Korean Lee Chang-Woo Wins 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Date                 24 – 27 October 2013
Venue             Nanshan International Golf Club (Garden Course), Longkou City, Shandong, China
Par                   36-35-71
Length            6,407 metres / 7,006 yards
Designer        Steve Shepherdson
Opened           2008

Lee Chang-woo claimed the fifth edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship by three strokes at the Nanshan International Golf Club in Shandong province, China.

Lee became the second Korean to win the event after Han Chang-won won the inaugural event in 2009 at Mission Hills Golf Club in southern China.

With the victory, Lee clinched a spot in the 2014 Masters Tournament, in addition to the Open Qualifying Series for The Open Championship, where he would be joined by runner-up Shohei Hasegawa of Japan.

After posting earlier rounds of 70, 72 and 69, Lee started the final day with a slender one-shot advantage over Zecheng Dou. After mixing two birdies and two bogeys over the front nine to turn in a level-par 36, he pulled away from the competition with a superb display of ball-striking that produced birdies at the 12th and 15th.

Although Lee played like a seasoned pro down the final stretch, he admitted to not being able to shed his nerves until his tee shot at the par-3 17th, which he struck to the heart of the green.

“I have been looking at the leader board since the third round and I was a bit nervous,” said Lee. “I just tried to keep calm and it seemed to work. I knew I was going to win after the tee shot on the 17th hole.”

Venue Information

Nanshan International Golf Club’s Garden Course is located in Longkou City in the northwest region of China’s Shandong province. The Garden Course is regarded as the most challenging of the six Nanshan International courses in Longkou City.

Weather

No weather delays with cold conditions in the mornings. Lows around nine degrees Celsius and up to 25 mph winds in the first and second rounds gave way to a high temperature of 19 degrees Celsius on Sunday during the final round.

