In summary

  • New South Wales Golf Club will host the 19th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship from November 2-5, 2028, the third time Australia has held the event.
  • Hoiana Shores Golf Club in Hoi An, Vietnam, has been confirmed as host of the 2027 championship from October 28-31, a first for the country.
  • The champion earns an invitation to the Masters Tournament and an exemption into The Open the following year, with past competitors including Hideki Matsuyama and Cameron Smith.

New South Wales Golf Club will welcome some of the region’s leading male amateurs in 2028 after being named as the host venue for the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

The Sydney club will stage the 19th edition of the championship from November 2-5, 2028, marking the third time the event has been held in Australia following previous editions at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in 2014 and 2023.

The announcement was made by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), the Masters Tournament and The R&A, which also confirmed Hoiana Shores Golf Club in Hoi An, Vietnam, as host of the 2027 championship from October 28-31. Both venues will host the event for the first time.

Originally designed a century ago by Alister MacKenzie, renowned for his co-design of Augusta National Golf Club, New South Wales Golf Club overlooks Botany Bay and is recognised for its links-style layout, rugged terrain and ocean views.

The world top-50 venue has hosted numerous professional tournaments, including the 2009 Australian Open, won by Adam Scott. Its signature par-three sixth hole features a dramatic tee shot from Cape Banks over the rocky coastline.

New South Wales Golf Club president Chris Coudounaris said the club was looking forward to hosting the championship.

“New South Wales Golf Club is one of the world’s great golfing experiences, and we are excited to welcome the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship to our Club in 2028,” said Chris Coudounaris, President of New South Wales Golf Club. “The dramatic coastal views, together with a course that is both strategic and unique, will provide an exceptional test and backdrop for the top players from across the region and will undoubtedly produce a deserving champion.”

Speaking on behalf of the founding partners, The R&A chief executive Mark Darbon said both venues would provide strong tests for the championship field.

“We are very fortunate to be able to stage the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at some of the world’s finest courses and Hoiana Shores and New South Wales are undoubtedly in that category. We are very much looking forward to taking the championship to Vietnam for the first time and enjoying one of the world’s great emerging golf destinations. We are also thrilled to be returning to Australia and visiting such a renowned championship venue as New South Wales for the first time. Both courses will offer outstanding tests of golf for the players in wonderful locations and create exciting new chapters for the AAC.”

The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship features leading male amateurs from across the region, representing the 43 organisations affiliated with the APGC.

The champion receives an invitation to compete at the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club and an exemption into The Open the following year. The runner-up or runners-up also earn a place in Final Qualifying for The Open.

The championship has become a pathway to the professional game for several prominent players. Past competitors include two-time champion and 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama, 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith and 2026 Open champion Ryan Fox.

Other alumni include 2018 champion Takumi Kanaya, 2021 champion Keita Nakajima, Australia’s Cameron Davis and Min Woo Lee, the Republic of Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan. Collectively, championship alumni have won 34 PGA Tour events and more than 180 tournaments across major professional tours.

The 2027 edition will mark the first time the championship has been held in Vietnam, with Hoiana Shores Golf Club set to host the event. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and opened in 2019, the links-style course sits along more than two kilometres of beachfront sand dunes, overlooking the South China Sea and nearby Cham Islands.

The 17th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is currently being played at Te Arai Links in New Zealand, with live scoring and information available at AACGolf.com.