Asian Matchplay Championship

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Asian Matchplay Championship
Tournament information
Location Southeast Asia
Established1996
Course(s) Mission Hills Golf Club
Tour(s) Asian Tour
Format Match play
Prize fund US$265,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Score3 and 1 Jeev Milkha Singh (1996)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Gerry Norquist
Location Map
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Mission Hills GC
Location in China
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Mission Hills GC
Location in Guangdong

The Asian Matchplay Championship was a professional match play golf tournament. It was the season ending event in each of the first four seasons of the Omega Tour, now known as the Asian Tour. It also included a pairs competition, the Hugo Boss Foursomes, played using the alternate shot format. [1]

Contents

It was hosted at a different venue every season. After the inaugural event, which was played in January, it was held in December each season. The tournament was sponsored by Volvo between 1996 and 1998, when it was titled as the Volvo Asian Matchplay.

The limited field was predominantly made up of winners of the major tournaments on the Omega Tour and leading players from the Order of Merit that season, with invitations also issued to the leading players from the Asia Golf Circuit, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Southern Africa Tour. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef.
Volvo Asian Matchplay
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Gerry Norquist 2 and 1 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Meeks Mission Hills [2]
1997 Flag of South Africa.svg Des Terblanche Concession [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Partridge Mimosa [3]
1996
(Dec)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Lianwei 1 up Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kang Wook-soon Emeralda [4]
Asian Matchplay Championship
1996
(Jan)
Flag of India.svg Jeev Milkha Singh 3 and 1 Flag of Thailand.svg Boonchu Ruangkit St. Elena [5] [6]

Notes

  1. Partridge conceded on the 27th hole due to an arm injury; Terblanche was 2 up at the time.

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