Kota Permai Golf & Country Club will stage this year’s Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Senior Amateur Championships, which will include a women’s competition for the first time.

Hosted by the Malaysian Golf Association, the event will take place on November 22-24 at the award-winning venue, which is a Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.

“In view of the increasing number of senior women golfers in the region, the APGC recognises the importance in providing a platform for them to compete," said Taimur Hassan Amin, Chairman of the APGC. 

“We surveyed our member countries on the subject and there was overwhelming support for us to go ahead with launching the APGC Women’s Senior Amateur Championship this year. It will be a welcome new addition to the APGC’s annual calendar of championships.”

Nobuko ‘Nicki’ Hirayama, a long-time APGC Board Member, said: “This is a fabulous development by the APGC that not only reflects the growing popularity of golf among women in our region but also indicates the importance we attach to promoting women’s amateur golf.

“The Asia-Pacific region currently has many of the best female juniors, amateurs and professionals in the world. The APGC, along with our partners at The R&A, introduced the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) in 2018, and this has already established itself as one of the premier ladies’ amateur events in the world. Tournaments such as the WAAP and the APGC Junior Championship provide opportunities for our young players to grow. Now we’re pleased to add a ladies’ senior championship to the list of events we hold for our member countries.”

As with the men’s event, which will be staged concurrently, the inaugural APGC Women’s Senior Amateur Championship will be contested over 54 holes of stroke play.

The respective individual winners will be crowned ‘Asia-Pacific Senior Amateur Champion’ and will receive a Championship Gold Memento and hold the YA Bhg Tun Abdul Hamid Omar Cup for one year. The runner-ups will receive a Silver Memento.

Categories:
• Men Group A (55-59 years) – handicap limit 13.4
• Men Group B (60-64 years) – handicap limit 15.4
• Men Group C (65-69 years) – handicap limit 17.4
• Men Group D (70 years and above) – no handicap limit
• Women Group A (50-54 years) – handicap limit 15.4
• Women Group B (55-59 years) – handicap limit 17.4
• Women Group C (60 years and above) – no handicap limit
(Men must be at least 55 years of age and women at least 50 years of age as of November 1, 2022)

There will also be team elements to both the men’s and women’s championships, where each country may nominate one men’s team and one women’s team. Men’s teams will comprise a maximum of four players per team and women’s teams comprise of a maximum three players, all of whom must be citizens or nationals of the country they represent. The winning teams will be determined by the lowest aggregate of the three best gross scores for men and two best scores for women from each round.

To be eligible to compete in the championship, 

Launched in 2006, the APGC Men’s Senior Amateur Championship is the Asia-Pacific’s premier team and individual championship for senior male amateur golfers. The winner receives an exemption into The R&A Senior Amateur Championship.

The last staging of the championship was in 2019 at Malaysia’s Sungai Long Golf & Country Club. Victory in the team event went to New Zealand with Australia claiming second place.

Closing date for entries for this year’s event is October 31. For entry forms and further details, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.