2017 Results

17-Year-Old Yuxin Lin Becomes the Third AAC Champion from China at Royal Wellington Golf Club in New Zealand

Date	26-29 October 2017
Venue	Royal Wellington Golf Club
Par	36-35-71
Length	6258 metres/6845 yards
Designers	Turner Macpherson Golf Design
Opened	1908

China’s Yuxin Lin won the ninth Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Sunday at Royal Wellington Golf Club to secure spots in the 2018 Masters Tournament and The 147th Open at Carnoustie. In front of large crowds, the left-hander birdied the 17th hole and eagled 18 to card a six-under-par 65 and finish 14-under, three ahead of compatriot Andy Zhang (67), who was rewarded with a place in The Open Qualifying Series.

The Beijing-based Lin, who turned 17 on October 12, became the third Chinese player to win the championship following victories by Tianlang Guan in 2012, aged 14, and Jin, who was 17 when he won.

“I’m very, very happy I got the chance to win this event and play two majors,” said Lin, who trailed Zhang for much of the round. “I’m very proud of myself. It means a lot to me to play in the Masters and The Open next year. It’s a great experience.

“I was just trying to stay aggressive and hit as many drivers as I could. Even though I wasn’t playing that well for 12 holes, I still stuck with that plan. Andy is a very steady player, but I had to stay aggressive and get birdies.”

Lin started the day at eight-under, one ahead of playing partners Minwoo Lee and Zhang, China’s top-ranked amateur. And it was Zhang, the 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Florida, who quickly took control with birdies at one and three to take the lead, which he held for much of the round.

Zhang doubled his lead with a birdie at 13, but Lin bounced back with a crucial birdie at the next hole. When Zhang bogeyed 15, the pair drew even at 11 under and remained level with two holes to play. That’s when Lin’s power game and self-confidence came into play.

The solidly built teen drove the green at the 361-yard, par-four 17th to set up a tap-in birdie. On the par-five 18th, he smashed his drive down the middle of the fairway then watched as his stunning five-iron from 216 yards landed just six feet from the flag, holing the putt for an eagle three and punching the air in victory.

“On 18, I was going to hit a four-iron because it was a bit into the wind, but then I thought it might roll over the green, so I hit a five. I thought it was a bit short but it turned out that it was pretty good.”

Zhang, who competed in the U.S. Open at the age of 14, was playing with Lin for the first time in competition and was full of praise for his younger compatriot.

“It shows you how good China is getting at golf,” Zhang explained. “The next generation is coming up and China will be a big country up there.”

