 2016 2017

Hong Nguyen Gia Vietnam 2013

Nguyen Hung Dung Vietnam 2018

Nguyen Phuong Toan Vietnam 2018

Nguyen Thai Duong Vietnam 2009

Ta Thuy Vo Vietnam 2010 2011 2012

Truong Chi Quan Vietnam 2014 2015 2016 2017

Van Nguyen Thong Vietnam 2010

Van Trinh Tho Vietnam 2010 2011

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