2024 Results
China’s Wenyi Ding Wins Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship In Dramatic Fashion
Date | 3-6 October 2023 |
Venue | Royal Melbourne Golf Club |
Par | 35-36-71 |
Length | 7,217 yards |
Designer | Shunsuke Kato |
Opened | 1977 |
China’s Wenyi Ding won the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after a final-round 67, his fourth consecutive 67 at the par-70 Taiheiyo Club Gotemba.
The 12-under total was enough to edge fellow China countryman Ziqin Zhou by one stroke as the field battled rainy conditions throughout the week in the foothills of Mount Fuji. The win marks the fifth victory by a Chinese player in the 15 editions of the Championship, the most by any country.
“It feels really good. Last year I lost in the playoff and just felt I couldn’t play any better. And this year I got the trophy, it’s amazing,” said Ding. “Before I played No. 17 I didn’t want to play for a birdie. I just wanted to save a par. I felt nervous on the birdie putt (on 18). I don’t know why but it went three or four feet by. I was able to hole it.”
Ding entered the Championship as the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He fell on the second hole of a playoff at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship held at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
The 19-year-old moved ahead with a birdie at the third and followed up with a birdie at the ninth to lead by three at the turn over Zhou, an 18-year-old member of the men’s golf team at the University of California – Berkeley. Zhou birdied the par-5 18th to briefly tie the lead before Ding’s birdie at the par-3 17th – a 239-yard shot that landed inside six feet – proved to be the difference. He found a bunker off the tee at the par-5 18th and laid up to 140 yards. His approach shot found the back of the green and the ensuing two-putt, capped by a four-foot comeback putt, won the Championship.
Ding came out on top after an extended day’s play which saw the third round completed Sunday morning after a fog delay of six and a half hours on Friday led to a delayed start for each round. The final round got underway at 9 a.m. with Ding and Zhou tied for the lead at nine-under-par, two shots clear of Japan’s Rintaro Nakano and Seonghyeon An of Korea.
POS | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wenyi Ding | China | -12 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 268 |
2 | Ziqin Zhou | China | -11 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 269 |
3 | Rintaro Nakano | Japan | -10 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 270 |
4 | Reo Maruo | Japan | -9 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 271 |
T5 | Masato Sumiuchi | Japan | -7 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 273 |
T5 | Seonghyeon An | Republic of Korea | -7 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 273 |
7 | Shoon Kobayashi | Japan | -5 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 275 |
T8 | Sungyeop Cho | Republic of Korea | -4 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 276 |
T8 | Shu Fukuzumi | Japan | -4 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 276 |
T8 | Cooper Moore | New Zealand | -4 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 276 |
T8 | Rizq Adam Rohizam | Malaysia | -4 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 276 |
12 | Ngai 'Kelvin' Si | Macao, China | -3 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 277 |
T13 | Ryan Ang | Singapore | -2 | 69 | 74 | 68 | 67 | 278 |
T13 | Phoenix Campbell | Australia | -2 | 71 | 66 | 73 | 68 | 278 |
T13 | Wang Ngai Shen | Hong Kong, China | -2 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 278 |
T16 | Chi-Chun Chen | Chinese Taipei | -1 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 279 |
