FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
The Asia-Pacific Amateur will leave the Asian continent for the first
time in 2014, and for good reason. The tournament, conducted by Augusta
National Golf Club, the R and A and the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation,
is headed to historic Royal Melbourne in Australia.
Royal Melbourne, designed by Alister Mackenzie, is considered one of
the world’s top courses. It hosted the 1998 and 2011 Presidents Cups.
“The 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will mark a new chapter
for the event as it visits our region for the first time,” said John
Hopkins, chairman of Golf Australia.
“Australia has a proud history of
hosting amateur and professional events, and Australians will come out
in force to watch the top golfers from all across the Asia-Pacific
region. The players can be assured of playing at one of the country’s
best and most famous golf clubs.”
China’s Nanshan International Golf Club, a 279-hole complex in
Longkou City, near Yantai in Shandong Province, will host next year’s
Asian Amateur Championship. The event will be played on the Danling
Garden Course, which staged the OneAsia Tour’s China Nanshan Masters
earlier this month.
The Asia-Pacific Amateur offers the winner an invitation to the
Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. The champion and
runner(s)-up earn spots in International Final Qualifying (IFQ) for The
Open Championship.
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