https://www.scmp.com/rss/320661/feed 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. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com If nerves of steel are a prerequisite for success in professional golf, then Harrison Crowe can at least check that off the list. The Australian drained a four-foot putt that was anything but a gimme to card a final round of level-par 72 to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand on Sunday, beating China’s Bo Jin by one shot. Crowe had the advantage coming down the last at Amata Spring Country Club after Jin found water off the tee on the par-3 17th and made double bogey, going... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197774/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-australias-harrison-crowe-21-drains-dramatic-putt-18th-win-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197774/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-australias-harrison-crowe-21-drains-dramatic-putt-18th-win-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:11:21 +0000 The final round of this year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand on Sunday will be the last time several of those involved play in the tournament, with the move from it to the professional game almost a rite of passage. But that well-trodden path has become a little muddier this year, and while in the past the journey mostly led to the PGA Tour or its European counterpart, the Asian Tour – with the financial support of LIV Golf – has positioned itself as a legitimate third... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197722/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-golfs-upheaval-offers-young-players-new-path-some-fear-influence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197722/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-golfs-upheaval-offers-young-players-new-path-some-fear-influence?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:00:31 +0000 There was a good possibility that at the halfway stage of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship any interest Hong Kong had in its outcome would be purely academic. Taichi Kho, Leon D’Souza and Alexander Yang all began Friday’s second round in danger of missing the cut, but after a battling day of birdies and bogeys, or in Yang’s case a quadruple bogey, the first two at least have a shot at peaking the city’s interest a moment longer. Kho carded a two-under par 70 to finish on the cut line at... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197663/hong-kong-pair-kho-and-dsouza-battle-back-make-cut-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197663/hong-kong-pair-kho-and-dsouza-battle-back-make-cut-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:37:09 +0000 China’s Bo Jin shot an opening seven-under 65 to grab a two-shot lead at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand on Thursday, while local star Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat settled for a “disappointing” 67. Jin, who finished third last year in Dubai after leading for much of the tournament, recovered from a bogey at the first to have a day where he “did everything well”. The Oklahoma State student said it was “hard not to be pleased” with his round, and called his birdie on the second... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197428/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-hong-kong-trio-suffer-collective-meltdown-during-difficult-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197428/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-hong-kong-trio-suffer-collective-meltdown-during-difficult-first?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:17:32 +0000 No one, it seems, wants the mantle of pre-tournament favourite at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship this week in Thailand – not the local teenage star, not last year’s runner-up, and not this year’s US Junior champion. The home nation’s Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat is ranked highest in the world among those involved at Amata Spring Country Club, but on Wednesday, after a final practice round where he holed a 187-yard 5-iron on 18, he said that did not necessarily mean anything. At 15 years... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197344/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-thai-teen-ratchanon-shakes-favourite-tag-taichi-kho-leads-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3197344/asia-pacific-amateur-championship-thai-teen-ratchanon-shakes-favourite-tag-taichi-kho-leads-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:36:03 +0000 Taichi Kho went all the way to a second play-off hole at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai on Saturday with his runner-up finish the best by a Hong Kong golfer at the prestigious tournament. Kho was edged by Japan’s world No 1 amateur Keita Nakajima in that play-off after the pair could not be separated over four rounds and a first play-off hole at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club. The pair had both parred the first play-off hole on the 18th before Kho hit the water with his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3155153/hong-kongs-taichi-kho-runner-keita-nakajima-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3155153/hong-kongs-taichi-kho-runner-keita-nakajima-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Nov 2021 04:00:46 +0000 In a particularly sobering scene from a new documentary, a 12-year-old Chinese-American girl weighs up her chances of ever having a future in theatre. “I know that I won’t get a lot of jobs as an Asian-American because you have to be the best of the best,” says Charlotte Wang, who played lead character Elsa in a 30-minute adaptation of Frozen , which was staged in New York last December. “No, it’s just ’cause Asians aren’t good at acting,” adds Charlotte’s 15-year-old brother, Aaron. “I never... