The R&A announced that the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship has been rescheduled to take place Oct. 7-10 at Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship was postponed due to safety concerns related to the coronavirus.
“We will continue to monitor the situation and liaise with the authorities to ensure we can stage the championship safely in October,” Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the R&A, said in a release. “We are looking forward to a successful week of golf and crowning the 2020 champion.”
The winner of the event gets an invitation to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and AIG Women’s British Open. Those opportunities were lost for the 2020 events.
The R&A did confirm that both the 2020 and 2010 champions will receive invites into the 2021 Women’s British Open at Royal Porthcawl.
The field is expected to feature 80 players from 19 Asia-Pacific countries. Thailand will have the largest contingent of eight players as host country, including Duke’s Jaravee Boonchant.
The event will be broadcast live each day to more than 180 million households.
Japan’s Yuka Yasuda won last year’s contest at The Royal Golf Club in Japan. Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul, who has since turned professional, won the first event in Singapore.
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