2011 Results

Hideki Matsuyama Repeats at Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Date	29 September – 2 October 2011
Venue	The Singapore Island Country Club, New Course, Singapore
Par	36-36-72
Length	6,525 metres/7,136 yards
Designers	Frank Pennink
Opened	1970

Hideki Matsuyama won the third Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship with a superb final round 67 at The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC).

The 19-year-old defending champion, who won the title in his native Japan in 2010, collected five birdies in a bogey-free final round to finish 18-under-par and one shot clear of South Korea’s Soomin Lee. Victory provided a return for Matsuyama to the Masters Tournament at Augusta National, where he made history in April 2011 by becoming the first Asian golfer to win the Silver Cup for low amateur.

In Singapore, the Japanese star was never behind after the first hole but faced competition from Lee, who signed for the lowest score of the week after a birdie on the 18th hole secured a round of 64.

Overnight leader Ben Campbell also stayed in touch after recovering from a difficult start to shoot 70 and finish in third place at 16 under thanks to late birdies on holes 16 and 17. However, Matsuyama continued to hit fairways and greens and secured back-to-back wins with a tap-in par on the 605-yard 18th.

Admitting to feeling some nerves at the start of the back nine, he said: “To be honest, my feet started shaking, I was really nervous but I was happy that I was able to play my game even under that tremendous pressure. If you look at today and yesterday, I didn’t make any bogeys, so that was very encouraging for me.”

His final total of 270 consisted of rounds of 67-71-65-67 over The SICC’s New Course, which set the record for the lowest 72-hole score in the event’s history. He has also recorded a sub-par score in every round he has played in the competition.

The Tohoku Fukushi University student continued his great form from the third round with birdies on holes 1, 8, 9, 12 and 16. A rare missed green on the 15th provided hope for his opponents, but a deft chip making full use of the green saw him make a comfortable par and stay one shot ahead of the field before going a further shot up at the next hole.

The top 12 was made up of players from Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. A total of 120 players from 35 countries began the championship, which had television coverage broadcast in 150 countries.

Venue Information

The Singapore Island Country Club, located about 10 kilometres from downtown Singapore, has an enviable reputation as a host of major international golf events, including the 1969 World Cup, 1993 Johnnie Walker Classic, 28 editions of the Singapore Open and the European Tour’s Singapore Masters in 2001.

Weather

A one hour weather delay occurred just 10 minutes after the first round started, though play was ultimately completed before darkness. Weather delayed the start of the second round by two hours, which meant 30 players were unable to finish on Friday. Morning storms delayed play again on Saturday, but the second and third rounds were completed by day’s end.

