2015
Chinese No. 1-Ranked Amateur Jin Cheng Crowned 2015 AAC Champion

Jin Cheng of China putts the ball on the 18th hole during round one of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club on October 01, 2015, in Hong Kong. (Photo by Alex Liew/AAC)
Date 1-4 October 2015
Venue The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club Hong Kong
Par 35-35-70
Length 5,956 metres/6,513 yards
Designer Thomson Perret Design
Opened 1982
Chinese No. 1-ranked amateur golfer Jin Cheng, of Beijing, was crowned champion of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship after high winds and heavy rainfall from a nearby typhoon forced the cancellation of the final round at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong.
The first group teed off as scheduled at 6:40 a.m. with nine groups making it on course for the start of round four. Play was subsequently suspended at 7:41 a.m. With conditions not improving by midday, Cheng, the 54-hole leader, became the winner over joint runners-up, Ryan Ruffels and Cameron Davis of Australia.
Cheng opened the championship with a course-record 8-under 62 in the first round, followed by rounds of 68 and 69 to finish at 11-under 199 to earn an invitation to the 2016 Masters Tournament. His victory also secured his place in The Open Qualifying Series for The Open Championship along with Davis and Ruffels, who each finished at 10 under par.
At 17 years old, Cheng managed to retain his place at the top of the leader board at the end of round three thanks to a superbly judged chip at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club’s par-5 closing hole, from which he went on to secure a decisive birdie. With his win, Cheng became the second player from China to lift the AAC trophy following the triumph of Guan Tianlang in 2012.
“This win just came so fast and so sudden,” said Cheng. “I was ready for the round today, and unfortunately the weather didn’t work out, [but] it’s my pleasure to win this week. Going there [Augusta National Golf Club] next year is just amazing for me. I’m so excited and looking forward to it.”
Venue Information
The 2015 AAC marked the first time the championship was held in Hong Kong. The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club is located in the New Territories and situated on a peninsula with stunning views of the South China Sea and Hong Kong. The golf course is divided into two parts: the Highland Nine and the Ocean Nine.
Weather
Inclement weather caused delays in play throughout the week – during the morning of the first round and briefly in the late afternoon of the third round. High winds and heavy rainfall due to a nearby typhoon also resulted in suspended play in the morning of the final round. When conditions did not improve by midday, the fourth round was ultimately cancelled.
2015 Results
POS | NAME | NAT | R1 | R2 | R3 | TOT |
1 | Jin Cheng | CHN | 62 | 68 | 69 | -11 |
2 | Ryan Ruffels | AUS | 69 | 64 | 67 | -10 |
2 | Cameron Davis | AUS | 69 | 64 | 67 | -10 |
4 | Chun-An Yu | TPE | 66 | 69 | 67 | -8 |
4 | Tae Ho Kim | KOR | 66 | 68 | 68 | -8 |
6 | Antonio Murdaca | AUS | 69 | 70 | 64 | -7 |
7 | Sangchai Keawcharoen | THA | 67 | 70 | 67 | -6 |
8 | Lloyd Jefferson Go | PHI | 70 | 68 | 67 | -5 |
8 | Joshua Munn | NZL | 69 | 69 | 67 | -5 |
8 | Tae Koh | NZL | 71 | 67 | 67 | -5 |
11 | Sungho Yun | KOR | 69 | 69 | 68 | -4 |
12 | Atiruj Winaicharoenchai | THA | 68 | 71 | 68 | -3 |
12 | Lucas Herbert | AUS | 69 | 73 | 65 | -3 |
12 | Travis Smyth | AUS | 66 | 69 | 72 | -3 |
12 | Shohei Hasegawa | JPN | 69 | 65 | 73 | -3 |
12 | Zihan She | CHN | 67 | 66 | 74 | -3 |
17 | Han Ting Chiu | TPE | 71 | 69 | 68 | -2 |
17 | Ekpharit Wu | THA | 67 | 67 | 74 | -2 |
19 | James Leow | SIN | 70 | 69 | 70 | -1 |
19 | Gregory Foo | SIN | 64 | 74 | 71 | -1 |
19 | Chi Huang | TPE | 69 | 68 | 72 | -1 |
19 | Wocheng Ye | CHN | 70 | 70 | 69 | -1 |
19 | Tirto Tamardi | INA | 69 | 68 | 72 | -1 |
19 | Jarryd Felton | AUS | 67 | 70 | 72 | -1 |
19 | Yuan-Wei Lin | TPE | 69 | 67 | 73 | -1 |
19 | Nick Voke | NZL | 64 | 71 | 74 | -1 |