T16 | Alexander Yang | Hong Kong, China | -1 | 71 | 73 | 65 | 70 | 279 |
18 | Kartik Singh | India | E | 71 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 280 |
T19 | Kuangyu 'Tony' Chen | Australia | +1 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 281 |
T19 | Quinnton Croker | Australia | +1 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 281 |
T19 | Anh Minh Nguyen | Vietnam | +1 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 281 |
T19 | Taishi Moto | Japan | +1 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 281 |
T19 | Randy Bintang | Indonesia | +1 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 281 |
T24 | Riura Matsui | Japan | +2 | 68 | 69 | 76 | 69 | 282 |
T24 | Rayhan Latief | Indonesia | +2 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 282 |
T26 | Pongsapak Laopakdee | Thailand | +3 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 283 |
T26 | Jaemin Park | Republic of Korea | +3 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 68 | 283 |
T26 | Jayden Ford | New Zealand | +3 | 72 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 283 |
T26 | Isaac Lee | Hong Kong, China | +3 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 283 |
T30 | Shinichi Suzuki | Philippines | +4 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 284 |
T30 | Koichiro Furuse | Japan | +4 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 284 |
T32 | Carl Jano Corpus | Philippines | +5 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 66 | 285 |
T32 | Brayden Lee | Singapore | +5 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 285 |
T32 | Jasper Stubbs | Australia | +5 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 285 |
T32 | Tianyi Xiong | China | +5 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 285 |
T32 | Connor Fewkes | Australia | +5 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 285 |
T37 | Billy Dowling | Australia | +6 | 72 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 286 |
T37 | Junhee Choi | Republic of Korea | +6 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 286 |
T37 | Krishnav Nikhil Chopraa | India | +6 | 68 | 77 | 74 | 67 | 286 |
T37 | Rakshit Dahiya | India | +6 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 286 |
41 | Xingzhi Lin | Hong Kong, China | +7 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 287 |
42 | Kent Hsiao | Chinese Taipei | +8 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 288 |
43 | Kaito Sato | Japan | +9 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 289 |
T44 | Khalid Attieh | Saudi Arabia | +10 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 290 |
T44 | Thanawin Lee | Thailand | +10 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 290 |
T44 | Enrique Dimayuga | Philippines | +10 | 69 | 69 | 75 | 77 | 290 |
T47 | Cheng-Wei Hsieh | Chinese Taipei | +11 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 291 |
T47 | Anson Yeo | Malaysia | +11 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 291 |
T49 | Chanachon Chokprajakchat | Thailand | +12 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 292 |
T49 | Robby Turnbull | New Zealand | +12 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 292 |
T49 | Rayan Ahmed | United Arab Emirates | +12 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 292 |
52 | Saleh Alkaabi | Qatar | +13 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 293 |
T53 | Hsuan-yi Chen | Chinese Taipei | +14 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 294 |
T53 | Lukas Michel | Australia | +14 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 294 |
55 | R.J. Shieh | Chinese Taipei | +16 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 296 |
T56 | Yutaka Toyoshima | Japan | +17 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 297 |
