The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific . It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in conjunction with the Masters Tournament and The R&A , organizers of The Open Championship . The winner receives an invitation to the Masters and The Open Championship (beginning in 2018). The winner and runner-up had previously gained entry to International Final Qualifying for the Open from 2009 to 2017. In 2011, the winner also receives an invitation to the Asian Tour's season ending Thailand Golf Championship. It is also considered an "elite" event by the World Amateur Golf Ranking in that any player that makes the cut is eligible to be ranked. Only the U.S. Amateur , British Amateur , and European Amateur have this distinction.
5-479: The winner in 2012, Guan Tianlang went on to play in the 2013 Masters Tournament and so became the youngest player in Masters history at 14. * Shortened to 54 holes due to poor weather conditions. This article on a golf tournament is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guan Tianlang Guan Tianlang ( Chinese : 关天朗 ; pinyin : Guān Tiānlǎng ; born 25 October 1998)
10-534: Is a Chinese amateur golfer. Guan qualified for the 2013 Masters Tournament by winning the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand. On 12 April 2013, he became the youngest player to make the cut in PGA Tour history and play in 2013 Masters. At 14 years, 5 months of age, Guan is the youngest to make the cut in a major championship. Previously, the youngest was Italian Matteo Manassero , who did it at
15-576: The 1995 Honda Classic . Two weeks later he played in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans as a result of a sponsors exemption given to him by Zurich when he won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship . Guan made the cut on the number (−3) thanks to rounds of 72 and 69. However he fell back on the weekend and finished last in the field (71st). In a 2014 interview with Golf.com, Guan reflected on his experience at
20-534: The 2009 Open Championship at 16 years, 2 months. Before the tournament, Guan played practice rounds with Ben Crenshaw and Tiger Woods , both of whom were full of praise for the youngster. Woods said, "It's frightening to think that he was born after I won my first Masters. I mean, that's just frightening. It's exciting that I have inspired kids to play and not just here in the States but obviously in China and around
25-411: The world." Speaking of the experience, Guan said, "Each time I play with him I feel a lot better and give myself some confidence and it's very good. He told me a lot. We really enjoyed it on the golf course." Guan was given the first slow play penalty since Grégory Bourdy at the 2010 PGA Championship ; the last time the PGA Tour utilized a slow-play penalty in a non-major was against Glen Day at
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