POS	NAME	NATIONALITY	TO PAR	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
1	LIN, Yuxin	China	-14	69	67	69	65	270
2	ZHANG, Andy	China	-11	69	70	67	67	273
T3	YUAN, Yechun	China	-7	74	66	69	68	277
T3	LEE, Minwoo	Australia	-7	67	68	71	71	277
5	JIN, Cheng	China	-6	73	73	67	65	278
T6	YU, Chun-an	Chinese Taipei	-5	73	71	68	67	279
T6	HILLIER, Daniel	New Zealand	-5	70	73	68	68	279
T6	WOOLS-COBB, Shae	Australia	-5	63	74	71	71	279
9	MOUNTCASTLE, Kerry	New Zealand	-4	69	70	70	71	280
T10	ENDYCOTT, Harrison	Australia	-3	70	71	74	66	281
T10	CHISNALL, Ryan	New Zealand	-3	74	73	67	67	281
T10	HAMAMOTO, Kosuke	Thailand	-3	72	73	69	67	281
T10	VOKE, Nick	New Zealand	-3	67	72	73	69	281
14	HILLIER, Charlie	New Zealand	-2	74	69	72	67	282
T15	ONISHI, Kaito	Japan	-1	76	68	71	68	283
T15	PERRY, Dylan	Australia	-1	71	69	71	72	283
T17	HADI, Abdul	Singapore	Par	71	74	73	66	284
T17	NAKAJIMA, Keita	Japan	Par	72	68	70	74	284
T19	MARUYAMA, Sean	Japan	1	67	72	76	70	285
T19	NAMUANGRUK, Kammalas	Thailand	1	78	68	69	70	285
T19	KAEWKANJANA, Sadom	Thailand	1	74	71	70	70	285
T19	WIJONO, Jonathan	Indonesia	1	72	70	72	71	285
T19	ANSTISS, James	New Zealand	1	70	70	72	73	285
T24	SMYTH, Travis	Australia	2	70	71	75	70	286
T24	ZARAGOSA, Rupert	Philippines	2	76	70	71	69	286
T24	UEKI, Shota	Japan	2	71	76	72	67	286
T24	GO, Lloyd Jefferson	Philippines	2	67	72	71	76	286
T28	HUTSON, Mark	New Zealand	3	74	74	68	71	287
T28	HOWARD, William	Cook Islands	3	73	72	71	71	287
T28	BROWN, Luke	New Zealand	3	77	68	70	72	287
T28	LEE, Won-jun	Korea	3	73	74	71	69	287
T28	LIU, Yung-hua	Chinese Taipei	3	72	72	71	72	287
T33	WANG, Wei-hsuan	Chinese Taipei	4	69	73	74	72	288
T33	WINAICHAROENCHAI, Atiruj	Thailand	4	72	74	71	71	288
T35	THOMAS, Rayhan	India	5	73	71	73	72	289
T35	SINGH, Priyanshu	India	5	74	72	71	72	289
T35	SUGIHARA, Taiga	Japan	5	76	72	72	69	289
T35	RAMADHAN, Naraajie Emerald	Indonesia	5	70	72	70	77	289
T39	HSIEH, Ting-wei	Chinese Taipei	6	70	70	75	75	290
T39	HA, Jinbo	Korea	6	75	73	74	68	290
T41	FOO, Gregory	Singapore	7	74	70	73	74	291
T41	TSUKAMOTO, Gaku	Japan	7	73	73	72	73	291
T41	CHEUNG, Matthew	Hong Kong	7	73	72	75	71	291
T41	ZHAO, Nathan	Guam	7	72	73	75	71	291
T41	CHAN, Tuck Soon	Malaysia	7	77	70	74	70	291
T46	CHOTHIRUNRUNGRUENG, W	Thailand	8	75	71	71	75	292
T46	WONG, Shuai-ming	Hong Kong	8	74	66	77	75	292
T48	SITHU, Hein	Myanmar	9	73	72	73	75	293
T48	CHANDRA, Yashas	India	9	73	75	71	74	293
T48	YAGUTAH, Almay Rayhan	Indonesia	9	69	75	76	73	293
T48	KHAZANBEIK, Ali	Iran	9	74	74	72	73	293
T52	DANN, Charlie	Australia	10	74	71	75	74	294
T52	AKBAR, Kevin Caesario	Indonesia	10	74	73	75	72	294
T54	HOSSAIN, Md Akbar	Bangladesh	11	74	71	76	74	295
T54	JANG, Seungbo	Korea	11	71	74	80	70	295
56	BOUAHOM, Thammasack	Laos	12	77	71	75	73	296
57	CHEN, Yi-tong	Chinese Taipei	13	71	76	72	78	297
T58	SANJEEWA, B A	Sri Lanka	14	75	73	75	75	298
T58	RAZIF, Muhd Afif	Malaysia	14	76	72	78	72	298
T60	OH, Seungtaek	Korea	15	71	75	74	79	299
T60	SANDHU, Yuvraj	India	15	73	75	75	76	299
62	MEHMOOD, Ghazanfar	Pakistan	24	75	73	76	84	308
MC	SHOU, Joshua	Singapore	7	77	72			149
MC	TAMARDI, Tirto	Indonesia	7	79	70			149
MC	YAP, Jesse	Singapore	7	79	70			149
MC	KAUL, Kshitij Naveed	India	7	75	74			149
MC	IEREMIA, Denzel	New Zealand	7	76	73			149
MC	SI, Ngai	Macau	7	74	75			149
MC	KANAVATHI, Rhaasrikanesh	Malaysia	7	75	74			149
MC	LOW, Wee Jin	Singapore	8	74	76			150
MC	YE, Wocheng	China	8	77	73			150
MC	DORJI, Ugen	Bhutan	8	74	76			150
MC	TSAI, Kai-jen	Chinese Taipei	8	77	73			150
MC	KIM, Seonghyeon	Korea	8	76	74			150
MC	OO, Kyaw Thet	Myanmar	8	73	77			150
MC	HUSSEIN, Abid	Fiji	9	72	79			151
MC	ATTIEH, Khaled	Saudi Arabia	9	75	76			151
MC	GUAN, Tianlang	China	9	75	76			151
MC	TRUONG, Chi Quan	Vietnam	9	75	76			151
MC	HO, Joshua	Singapore	10	77	75			152
MC	SUYASRI, Parathakorn	Thailand	10	78	74			152
MC	VUI, Niko	Samoa	10	77	75			152
MC	LEE, Changgi	Korea	10	78	74			152
MC	KHO, Taichi	Hong Kong	10	72	80			152
MC	RASEL, Md	Bangladesh	11	74	79			153
MC	YACOOB, Nasser	Bahrain	11	77	76			153
MC	CHOWRASIA, Sunit	India	11	75	78			153
MC	SPRING, Henry	New Zealand	13	78	77			155
MC	SALAS, Brentt	Guam	13	74	81			155
MC	D’SOUZA, Leon Philip	Hong Kong	16	81	77			158
MC	AL SHAHRANI, Abdulrahman	Qatar	16	81	77			158
MC	NARAHENPITAGE, Amarapadma	Sri Lanka	17	82	77			159
MC	SENG, Vaseiha	Cambodia	17	81	78			159
MC	INDIKA, J M D	Sri Lanka	17	79	80			159
MC	ANNATO, Morgan	Papua New Guinea	17	79	80			159
MC	ALLEN, Olaf	Fiji	18	75	85			160
MC	AL RUMHI, Azzan	Oman	18	80	80			160
MC	WILLIAMSON, Kristopher	Cook Islands	18	79	81			160
MC	PEOU, Pichmeta	Cambodia	19	79	82			161
MC	AL SHARIF, Saud	Saudi Arabia	19	78	83			161
MC	GIA DAT, Do Le	Vietnam	19	77	84			161
MC	TELESO, Willie	American Samoa	20	82	80			162
MC	SKAIK, Ahmad	United Arab Emirates	22	86	78			164
MC	AL KUWARI, Ghanim	Qatar	24	84	82			166
MC	BOLDBAATAR, Munkhbaatar	Mongolia	26	80	88			168
MC	OCHIRJAV, Oyunbold	Mongolia	27	85	84			169
MC	TIKILI, Gideon	Papua New Guinea	27	82	87			169
MC	FELANI, Thomas	Solomon Islands	27	83	86			169
MC	SALEH, Abdulla Sultan	Bahrain	28	83	87			170
MC	FAAALIGA, Robert	Samoa	28	85	85			170
MC	AL HAJERI, Mohamed	United Arab Emirates	29	82	89			171
MC	RUKABO, George	Solomon Islands	30	84	88			172
MC	TRABOULSI, Yves	Lebanon	32	89	85			174
MC	ALGHABABSHEN, Tariq	Jordan	41	98	85			183
MC	SAGAPOLUTELE, Pelefoti	American Samoa	44	93	93			186
MC	ALRAWSHDEH, Asad	Jordan	60	109	93			202