POS	NAME	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOT
1	Hideki Matsuyama	JPN	67	71	65	67	-18
2	Lee Soo-min	KOR	65	72	70	64	-17
3	Ben Campbell	NZL	67	66	69	70	-16
4	Cameron Smith	AUS	68	69	69	67	-15
5	Masamichi Ito	JPN	70	70	68	68	-12
6	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	68	72	72	65	-11
T7	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	70	75	69	66	-8
T7	Taw Wan Lee	KOR	72	67	73	68	-8
T9	Mathew Perry	NZL	71	69	72	69	-7
T9	Choo Tze Huang	SIN	68	72	72	69	-7
T9	Vaughan Mccall	NZL	69	72	67	73	-7
T12	Shinji Tomimura	JPN	72	69	73	68	-6
T12	Low Khai Jei	MAS	73	69	71	69	-6
T14	Matthew Stieger	AUS	70	72	69	72	-5
T14	Eric Chun	KOR	73	69	70	71	-5
16	Lee Chang-woo	KOR	73	77	67	67	-4
T17	George Gandranata	INA	71	70	77	67	-3
T17	Natipong Srithong	THA	75	69	70	71	-3
T17	Keeneth Christian John De Silva	MAS	67	69	73	76	-3
T17	Ryan Fox	NZL	69	70	70	76	-3
T21	Sam An	NZL	74	73	70	69	-2
T21	Zhiqun Lam	SIN	74	66	74	72	-2
23	Luke Humphries	AUS	75	69	73	70	-1
T24	Clyde Mondilla	PHI	73	73	71	71	E
T24	Ahmed Al Musharrekh	UAE	75	70	72	71	E
T24	Alex Shi Yup Kim	KOR	73	70	72	73	E
T24	George Foo	SIN	73	72	71	72	E
T28	Teng Kao	TPE	73	71	73	72	1
T28	Chien-Yao Hung	TPE	71	74	72	72	1
T28	Olaf Allen	FIJ	77	71	69	72	1
T28	Yosuke Asaji	JPN	69	74	67	79	1
T32	Rupert Zaragosa	PHI	70	69	77	74	2
T32	Philip Matsson	THA	72	75	71	72	2
T32	Art Markhael Arbole	PHI	68	72	72	78	2
T32	Chieh-Po Lee	TPE	72	71	69	78	2
T36	Wei-Hou Liu	TPE	71	77	73	71	4
T36	Nadaraja Thangaraja	SRI	75	75	72	70	4
T38	Hamza Amin	PAK	72	69	75	77	5
T38	Gregory Foo	SIN	74	71	73	75	5
T38	Hao-Sheng Hsu	TPE	75	72	74	72	5
T38	Ian Andrew	INA	67	77	78	71	5
T38	Kenta Konishi	JPN	75	75	72	71	5
T43	Matthew Smith	AUS	73	76	73	72	6
T43	Terrence Ng	HKG	73	73	77	71	6
T43	Jerome Ng	SIN	74	74	75	71	6
T46	Rinaldi Adiyandono	INA	70	73	75	77	7
T46	Marc Ong	SIN	72	78	68	77	7
T46	Si-woo Kim	KOR	73	73	74	75	7
T46	Honey Honey	IND	76	72	73	74	7
T46	Chikkarangappa Senapaa	IND	72	74	76	73	7
T51	Ratanon Wannasrichan	THA	72	75	76	73	8
T51	Maung Maung Oo	MYR	74	74	77	71	8
53	Trishul Chinnappa Ajjikuttira	IND	74	72	78	73	9
T54	Mohd Ali Hai	PAK	70	76	74	78	10
T54	Melvin Chew	SIN	71	76	73	78	10
T54	Paul San Weng Yau	MAS	76	74	73	75	10
T54	Angad Cheema	IND	71	79	74	74	10
58	Khalin Hitesh Joshi	IND	76	74	73	76	11
59	Joshua Shou	SIN	75	74	79	72	12
60	Juan Miguel Yee	PHI	71	74	80	77	14
61	Abhijit Singh Chadha	IND	74	75	78	76	15
MC	Yan Myo Aye	MYR	78	73
MC	Taimur Amin	PAK	71	80
MC	Joshua Munn	NZL	76	75
MC	Joshua Ho	SIN	72	79
MC	Zanie Boy Gialon	PHI	72	81
MC	Lip Shien Chong	HKG	78	75
MC	Vikrant Chandra	FIJ	82	72
MC	Sung-I Yu	TPE	75	79
MC	Jeremiah Kim Leun Kwang	MAS	79	75
MC	Abel Tam Kwang Yuan	MAS	73	81
MC	Chirat Jirasuwan	THA	77	77
MC	Khalid Al Jasmi	UAE	79	75
MC	Md Nazim	BAN	73	81
MC	Nasser Yacoob Saleh	BAH	78	76
MC	Brad Moules	AUS	78	76
MC	Mohamed Hisyam Abdul Majid	MAS	77	77
MC	Chanachok Dejpiratanamongkol	THA	79	75
MC	John Abdon	PHI	79	76
MC	Soti Dinki	PNG	77	78
MC	Vijitha Bandara	SRI	77	78
MC	Vic Borja	GUA	78	78
MC	Niko Vui	SAM	78	78
MC	Muhammad Waseem Rana	PAK	78	78
MC	Naveenda Ranga Gamage	SRI	76	80
MC	Atthachai Jaichalad	THA	81	75
MC	Johnson Poh	SIN	74	83
MC	Robin James	PNG	78	80
MC	Ziwang Gurung	BHU	77	81
MC	Ned Howard	COK	83	75
MC	Md Jakiruzzaman	BAN	81	78
MC	Chandra Suresh	FIJ	80	80
MC	Hamad Mubarak Afnan	BAH	82	78
MC	Thammasack Bouahom	LAO	80	81
MC	George Rukabo	SOL	81	80
MC	Rachid Akl	LEB	81	80
MC	Md Dulal Hossain	BAN	76	85
MC	Thuy Vo Ta	VIE	81	81
MC	Patrick Tom	CAM	83	79
MC	Lon Lindsey	GUA	86	77
MC	Hassan Karimian Noshahr	IRA	81	82
MC	Jieyu Xiao	MAU	79	84
MC	Patrick Fepuleai	SAM	83	81
MC	Saleh Ali M K Al Kaabi	QAT	86	79
MC	Vanseilha Seng	CAM	84	82
MC	Mohammad Rahman	PAK	83	85
MC	Royle Brogan	COK	83	86
MC	Vasin Manibanseng	LAO	86	83
MC	Tashi Ghale	NEP	86	84
MC	Ben Felani	SOL	86	84
MC	Matthew Moucharafieh	LEB	83	89
MC	Tashi Tsering	NEP	90	83
MC	Ali Abdullah Al Bishi	QAT	79	94
MC	Delegermaa Ulziidelger	MGL	89	86
MC	Ebrahim Nouri	IRA	88	88
MC	Van Tho Trinh	VIE	86	90
MC	Altynbek Imanaliev	KYR	86	98
MC	Aidar Asanov	KYR	102	97
WD	Palden Tobgye Thinley	BHU	91
RTD	Gangaa Mendsaikhan	MGL	102	28