Asian Matchplay Championship

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Asian Matchplay Championship
Tournament information
LocationSoutheast Asia
Established1996
CourseMission Hills Golf Club
TourAsian Tour
FormatMatch play
Prize fundUS$265,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Score3 and 1 Jeev Milkha Singh (1996)
Final champion
United States Gerry Norquist
Location map
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The Asian Matchplay Championship was a professional match play golf tournament. It was the season ending event in each of the first four seasons of the Omega Tour, now known as the Asian Tour. It also included a pairs competition, the Hugo Boss Foursomes, played using the alternate shot format.[1]

It was hosted at a different venue every season. After the inaugural event, which was played in January, it was held in December each season. The tournament was sponsored by Volvo between 1996 and 1998, when it was titled as the Volvo Asian Matchplay.

The limited field was predominantly made up of winners of the major tournaments on the Omega Tour and leading players from the Order of Merit that season, with invitations also issued to the leading players from the Asia Golf Circuit, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Southern Africa Tour.[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Ref.
Volvo Asian Matchplay
1998 United States Gerry Norquist 2 and 1 United States Eric Meeks Mission Hills [2]
1997 South Africa Des Terblanche Concession[a] Australia Brett Partridge Mimosa [3]
1996
(Dec)
China Zhang Lianwei 1 up South Korea Kang Wook-soon Emeralda [4]
Asian Matchplay Championship
1996
(Jan)
India Jeev Milkha Singh 3 and 1 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit St. Elena [5][6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Partridge conceded on the 27th hole due to an arm injury; Terblanche was 2 up at the time.

References

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