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Featuring 120 of the best golfers from the 39 Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation affiliated organisations, the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will be held in Hong Kong for the first time at the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club from October 1-4. The winner receives an invitation to the Masters at Augusta. Notable previous winners include Hideki Matsuyama (2010 and 2011), who is now a star on the US PGA Tour and finished fifth in the Masters this year.
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- ‘I really had to dig deep – I just needed one [putt] to drop. I hadn’t had a birdie all day,’ he says
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Taichi Kho and Leon D’Souza make cut after up and down rounds at Amata Spring Country Club, but teammate Alexander Yang misses out.
Oklahoma State student shoots opening seven-under 65 to grab a two-shot lead in Thailand, while Thai teen star Ratchanon settles for a ‘disappointing’ 67.
The 15-year-old is ranked highest among those involved in Bangkok, but Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho will be looking to go one better this year.
Second place comes after second play-off hole won by 2018 Asian Games gold medallist and world No 1 Keita Nakajima of Japan
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China swimming team captain defends himself on Weibo over doping charges, saying his life and training have been affected by people ‘twisting the facts’.
Jin Cheng became the second Chinese golfer to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after yesterday’s fourth round was cancelled because of typhoon Mujigae.
China's Jin Cheng booked his ticket to the Masters after being crowned champion of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship when Sunday’s fourth round was cancelled at Clearwater Bay.
A brilliant birdie on the final hole on Saturday may have earned Jin Cheng his ticket to Augusta after only three rounds, leaving heartbroken Australians Ryan Ruffels and Cameron Davis praying for better weather at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Hong Kong.
China’s Jin Cheng maintained a two-shot lead after the second round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Friday as Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung surged up the leaderboard with the joint-best score of the day.
Jin Cheng fired a brilliant course and tournament record eight-under-par 62 as Chinese golfers made their presence felt in the opening round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club on Thursday.
The incentive of playing at Augusta will have added value for China’s Jin Cheng and Australian Ryan Ruffels at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, which tees off on Thursday at the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.
Chinese prodigy Guan Tianlang is trying to lead a normal life going to school in Guangzhou but it’s that time when everything changes again for “one of the world’s best amateur golfers”
Top-ranked amateur Matthew Cheung Hung-hai will lead a six-strong Hong Kong challenge at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club from October 1-4.
The region’s best amateur golfers will descend on Hong Kong in October when the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club hosts the seventh edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.