2014 Results

Local Hero, Antonio Murdaca, Wins AAC by Record Margin

Date	23 – 26 October 2014
Venue	The Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course), Melbourne, Australia
Par	35-37-72
Length	6,453 metres / 7,059 yards
Designers	Alister MacKenzie
Opened	1891

Antonio Murdaca, of Adelaide, Australia, was crowned champion of the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.

Murdaca became the first Australian to win the AAC since its inaugural event in 2009. He closed with a final-round 1-under-par 71 that left him seven shots clear of the field, the largest winning margin in event history.

The 19-year-old’s win clinched him a spot in the 2015 Masters Tournament, in addition to the Open Qualifying Series for The Open, where runner-up Mikumu Horikawa of Japan would join him.

After posting strong rounds of 69, 68, and 67, Murdaca saw his lead shrink to five shots through the front nine in the final round, with Horikawa gaining on him. It was the only time he felt any pressure, but Murdaca immediately responded with a 20-foot birdie on the par-4 10th. Two perfectly struck shots at the par-5 14th set up another birdie to get his advantage back to seven.

Murdaca, joined by his coach Gareth Jones on the bag as his caddie, made a string of pars to finish his round. By the time he hit the green in regulation on No. 18, he was prepared to acknowledge that he had won, and waved to the large crowd surrounding the green. Murdaca finished at 13-under-par 275 for the championship.

“When I hit that shot, I felt some tingles down my spine,” Murdaca said of his final approach shot. “It’s a dream that’s come true for me now. I always wanted to play in the Masters and it’s so exciting now knowing I’ve got a spot in there, and also in the Qualifying Series for The Open at St Andrews.”

Venue Information

Established in 1891, Royal Melbourne is Australia’s oldest golf club and is one of the country’s premier golf venues. It has hosted prestigious events such as the Presidents Cup (1998, 2011), the World Cup (1959, 1970) and the Women’s Australian Open since 2012. The AAC was contested over Royal Melbourne’s original Composite Course, which was created in 1959 for the Canada Cup (now the World Cup). This setup consists of 12 holes from the West Course and six holes from the East Course.

Weather

No weather delays occurred throughout the week. The mornings were cool and windy with lows around 13 degrees Celsius and up to 18 mph winds. Sunday was warm for the final round, with a high temperature of 26 degrees Celsius.