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3094062/asian-american-children-battle-cultural-obstacles-pursue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3094062/asian-american-children-battle-cultural-obstacles-pursue?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:15:08 +0000 At a laboratory in Singapore, researchers are working on a technology with the potential to disrupt the massive – and unsustainable – global shrimp industry. Start-up Shiok Meats, founded by scientists Sandhya Sriram and Ka Yi Ling, is developing cell-based shrimp and seafood, as part of a growing global revolution in protein production. Cellular agriculture is billed as the future of food, as industries seek ways to reduce their reliance on factory farming. “There are plant-based seafood... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3075109/how-singapore-start-ups-sustainable-seafood-grown-stem-cells?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3075109/how-singapore-start-ups-sustainable-seafood-grown-stem-cells?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:45:06 +0000 Controversial swimmer Sun Yang is under the spotlight again after missing a military training camp attended by his fellow China team members following a disappointing world championships this summer. Sun did not join other top swimmers such as Xu Jiayu, Fu Yuanhui, Ye Shiwen and Liu Shuang for the five-day camp at the People’s Liberation Army Sports Training Centre in Beijing that ended on Tuesday. The 27-year-old faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing over anti-doping violations... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3024710/sun-yang-questioned-fans-missing-china-swimming-teams-military-training?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3024710/sun-yang-questioned-fans-missing-china-swimming-teams-military-training?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:09:45 +0000 Before he sat for his press conference, Jin Cheng looked up at the six large pictures of past Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship winners. Next year, his portrait will also be there as he became the second Chinese golfer to win the tournament after Sunday’s fourth round was cancelled because of typhoon Mujigae. The 17-year-old emulated the success of teammate Guan Tianlang, who won the 2012 as a 13-year-old, and earned the right to take his place at next year’s US Masters at Augusta National. Jin... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863951/us-masters-here-i-come-stunned-jin-cheng-savours-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863951/us-masters-here-i-come-stunned-jin-cheng-savours-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Oct 2015 06:30:15 +0000 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 long suspension in play, due to high winds and rainfall from Typhoon Mujigae, meant the final round was abandoned and Jin, the 54-hole leader at 11-under-par, became the winner over joint runners-up, Ryan Ruffels and Cameron Davis of Australia. Jin's prize is direct entry to the fabled Masters at Augusta, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863947/chinas-jin-cheng-wins-ticket-masters-after-typhoon-mujigae-blows-away?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863947/chinas-jin-cheng-wins-ticket-masters-after-typhoon-mujigae-blows-away?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Oct 2015 04:00:30 +0000 Update, 11:07: The fourth round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship was cancelled on Sunday, with China's Jin Cheng declared the winner. Jin's one-stroke win means he will take his place at next year's US Masters at Augusta National in Georgia. A lengthy suspension in play, because of high winds and heavy rainfall, meant organisers felt the round could not be completed before the onset darkness. The first group teed off as scheduled at 6.40am at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club on Sunday... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863934/play-suspended-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863934/play-suspended-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:15:45 +0000 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. Jin’s tap-in on the par-five 18th had the air of a winning stroke with the onset of Typhoon Mujigae threatening to cancel Sunday's final round at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. With strong winds battering the course, Jin scored... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863747/jin-cheng-hangs-asia-pacific-amateur-championship-lead-may-be-declared?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863747/jin-cheng-hangs-asia-pacific-amateur-championship-lead-may-be-declared?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Oct 2015 07:45:00 +0000 China’s Jin Cheng maintained a two-shot lead after the second round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Thursday as Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung surged up the leaderboard with the joint-best score of the day. Jin shot two-under 68 yesterday at the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club for a two-round total of 10-under-par 130, ahead of Japan’s Takashi Ogiso, who shot five-under 65. Jin Cheng fires course-record 62 China’s She Zihan and Australians Cameron Davis and Ryan Ruffels were a further... