An invitation to the Masters at Augusta National and a place in The Open at St Andrews are the extraordinary rewards awaiting the winner of this week’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, with eight Australians chasing the title at Te Arai Links in New Zealand.
Seven Australians have been named to compete at the 2026 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Te Arai Links, chasing a life-changing invitation to the Masters and the Open Championship.
Rising amateur stars Abel Eduard and Raegan Denton made it an Aussie double for the first time in five years on an enthralling final day at the Master of the Amateurs in Melbourne.
Leading amateurs from 21 countries teed off on Tuesday in the first round at the 2026 Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship at Southern Golf Club.
Australian Harry Takis responded admirably from a nightmarish quadruple-bogey that featured two lost balls, including one up a palm tree, to scratch out a three-round total of 10-under-par that left a ray of hope of reeling in a runaway leader at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
Australian Harry Takis has starts in the Masters and Open Championship in his sights at the halfway mark of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, after bludgeoning the Emirates Golf Club’s back nine with his firebrand style of golf.
Australian Billy Dowling’s crafty iron play and hot putter contributed to a sizzling round that earned him a share of the lead after day one at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai.
A six-strong Australian team will head to Dubai in October for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, trying to win the country’s third individual title in four years.
Ten Australians have accepted their invitations to compete in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne Golf Club next month, opening the door to earn a place in the Masters Tournament and the 152nd Open Championship next year.
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