POS	NAME	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOT
1	Antonio Murdaca	AUS	69	68	67	71	-13
2	Mikumu Horikawa	JPN	75	71	67	69	-6
3	Todd Sinnott	AUS	67	71	74	71	-5
4	Ryan Ruffels	AUS	71	71	75	68	-3
T5	Zecheng Dou	CHN	73	72	71	70	-2
T5	Tianlang Guan	CHN	68	73	74	71	-2
T5	Cheng-tsung Pan	TPE	73	68	71	74	-2
T8	Lucas Herbert	AUS	76	70	73	68	-1
T8	Jerome Ng	SIN	74	70	73	70	-1
T8	Kazuya Koura	JPN	72	72	73	70	-1
T8	Geoffrey Drakeford	AUS	73	71	69	74	-1
T12	Jarryd Felton	AUS	73	71	74	70	E
T12	Taihei Sato	JPN	70	74	73	71	E
T12	Cheng Jin	CHN	71	69	72	76	E
T15	Curtis Luck	AUS	74	74	72	69	1
T15	Rigel Fernandes	IND	74	71	72	72	1
T17	Jonathan Ke-Jun Woo	SIN	78	70	72	70	2
T17	Cory Crawford	AUS	71	72	74	73	2
T17	Kenta Konishi	JPN	73	73	71	73	2
T20	Jordan Bakermans	NZL	76	76	70	69	3
T20	Yechun Yuan	CHN	73	72	76	70	3
T22	Tae Koh	NZL	74	73	72	73	4
T22	Devin Hua	GUM	70	76	71	75	4
T22	Joshua Munn	NZL	74	67	72	79	4
T25	Marc Ong	SIN	73	79	72	69	5
T25	Namhun Kim	KOR	73	76	70	74	5
27	Tyler Hodge	NZL	72	74	75	73	6
28	James Beale	NZL	71	75	77	72	7
T29	Suradit Yongcharoenchai	THA	77	76	72	71	8
T29	Kasidit Lepkurte	THA	73	78	75	70	8
T29	Tawan Phongphun	THA	69	71	79	77	8
T29	Yanwei Liu	CHN	72	76	70	78	8
T33	Sungho Yun	KOR	75	77	72	73	9
T33	Shohei Hasegawa	JPN	77	74	74	72	9
T33	Ben Eccles	AUS	74	76	76	71	9
T33	Blair Riordan	NZL	76	76	74	71	9
T37	Danthai Boonma	THA	77	73	71	77	10
T37	Euho Youm	KOR	77	72	77	72	10
T37	Taylor James Macdonald	AUS	72	76	79	71	10
T40	Maung Maung Oo	MYA	74	74	77	75	12
T40	Kevin Caesario Akbar	INA	82	72	71	75	12
T42	Qi Wen Wong	SIN	78	74	73	76	13
T42	Gunn Yang	KOR	81	73	72	75	13
T42	Seik Joeh	KOR	82	71	76	72	13
T45	Muhammad Wafiyu Abdul Manaf	MAS	73	74	79	76	14
T45	Matthew Cheung	HKG	72	73	83	74	14
T47	Fadhli R. Soetarso	INA	76	73	78	76	15
T47	Lloyd Jefferson Go	PHI	76	73	78	76	15
T47	Taehyun Kong	KOR	78	70	80	75	15
T47	Eric Sugimoto	JPN	79	74	76	74	15
T51	Shinichi Mizuno	HKG	73	75	72	84	16
T51	Chieh-po Lee	TPE	69	78	81	76	16
T51	Aman Raj	IND	78	75	74	77	16
T51	Ghazanfar Mehmood	PAK	79	75	78	72	16
T55	Udayan Mane	IND	72	69	85	79	17
T55	Sarit Suwannarut	THA	76	73	80	76	17
T57	Yu-jui Liu	TPE	80	73	80	73	18
58	Olaf Allen	FIJ	75	74	82	76	19
T59	Tirto Tamardi	INA	75	79	74	81	21
T59	Viraj Madappa	IND	75	73	83	78	21
61	Alvin Hiew	MAS	78	71	87	78	26
62	Naser Yacoob	BRN	75	79	79	82	27
T63	Niko Vui	SAM	75	79	84	80	30
T63	Nattawat Suvajanakorn	THA	78	76	83	81	30
65	Mohammad Nazim	BAN	78	76	82	84	32
66	Mohammad Sajib Ali	BAN	77	73	85	86	33
MC	Han-ting Chiu	TPE	80	75
MC	Thammasack Bouahom	LAO	76	79
MC	Muhammad Rehman	PAK	74	81
MC	Teng Kao	TPE	78	77
MC	Chun-an Yu	TPE	73	82
MC	Johnson Poh	SIN	80	75
MC	Syed Saqib Ahmed	IND	80	76
MC	Oliver Roberts	HKG	82	74
MC	Brian Taikiri	PNG	84	72
MC	Gregory Foo	SIN	78	78
MC	William Howard	COK	78	78
MC	Chi Quan Truong	VIE	83	73
MC	Ye Htet Aung	MYA	79	77
MC	Ruperto Zaragosa III	PHI	82	75
MC	Saleh Alkaabi	QAT	82	75
MC	Tuck Soon Chan	MAS	78	79
MC	Manu Gandas	IND	82	76
MC	Ervin Chang	MAS	83	75
MC	Sisira Kumara	SRI	81	77
MC	Khai Jei Low	MAS	81	78
MC	Muhd Afif Muhd Razif	MAS	87	72
MC	Justin Quiban	PHI	82	78
MC	Jieyu Xiao	MAC	83	77
MC	Morgan Annato	PNG	79	81
MC	Nathan Zhao	GUM	81	79
MC	Ali Al Shahrani	QAT	82	78
MC	Hassan Karimian Noshahr	IRI	82	79
MC	Azzan Al Rumhi	OMA	87	74
MC	Seng Vanseiha	CAM	81	80
MC	G M Pradeep Kumara	SRI	82	79
MC	Navinda Ranga	SRI	79	83
MC	Dondovtseveen Luvsandondov	MGL	78	85
MC	Dechen Ugyen	BHU	84	80
MC	Thammalack Bouahom	LAO	82	83
MC	Mohamed Diab Alnoaimi	BRN	80	85
MC	Anuresh Chandra	FIJ	79	86
MC	Alick Dalo	SOL	85	81
MC	Pulou Faaaliga	SAM	87	79
MC	Mubariz Ahmad	PAK	84	83
MC	Kirk Tuaiti	COK	88	79
MC	Tshendra Dorji	BHU	86	83
MC	Zulfiqar Ali	PAK	88	83
MC	Rachid Akl	LIB	87	85
MC	Tony Ramo	SOL	88	86
MC	Othman Almulla	KSA	86	89
MC	Ebrahim Nouri	IRI	91	91
MC	Hamood Al Harthy	OMA	101	85
MC	Mendsaikhan Gangaa	MGL	103	90
MC	Sokhamony Thong	CAM	96	99
WD	Chawki Harb	LIB