2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship continues extensive international coverage 01:36, 17/10/2023

The 14th AAC will be held at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia

The winner will receive tickets to The Masters, The 152nd The Open and the 129th Amateur Championship. The runner-up will earn a spot in The Open Qualifying Round with a chance to win a spot Attend the 152nd The Open.

A full field of 120 amateurs from 40 countries will vie for the prestigious title, which provides an invitation to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club and exemptions into The 152nd Open at Royal Troon and the 129th Amateur Championship, provided the champion retains his amateur status. The runner(s)-up will earn a spot into The Open Qualifying Series with the opportunity to earn a place in The 152nd Open.

Competition is fierce with the participation of top amateur 

Leading this year’s field, which is comprised of the top men’s amateurs in the region, is Japan’s Yuta Sugiura, who is 16th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Other top-ranked competitors include No. 19 Wenyi Ding of China, No. 33 Kazuma Kobori of New Zealand, No. 41 Yunhe “Sampson” Zheng of China. China’s Bo Jin (No. 136), last year’s runner-up and the brother of 2015 champion Cheng Jin, will also return after finishing one stroke back of champion Harrison Crowe in 2022.

Vietnamese Golf reaches out to the regional arena

Notably, Nguyen Anh Minh (ranked 182), Le Khanh Hung (ranked 395) and Doan Uy (ranked 705) are three Vietnamese golfers who will be present at this year's tournament. 2023 is the first year Vietnam is invited to participate in 4 places (Nguyen Nhat Long, due to switching to professional competition, cannot attend).

This is a good sign for Vietnamese golfers and a great motivation for the younger generation of golfers to continue trying to improve and enter the regional arena.

Starting point of famous golfers

The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship was created in 2009 as a joint initiative between the APGC, the Masters Tournament and The R&A. Alumni have accounted for more than 120 victories across the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour and include notables such as two-time champion Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith, Si Woo Kim, Ryan Fox, K.H. Lee, Cameron Davis, Min Woo Lee, Lucas Herbert and C.T. Pan. The Championship returns for the second time to Australia, which hosted the sixth edition of the Championship in 2014 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

Wide coverage worldwide

The Asia-Pacific Amateur, which aims to further develop golf in the Asia-Pacific region, is the most widely distributed amateur golf event across the world. The Championship’s high-definition broadcast includes three hours of live coverage on each of the four competition days. Fox Sports Australia will provide event coverage in this year’s host country of Australia. Other broadcasters include iQIYI (China), SBS Sports (Korea), Tokyo Broadcasting System (Japan), SPOTV (Pan-Asia), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), ESPN (United States and Latin America), SuperSport (Southern Africa), TSN (Canada) and Warner Bros. Discovery (Europe).

For more information, please visit www.AACgolf.com or follow enhanced coverage and exclusive content through the Championship’s official social handles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube.