Kasumigaseki Country Club will Host 2010 Asian Amateur Championship

The West Course at Kasumigaseki Country Club, Japan has been announced as the venue for the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship.  The venue, which is based in Kasahata Kawagoe City, 1 hour northwest of Tokyo, will stage the second playing of the championship on 7 – 10 October 2010.

The announcement was ahead of the inaugural event which begins today at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen.  Representatives of Kasumigaseki Country Club and the Japan Golf Association joined Kwang-soo Hur, President of the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, Billy Payne, Chairman of the Masters Tournament, and Keith Hodgekinson, Chairman of The R&A’s Golf Development Committee, for the announcement.

“The APGC is very pleased to announce Kasumigaseki Country Club in Japan as the host the next Asian Amateur Championship.  It is a natural progression to take the championship to this great golfing nation and we have selected a very fine venue,” said Kwang-soo Hur.  “Japan has a rich golfing history and we hope that their staging of this event will stimulate their next generation of golfers.”

“We look forward to welcoming the APGC, the Masters and The R&A to Japan. I know that having this event being played in our country will provide motivation to our best amateur players,”  said Taizo Kawata, Chairman of the International Committee, Japan Golf Association.

“As a member of Kasumigaseki, I am delighted that our club will host the Asian Amateur Championship,” he followed on.  “Our golf club has been the venue for many important events in this region but this championship with its international partnerships and global focus will be very special indeed.”

Kasumigaseki Country Club was the venue for the Japan Open in 1933, 1956, 1995 and 2006, the Japan Women’s Open in 1999.  It has a long standing commitment to amateur golf demonstrated by the its hosting of the Japan Junior Championships each year for the last forty years.