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Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific returning to Thailand

Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific returning to Thailand

The R&A and Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) have announced that the 2024 edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship will be played on the Waterside Course at the Siam Country Club in Thailand from February 1-4 in 2024. 13 Mar 2023
Galitsky runs away with Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

Galitsky runs away with Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

Thailand’s Eila Galitsky won the fifth Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship in commanding fashion, becoming the second player from her country to triumph in the region’s preeminent amateur championship. 13 Mar 2023
Kim looking to follow in mentor Ko's footsteps

Kim looking to follow in mentor Ko's footsteps

Korea’s Minsol Kim made a great start towards making it a Korean double in two weeks in Singapore when she grabbed the honours at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship overnight, which she opened with a five-under-par 67 at Singapore Island Country Club. 10 Mar 2023
New names looking to follow in Thitikul’s WAAP path

New names looking to follow in Thitikul’s WAAP path

The Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship celebrates its fifth anniversary this year in Singapore with a host of emerging stars looking to follow in the footsteps of the inaugural champion on the previous visit to the island state, Atthaya Thitikul. 27 Feb 2023
Australian team named for Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Australian team named for Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

The Australian team for the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) at Singapore Island Golf Club from March 9-12 has been confirmed with three of the six players set to make their debut in the event. 23 Jan 2023
Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Singapore bound

Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Singapore bound

The R&A and the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) have announced that the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship’s fifth edition will be held at The New Course at The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) from 9-12 March 2023. 6 Nov 2022
Packed leaderboard as triple bogey stalls Bennett’s WAAP charge

Packed leaderboard as triple bogey stalls Bennett’s WAAP charge

The final day of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific is set for a shootout, with four players tied for the lead at eight-under-par and another seven within four shots, including Aussie Kelsey Bennett. 5 Nov 2022
Defending champion Hashimoto takes control of WAAP

Defending champion Hashimoto takes control of WAAP

On a day when many bemoaned their lack of ability to hole any putts on the greens of the Waterside Course of Siam Country Club, Japan’s Mizuki Hashimoto had no such troubles. 4 Nov 2022
Bennett the best as all six Aussies make WAAP weekend

Bennett the best as all six Aussies make WAAP weekend

It wasn’t the round Kelsey Bennett was hoping for on Friday at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific, but despite a cold putter she remains in the hunt for the title and the major championship spoils in Thailand. 4 Nov 2022
Ace of a day for Malaysia/Melbourne’s Wong at WAAP

Ace of a day for Malaysia/Melbourne’s Wong at WAAP

Fresh off a fifth women’s club championship win at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, Jeneath Wong has made a hole-in-one on day two of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific. 4 Nov 2022
Improving her Aussie slang Atienza leads Singapore charge

Improving her Aussie slang Atienza leads Singapore charge

These days, Australians are spread vast and wide across the golfing world, our coaches particularly seen as highly valued commodities with a special ability to develop young talented players. 3 Nov 2022
Dream start for WAAP veteran Durisic as big names lurk

Dream start for WAAP veteran Durisic as big names lurk

Liyana Durisic is somewhat unique in this week’s Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific field. 3 Nov 2022
So-called expert golf tips for this week

So-called expert golf tips for this week

Another win and nine top-10s to the tally last week for our tipsters. How will they go at the WAAP, PGA Tour, LPGA and Asian Tour this week? 3 Nov 2022
Reunited with her clubs (again) Rudgeley ready to go at WAAP

Reunited with her clubs (again) Rudgeley ready to go at WAAP

For the fifth time this year, Kirsten Rudgeley’s golf clubs failed to arrive with her when the West Australian got to Thailand for this week’s Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship held at Siam Country Club near Pattaya. 2 Nov 2022
Thitikul becomes World No.1 as Thailand welcomes Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

Thitikul becomes World No.1 as Thailand welcomes Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship

On February 24, 2018 a 15-year-old Atthaya Thitikul became the first Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) champion and now just four years later, on the eve of this year’s championship, the Thai star has become World No.1. 1 Nov 2022
Morri: Genuinely growing the game

Morri: Genuinely growing the game

The wheels of change turn slowly in golf, especially in a digital age where we demand – and receive – so much instant gratification. 31 Oct 2022
Aussies and Kiwis eyeing big prizes at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Aussies and Kiwis eyeing big prizes at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

The leading women amateur golfers from Australia and New Zealand are targeting a win at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship when it is played at the Waterside Course at the Siam Country Club in Thailand from November 3-6. 14 Oct 2022
Aussie Bennett among favourites at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Aussie Bennett among favourites at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

The fourth edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship has attracted a strong field, including 22 of the top-100 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. 24 Sep 2022
Australia names Asia-Pacific Amateur teams

Australia names Asia-Pacific Amateur teams

The Australian team for this year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Thailand has been chosen and the squad is full of firepower. 1 Sep 2022
Aussie Bennett runner-up at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Aussie Bennett runner-up at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Japan’s outstanding year in golf continued when Mizuki Hashimoto shot a fourth successive round of four-under-par 68 to win the third edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship by one stroke on Saturday. 15 Nov 2021
Aussie Bennett in the mix at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Aussie Bennett in the mix at Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific

Thailand’s Natthakritta Vongtaveelap posted a bogey-free round of four-under-par 68 to keep her two-shot lead intact at the halfway stage of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship (WAAP). 12 Nov 2021