2013 Results

POS	NAME	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOT
1	Lee Chang-woo	KOR	70	72	69	70	-3
2	Shohei Hasegawa	JPN	72	70	71	71	E
3	Kenta Konishi	JPN	76	71	68	70	1
T4	Lucas Herbert	AUS	73	75	71	68	3
T4	Lee Soo-min	KOR	73	70	74	70	3
T4	Dou Zecheng	CHN	68	75	69	75	3
7	Oliver Goss	AUS	72	73	71	72	4
T8	Pan Cheng-tsung	TPE	72	73	73	71	5
T8	Brady Watt	AUS	71	74	73	71	5
T8	Kazuya Koura	JPN	74	69	74	72	5
T8	Guan Tianlang	CHN	74	74	68	73	5
T12	Zhang Jin	CHN	72	76	71	72	7
T12	Taihei Sato	JPN	73	71	74	73	7
T12	Poom Saksansin	THA	72	75	71	73	7
15	Kim Tae-woo	KOR	75	75	67	75	8
16	Anton Arboleda	PHI	74	74	72	73	9
T17	Jin Cheng	CHN	76	72	75	71	10
T17	Daniel Hoeve	AUS	77	75	70	72	10
19	Sam An	NZL	74	74	74	73	11
T20	Eric Sugimoto	JPN	73	74	77	72	12
T20	Taylor James Macdonald	AUS	72	74	75	75	12
T22	Sarit Suwannarut	THA	78	75	70	74	13
T22	Blair Riordan	NZL	74	73	74	76	13
T22	Vaughan Mccall	NZL	73	76	72	76	13
T25	Lee Chieh-po	TPE	79	75	70	74	14
T25	Danthai Boonma	THA	76	74	75	73	14
T25	Kim Nam-hun	KOR	76	72	76	74	14
T25	Kim Gyu-bin	KOR	77	76	73	72	14
T25	Luke Toomey	NZL	74	75	74	75	14
T30	Khai Jei Low	MAS	79	75	69	76	15
T30	Jonathan Woo	SIN	77	74	71	77	15
T30	Kao Teng	TPE	78	71	78	72	15
33	Nick Voke	NZL	75	72	74	79	16
T34	Trishul Chinnappa	IND	77	75	73	76	17
T34	Shinichi Mizuno	HKG	74	76	75	76	17
T34	Joshua Shou	SIN	77	75	75	74	17
T34	Viraj Madappa	IND	80	72	69	80	17
T34	Wang Xichen	CHN	74	77	78	72	17
T39	Jerome Ng	SIN	75	75	75	77	18
T39	Karan Taunk	IND	80	78	68	76	18
T39	Udayan Mane	IND	80	77	72	73	18
T42	Tawan Phongphun	THA	74	79	74	76	19
T42	Liu Yu-jui	TPE	78	77	73	75	19
T44	Lin Chang-heng	TPE	73	73	78	80	20
T44	Mikumu Horikawa	JPN	77	75	76	76	20
T44	Koo Kyo-won	KOR	81	74	78	71	20
T44	Joshua Munn	NZL	80	79	75	70	20
48	Rupert Zaragosa	PHI	77	77	74	77	21
T49	Chen Zihao	CHN	75	80	75	76	22
T49	Ned Howard	COK	81	76	76	73	22
51	Marc Ong	SIN	75	75	77	80	23
T52	Johnson Poh	SIN	75	76	76	81	24
T52	Chan Tuck Soon	MAS	75	77	77	79	24
T52	Mohd Afif Mohd Razif	MAS	80	75	76	77	24
T52	Nattawat Suvajanakorn	THA	77	76	83	72	24
56	Vijitha Bandara	SRI	79	76	73	82	26
T57	Md Wafiyuddin B Abdul Manaf	MAS	80	77	75	79	27
T57	Yang Yinong	CHN	80	78	76	77	27
T57	Niko Vui	SAM	79	80	76	76	27
60	Andres Saldana	PHI	78	77	76	84	31
61	Justin Quiban	PHI	78	80	77	81	32
MC	Manu Gandas	IND	83	77
MC	Jieyu Xiao	MAC	81	79
MC	Thammasack Bouahom	LAO	80	80
MC	Anuresh Chandra	FIJ	81	79
MC	Ghazanfar Mehmood	PAK	80	80
MC	Wang Ziting	CHN	83	77
MC	Abdul Hadi	SIN	78	82
MC	Tiger Lee	HKG	83	77
MC	Ye Htet Aung	MYA	85	75
MC	Luo Xuewen	CHN	83	78
MC	Olaf Allen	FIJ	80	81
MC	Muhammad Waseem Rana	PAK	83	78
MC	Doan Van Dinh	VNM	83	79
MC	Kirk Tuaiti	COK	81	81
MC	Syed Saqib Ahmed	IND	80	82
MC	Pulou Faaaliga	SAM	78	85
MC	Md Nazim	BAN	80	83
MC	Md Thaznim Hamdan	MAS	85	78
MC	Dechen Ugyen	BHU	85	79
MC	Solomon Emilio Rosidin	MAS	82	82
MC	Nasser Yacoob	BHR	84	80
MC	Muhammad Rehman	PAK	79	85
MC	Salman Jehangir	PAK	84	81
MC	Maung Maung Oo	MYA	76	89
MC	George Rukabo	SOL	84	82
MC	Redge Camacho	GUM	86	80
MC	Geoffrey Drakeford	AUS	88	78
MC	Yu Sung-i	TPE	84	83
MC	Vanseiha Seng	CAM	87	81
MC	Tang Chak Hou	MAC	89	79
MC	Rohana	SRI	90	78
MC	Nguyen Gia Hong	VNM	89	80
MC	Bishnu Sharma	NEP	87	83
MC	Brian Taikiri	PNG	89	81
MC	Sisira Kumara	SRI	79	91
MC	Akl Rachid	LIB	85	85
MC	Qu Hongxin	CHN	85	85
MC	Elki Kow	INA	84	87
MC	Navinda Ranga	SRI	85	86
MC	M Arumugam	SRI	84	90
MC	Tshendra Dorji	BHU	90	84
MC	Delgermaa Ulziidelger	MGL	90	85
MC	Morgan Annato	PNG	94	81
MC	Lon Lindsey	GUM	88	89
MC	Dinesh Prajapati	NEP	89	90
MC	Ben Felani	SOL	91	89
MC	Thammalack Bouahom	LAO	89	91
MC	N Amarapadma	SRI	90	90
MC	Sajad Karampour Barjoei	IRI	93	90
MC	Ebrahim Nouri	IRI	89	94
MC	Mohamed Diab Alnoaimi	BHR	92	93
MC	Mendsaikhan Gangaa	MGL	95	98
MC	Sokhamony Thong	CAM	94	100
MC	Imanaliev Nurmat	KGZ	108	92
MC	Osmonkulov Kuban	KGZ	94	108
WD	Ramzi Bahsoun	LIB
DQ	Md Sajib Ali	BAN