Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand hosts the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship later this week.
The AAC, organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation, the Masters Tournament and the R&A, will continue the event’s extensive broadcast coverage around the world.Fans on seven continents will be able to tune in to the 13th edition of the AAC on 27-30 October. Reaching more than 190 countries, the AAC is the most widely distributed amateur golf event across the world.The championship returns for the second time to Thailand, which hosted the fourth edition of the AAC in 2012 at Amata Spring.
The event, which aims to further develop the game of golf in the Asia-Pacific region, will see a full field of 120 amateurs from 39 countries and territories vie for the prestigious title, which provides an invitation to the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National and a place in the 151st Open at Royal Liverpool, provided the champion retains his amateur status. The runner(s)-up will earn a spot in Final Qualifying for the Open.The field includes Ratchanon Chantananuwat of Thailand, who is 12th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Other top-ranked competitors include No. 15 Wenyi Ding of China, a 17-year-old who won the U.S. Junior Amateur in July, and No. 69 Taichi Kho of Hong Kong, who finished runner-up in a playoff at last year’s championship in Dubai. Keita Nakajima, who recently turned professional, became the third player from Japan to win the AAC in 2021.
The AAC was created in 2009 by the APGC, the Masters Tournament and the R&A. Alumni have accounted for more than 100 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, C.T. Pan, Si Woo Kim, K.H. Lee, Cameron Davis, Ryan Fox and Lucas Herbert.Coverage begins at 2 p.m. local time (3 a.m. EDT) on Thursday and Friday. Coverage of the weekend rounds will air from noon to 3 p.m. local time (1 a.m.-4 a.m. EDT) on Saturday and Sunday.The English-speaking commentary team will feature Rich Lerner as host, Frank Nobilo as analyst, Paul Gow and Colt Knost as on-course reporters, and Amanda Renner handling interviews.
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