The R&A and Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation have announced that the 2024 edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship will be played on the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club in Thailand on 1-4 February.
The WAAP returns to Siam Country Club following a successful championship in 2022 where a dramatic final round produced a memorable win for Taiwan’s Ting-Hsuan Huang.
The 17-year-old Huang made six birdies over the last 11 holes to emerge victorious over local favourite Natthakritta Vongtaveelap, who has since turned professional and recorded a runner-up finish in her first LPGA event, the Honda LPGA Thailand, hosted by Siam Country Club on the Old Course, Pattaya, last month.
The WAAP aims to inspire future generations of women golfers and provides the champion with a launchpad into international golf through exemptions into multiple women’s major championships and other elite amateur championships.
The winner will be invited to compete in three major championships: the AIG Women’s Open, Amundi Evian Championship and the Chevron Championship.
In addition, she will also be invited to the Hana Financial Group Championship, ISPS Handa Australian Open, the 121st Women's Amateur Championship and Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
“We have created a platform for the very best women’s players in Asia-Pacific to show us just how good they are and give them the opportunity, if they win, to play on the very best professional stages around the world."
Martin Slumbers
Martin Slumbers, CEO at the R&A, said: “Last year Siam Country Club was a wonderful venue for the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship, and we are delighted to be returning there in 2024.
“The Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship is at the pinnacle of the women’s amateur game in the region, and we take it to world-class championship venues such as Siam Country Club.
“We have created a platform for the very best women’s players in Asia-Pacific to show us just how good they are and give them the opportunity, if they win, to play on the very best professional stages around the world. I look forward to seeing who seizes that opportunity next year.”
The Waterside Course was opened in 2014, can play up to 7,400 yards, and is designed around the unique waterways and gentle topography of what is now a 63-hole complex belonging to the Siam Motors Group, approximately 130 kilometers (about 80 miles) southeast of Bangkok.
The WAAP was developed by the R&A and APGC to unearth emerging talent and provide a route for Asia’s elite female amateurs to the international stage.
The R&A is supported by championship event partners that share its commitment to developing golf in the Asia-Pacific. The Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship is proudly supported by Hana Financial Group, Nippon Kabaya Ohayo Holdings, Rolex and Samsung.
Thailand’s Eila Galitsky recently won the fifth WAAP in commanding fashion, becoming the second player from her country to triumph in the region’s pre-eminent women’s amateur championship.
For more information on the WAAP, click HERE.
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