Updated on 18 May 2010 ASIAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP ADDS JAPAN AIRLINES, SAMSUNG AS EVENT SPONSORS TOKYO – Japan Airlines (JAL) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., have agreed to sponsor the Asian Amateur Championship, event officials have announced. The agreement with Samsung was confirmed at a signing ceremony earlier today at the ANA Intercontinental in Tokyo. The support of Samsung and JAL will now be added to that of IBM, KFC, Rolex and Zurich, all of which backed the inaugural championship in 2009. The 2010 Asian Amateur Championship is scheduled to take place on the West Course at Kasumigaseki Country Club on 7 – 10 October. It is the second edition in an ongoing initiative to grow the game by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, the Masters Tournament and The R&A. “Our valuable partnership with JAL and Samsung will provide the event greater strength as we make every effort to inspire this game’s growth throughout Asia,” said Kwang-soo Hur, President of the APGC. “Our vision is to nurture the future golfing heroes in this region, and this dream will someday be realized thanks, in part, to all of our valuable partners.” The Asian Amateur Championship provides the winner an invitation to play in the following year’s Masters Tournament, while both the winner and the runner-up earn a spot in International Final Qualifying (IFQ) for The Open Championship. Korean Chang-won Han was the victor of the inaugural Asian Amateur Championship. He then competed in the 2010 Masters. Although he missed the cut, he made an impressive debut at Augusta by posting a 79-76—155 two-day total. Fellow countryman Eric Chun, the 2009 Asian Amateur Championship runner-up, took full advantage of the invitation to The Open Championship’s IFQ. He qualified in Malaysia and will compete at St. Andrews in July. The 120-player field will again be comprised of the top male amateurs representing the 33 member countries of the APGC. Play will consist of 72 holes of stroke play with a cut coming after 36 holes. For more information on the Asian Amateur Championship, please visit www.asianamateurchampionship.com. |
Updated on 10th March 2010. Asia-Pacific Team for the match versus Europe for the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy to be played at the KGA Golf Club, Bangalore India on the 21, 22 & 23 April 2010. Han, Chang-Won Korea Age: 19 years Club: H,cap: 0.3 Kim, Meen_Whee, Korea Age: 18 Years, Club: H’cap: 0.2 Chien-Yao Hung, Chinese Taipei, Age: 17 years, Club: Taipei Golf Club, H’cap 0.2 Chi-Hsien Hsieh, Chinese Taipei, Age: 19 years Club: Sunrise G & CC H’cap 0.5 Keisuke Otawa, Japan, Age: 21 Years, Club: H’cap +1.7 Yuki Usami, Japan, Age: 21 Years, Club: Taka Golf Club, H’cap +2.1 Zhang Xin Jun, China, Age: 22 Years. Club: H’cap Scr. Jordan Sherratt, Australia, Age: 22 Years, Club: Thaxted Park Golf Club. H’cap Peter Spearman-Burns, New Zealand, Age: Club: Miramar Golf Club H’cap +2.4 Rashid Khan, India, Age: 19 Years, Club: Delhi Golf Club, H’cap Scr Mhark Fernando, Philippines, Age: 28 Years, Club: H’cap Woo Ke-jun Jonathan, Singapore, Age: 19 Years, H’cap Non-Playing Captain: Mr Tazio Kawata, Japan. |