Championship Info
The inaugural Asian Amateur Championship will be held at Mission Hills Golf Club, China, from 29 October – 1 November 2009. The event will be played over the World Cup course, a layout designed by the great Jack Nicklaus.
There will be a maximum field of 120 amateur players who will be selected by the following criteria:
The top two ranked amateur players from each of the APGC member countries plus the four top ranked players from the host country, as ranked on The R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) as of August 14, 2009. If there is not a sufficient number of players ranked from that member country, the member country may nominate a player(s) from their country with an established handicap of less than 5.4, to be approved by the APGC, to fulfill the two positions eligible from that country.
The remainder of the field will be filled taking the next highest ranked players of APGC Member Countries, not otherwise qualified from the WAGR as of August 14, 2009. The maximum number of eligible players from any APGC member country, with the exception of the host country, will be six.
The Asian Amateur Championship reserves the right to invite additional players at its discretion.
The Masters Tournament and The R&A will provide financial and other support to the championship. In addition, the winner will receive an invitation to play in the 2010 Masters Tournament, and, together with the runner-up, will earn a place in International Final Qualifying for The 139th Open Championship at St Andrews.
Established in 1992 and host to the 1995 World Cup of Golf Final, the first international golf tournament to be held in China, Mission Hills is located near the town of Guanlan, just outside Shenzhen, in China’s Guangdong province. Officially accredited with being the world’s largest golf facility, it has hosted the Omega Mission Hills World Cup since 2007 and now has eleven championship courses designed by some of the most recognisable names in golf.