T56 | Ingtawan Wangrungwichaisri | Thailand | +17 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 297 |
58 | Lapassapon L. Heras-Gomez | Thailand | +18 | 69 | 72 | 85 | 72 | 298 |
59 | Joshua Bai | New Zealand | +19 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 299 |
60 | Mousa Shana'ah | Jordan | +21 | 76 | 71 | 81 | 73 | 301 |
T61 | Ali Alsakha | Saudi Arabia | +25 | 71 | 74 | 81 | 79 | 305 |
T61 | Redge Camacho | Guam | +25 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 305 |
MC | Luke Brandler | Hong Kong, China | +8 | 71 | 77 | 148 | ||
MC | Troy Storm | Singapore | +8 | 75 | 73 | 148 | ||
MC | Stanley Lin | Chinese Taipei | +8 | 76 | 72 | 148 | ||
MC | Bowen Chai | China | +8 | 77 | 71 | 148 | ||
MC | Andrew Yap | Malaysia | +8 | 74 | 74 | 148 | ||
MC | Xihuan Chang | China | +8 | 76 | 72 | 148 | ||
MC | Reshan Algama | Sri Lanka | +9 | 75 | 74 | 149 | ||
MC | M H Chalitha Pushpika | Sri Lanka | +9 | 77 | 72 | 149 | ||
MC | Kenneth Sutianto | Indonesia | +9 | 76 | 73 | 149 | ||
MC | Sadbhav Acharya | Nepal | +9 | 74 | 75 | 149 | ||
MC | Geon Kang | Republic of Korea | +10 | 75 | 75 | 150 | ||
MC | Zia Iqmal Abdul Rashid | Malaysia | +10 | 72 | 78 | 150 | ||
MC | Amadeus Christian Susanto | Indonesia | +10 | 77 | 73 | 150 | ||
MC | Ivan Sablan | Guam | +10 | 76 | 74 | 150 | ||
MC | Vedant Sirohi | India | +10 | 69 | 81 | 150 | ||
MC | Zubair Firdaus | Malaysia | +11 | 77 | 74 | 151 | ||
MC | Siwoo Park | Republic of Korea | +11 | 73 | 78 | 151 | ||
MC | Geoffrey Laklak | Lebanon | +11 | 73 | 78 | 151 | ||
MC | Duc Son Nguyen | Vietnam | +11 | 78 | 73 | 151 | ||
MC | Khalifa Almaraisi | Bahrain | +11 | 74 | 77 | 151 | ||
MC | Qawi Aslimon | Brunei | +11 | 77 | 74 | 151 | ||
MC | Salman Jehangir | Pakistan | +12 | 75 | 77 | 152 | ||
MC | Wally Ilake | Papua New Guinea | +12 | 77 | 75 | 152 | ||
MC | William Justin Wijaya | Indonesia | +12 | 72 | 80 | 152 | ||
MC | Lander Lee | Hong Kong, China | +13 | 77 | 76 | 153 | ||
MC | William Howard | Cook Islands | +13 | 79 | 74 | 153 | ||
MC | Kyaw Ko Ko Chit | Myanmar | +14 | 79 | 75 | 154 | ||
MC | Lio Vui | Samoa | +14 | 76 | 78 | 154 | ||
MC | Warut Boonrod | Thailand | +14 | 78 | 76 | 154 | ||
MC | Saran Jantratit | Thailand | +16 | 78 | 78 | 156 | ||
MC | Hein Naing Zin | Myanmar | +16 | 75 | 81 | 156 | ||
MC | Gideon Tikili | Papua New Guinea | +16 | 80 | 76 | 156 | ||
MC | Vasin Manibanseng | Laos | +17 | 79 | 78 | 157 | ||
MC | Hussain Hamid | Pakistan | +19 | 77 | 82 | 159 | ||
MC | Rajat Rai | Fiji | +19 | 80 | 79 | 159 | ||
MC | Zaidoon Zakaria | Iraq | +20 | 79 | 81 | 160 | ||
MC | Ali Abdulla Al Shahrani | Qatar | +20 | 76 | 84 | 160 | ||
MC | Numan Ilyas | Pakistan | +21 | 77 | 84 | 161 | ||
MC | MD Abubaker Siddik | Bangladesh | +21 | 77 | 84 | 161 | ||
MC | Ahmed Al Wahaibi | Oman | +21 | 78 | 83 | 161 | ||
MC | Qasim Khan | Pakistan | +22 | 79 | 83 | 162 | ||
MC | Azzan Al Rumhy | Oman | +23 | 83 | 80 | 163 | ||
MC | Rea Hul Im | Cambodia | +23 | 82 | 81 | 163 | ||
MC | Shahab Uddin | Bangladesh | +24 | 84 | 80 | 164 | ||
MC | Kristopher Williamson | Cook Islands | +25 | 79 | 86 | 165 | ||
MC | Shakeel Pillay | Fiji | +26 | 86 | 80 | 166 | ||
MC | Ulziidelger Delgermaa | Mongolia | +26 | 84 | 82 | 166 | ||
MC | Mohammad Alrawashdeh | Jordan | +26 | 83 | 83 | 166 | ||
MC | Sajjad Karam Pour Barjouei | Iran | +26 | 82 | 84 | 166 | ||
MC | Mohamed Diab Alnoaimi | Bahrain | +28 | 88 | 80 | 168 | ||
MC | Abdulla Kalbat | United Arab Emirates | +28 | 83 | 85 | 168 | ||
MC | Salem Alabdallat | Jordan | +29 | 88 | 81 | 169 | ||
MC | Munkhbaatar Boldbaatar | Mongolia | +30 | 82 | 88 | 170 | ||
MC | Dechen Lhendup | Bhutan | +31 | 91 | 80 | 171 | ||
MC | Hashem Shana'ah | Jordan | +35 | 85 | 90 | 175 | ||
MC | Paul Soring | Solomon Islands | +36 | 91 | 85 | 176 | ||
MC | Rachid Akl | Lebanon | +50 | 96 | 94 | 190 | ||
DQ | Zeqian Fang | China | - | 71 | 70 |