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863594/jin-cheng-holds-two-shot-lead-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863594/jin-cheng-holds-two-shot-lead-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung stormed into contention at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after a blazing second round of six-under-par 64 on Friday morning. Cheung fired five birdies and an eagle as he bounced back from his 71 in the first round to stand at five-under 135 at the halfway stage at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. Jin Cheng fires tournament record 62 in first round “I went to the range a little bit yesterday afternoon and kind of found something so I hit it a little better... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863467/hong-kongs-matthew-cheung-shoots-six-under-64-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863467/hong-kongs-matthew-cheung-shoots-six-under-64-asia-pacific-amateur?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:00:15 +0000 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 17-year-old Jin produced four birdies and an eagle over a sizzling five-hole jaunt after a lightning storm caused a 90-minute delay in the morning. He took a two-stroke lead over New Zealand’s Nick Voke and Singapore’s Gregory Foo, whose six-under-par 64s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863185/chinas-jin-cheng-fires-tournament-record-eight-under-62-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863185/chinas-jin-cheng-fires-tournament-record-eight-under-62-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:45:00 +0000 Guan Tianlang’s victory at the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship has inspired a generation of Chinese golfers to take up the sport - exactly what the tournament’s founding partners wanted. David Cherry, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Golf Federation (APGF), said the tournament has far exceeded expectations since it was launched in 2009. “The excitement in Asia-Pacific countries is overwhelming with respect to young players wanting to take up the game so they can play in this event and the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863177/augusta-national-and-ra-delighted-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1863177/augusta-national-and-ra-delighted-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:00:15 +0000 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. Both golfers have teammates who have used the event to qualify for the US Masters at Georgia’s hallowed golf course, with Australia’s Antonio Murdaca winning last year’s tournament by seven shots at Royal Melbourne and Chinese sensation Guan Tianlang becoming the youngest winner,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1862727/us-masters-major-incentive-golfers-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1862727/us-masters-major-incentive-golfers-asia-pacific-amateur-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:45:45 +0000 One is a 51-year-old restaurant owner from a country with less than 100 golfers, the other is a 15-year-old phenom who became the youngest player to tee up in a European Tour event. Their paths to the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) could hardly be more different, but Kyrgyzstan's Aidarali Asanov and China's Ye Wocheng share a common bond: a love of golf. There are no coaches - everyone who plays is self-taught, so you see a lot of hacker swings, Aidarali Asanov  Central Asian nation... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1862516/kyrgyzstan-restaurant-owner-shares-stage-china-teen-star-ye-wocheng-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1862516/kyrgyzstan-restaurant-owner-shares-stage-china-teen-star-ye-wocheng-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:30:45 +0000 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”. Guan captured the world’s attention by becoming the youngest player to compete and make the cut at the Masters, courtesy of winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) in Thailand in 2012. The AAC is the best amateur event in the region and the most important tournament to me every year Guan... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1858705/budding-china-ace-guan-tianlang-aiming-asia-pacific-amateur-championship-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1858705/budding-china-ace-guan-tianlang-aiming-asia-pacific-amateur-championship-title?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2015 05:45:15 +0000 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. Cheung will be joined by Leon Philip D'Souza, Michael Regan Wong, Shinichi Mizuno, Motin Yeung and Oliver Roberts at the prestigious event, which comes to Hong Kong for the first time. The winner receives an invitation to the Masters at Augusta and, along with the runner-up, gains entry to the qualifying... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1855047/matthew-cheung-leads-six-strong-hong-kong-assault-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1855047/matthew-cheung-leads-six-strong-hong-kong-assault-asia-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:15:15 +0000 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. Under the slogan of “Creating Heroes”, the showpiece championship will feature 120 players from the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation’s 39 member associations. The stakes are high with the champion receiving a place at the Masters Tournament at Augusta and, along with the runner-up, a berth in The Open qualifying... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1831928/asias-best-amateur-golfers-set-their-sights-hong-kongs-clearwater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1831928/asias-best-amateur-golfers-set-their-sights-hong-kongs-clearwater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:00:15 +0000