27 | Naoyuki Kataoka | JPN | 68 | 71 | 71 | E |
27 | Kenta Konishi | JPN | 68 | 69 | 73 | E |
27 | Young Woong Kim | KOR | 73 | 68 | 69 | E |
27 | Won Jun Lee | KOR | 66 | 71 | 73 | E |
27 | Tuck Soon Chan | MAS | 66 | 71 | 73 | E |
27 | Devin Hua | GUM | 65 | 70 | 75 | E |
27 | Rongjian Tang | CHN | 65 | 69 | 76 | E |
27 | Takashi Ogiso | JPN | 67 | 65 | 78 | E |
35 | Ryan Chisnall | NZL | 67 | 72 | 72 | 1 |
35 | Ruperto Zaragosa III | PHI | 72 | 68 | 71 | 1 |
35 | Gunn Yang | KOR | 69 | 72 | 70 | 1 |
35 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | THA | 71 | 64 | 76 | 1 |
39 | Kk Limbhasut | THA | 69 | 70 | 73 | 2 |
39 | Luke Toomey | NZL | 71 | 71 | 70 | 2 |
39 | Matthew Cheung | HKG | 71 | 64 | 77 | 2 |
42 | Samarth Dwivedi | IND | 67 | 73 | 73 | 3 |
42 | Abdul Hadi | SIN | 67 | 73 | 73 | 3 |
42 | Toshiki Ishitoku | JPN | 74 | 67 | 72 | 3 |
42 | Sarit Suwannarut | THA | 69 | 65 | 79 | 3 |
46 | Leon Philip D’souza | HKG | 71 | 71 | 72 | 4 |
47 | Clement Kurniawan | INA | 67 | 73 | 75 | 5 |
47 | Tianlang Guan | CHN | 68 | 73 | 74 | 5 |
47 | Aman Raj | IND | 70 | 72 | 73 | 5 |
47 | Khaled Attieh | KSA | 72 | 71 | 72 | 5 |
51 | Khai Jei Low | MAS | 71 | 65 | 80 | 6 |
51 | Jerome Ng | SIN | 70 | 72 | 74 | 6 |
51 | Joshua Ho | SIN | 70 | 73 | 73 | 6 |
54 | William Howard | COK | 66 | 75 | 76 | 7 |
54 | Wei Lin | TPE | 68 | 75 | 74 | 7 |
56 | Phetnoy Siboupha | LAO | 72 | 70 | 76 | 8 |
57 | Ren Okazaki | JPN | 73 | 70 | 76 | 9 |
58 | Quan Truong | VIE | 68 | 75 | 77 | 10 |
58 | Joshua Shou | SIN | 71 | 72 | 77 | 10 |
60 | Motin Yeung | HKG | 70 | 72 | 79 | 11 |
60 | Kevin Caesario Akbar | INA | 71 | 72 | 78 | 11 |
62 | Daeng Rahman | MAS | 71 | 72 | 83 | 16 |
MC | Karandeep Kochar | IND | 69 | 75 | ||
MC | Michael Regan Wong | HKG | 69 | 75 | ||
MC | Priyanshu Singh | IND | 70 | 74 | ||
MC | Viraj Madappa | IND | 70 | 74 | ||
MC | Md. Akbar | BAN | 70 | 74 | ||
MC | Oliver Roberts | HKG | 70 | 75 | ||
MC | Ervin Chang | MAS | 71 | 75 | ||
MC | Md. Rasel | BAN | 72 | 74 | ||
MC | Sithu Ye Yint | MYA | 70 | 76 | ||
MC | Nicholas Coxon | NZL | 70 | 77 | ||
MC | Van Wright | SAM | 72 | 75 | ||
MC | Jobim Carlos | PHI | 75 | 72 | ||
MC | Brian Taikiri | PNG | 73 | 74 | ||
MC | Isaac Lam | HKG | 73 | 75 | ||
MC | Yongxuan Yin | CHN | 69 | 79 | ||
MC | Jae-Kyeoung Lee | KOR | 75 | 73 | ||
MC | Taimoor Khan | PAK | 75 | 73 | ||
MC | Maung Maung Oo | MYA | 75 | 73 | ||
MC | G M Pradeep Kumara | SRI | 75 | 74 | ||
MC | Yu-Chen Yeh | TPE | 72 | 77 | ||
MC | Olaf Allen | FIJ | 73 | 78 | ||
MC | Roneel Prakash | FIJ | 75 | 76 | ||
MC | Galven Kendall Green | MAS | 74 | 77 | ||
MC | Ghazanfar Mehmood | PAK | 74 | 79 | ||
MC | Ali Abdulla Ali Shahrani | QAT | 76 | 77 | ||
MC | Afif Razif | MAS | 74 | 80 | ||
MC | Saud Al Sharif | KSA | 77 | 77 | ||
MC | Veer Ahlawat | IND | 75 | 79 | ||
MC | Saleh Al Alkaabi | QAT | 76 | 78 | ||
MC | Sisira Kumara | SRI | 80 | 75 | ||
MC | Naveenda Ranga | SRI | 78 | 77 | ||
MC | N Amarapadma | SRI | 80 | 75 | ||
MC | Karimian Noshah Hassan | IRI | 79 | 77 | ||
MC | Naraajie Ramadan | INA | 76 | 80 | ||
MC | Vanseiha Seng | CAM | 78 | 80 | ||
MC | Dondovtseveen Luvsandondov | MGL | 82 | 76 | ||
MC | Masanam Arumugam | SRI | 82 | 76 | ||
MC | Daryl Poe | GUM | 77 | 81 | ||
MC | Azaan Al Rumhi | OMA | 79 | 79 | ||
MC | Soti Dinki | PNG | 77 | 81 | ||
MC | Tshendra Dorji | BHU | 78 | 81 | ||
MC | Sihuang Yan | MAC | 82 | 77 | ||
MC | Malase Maifea | ASA | 78 | 82 | ||
MC | Vasin Manibanseng | LAO | 82 | 78 | ||
MC | Priya Hemantha | SRI | 79 | 83 | ||
MC | Rachid Akl | LIB | 86 | 77 | ||
MC | Alick Dalo | SOL | 80 | 84 | ||
MC | George Rukabo | SOL | 79 | 88 | ||
MC | Tanka B. Karki | NEP | 84 | 83 | ||
MC | Mendsaikham Gangaa | MGL | 83 | 85 | ||
MC | Chak Hou Tang | MAC | 90 | 78 | ||
MC | Jozi Seyed Mahmoud | IRI | 86 | 83 | ||
MC | Robert Aipopo Faaaliga | SAM | 84 | 86 | ||
MC | Ugen Dorji | BHU | 89 | 82 | ||
MC | Arun Tamang | NEP | 84 | 90 | ||
MC | Sokhamony Thong | CAM | 91 | 85 | ||
MC | James Herman | COK | 92 | 90 | ||
MC | Aidarali Asanov | KGZ | 103 | 89 |