Top golfers keen to make a mark at EGC

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS TODAY

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The stage is set for one of amateur golf’s most prestigious events as 120 of the Asia-Pacific region’s finest players tee off at Emirates Golf Club's iconic Majlis Course today for the 16th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, where dreams of Masters glory and Open Championship qualification await the champion.

The four-day Championship will see the region’s elite amateur talent navigate one of the Middle East’s most strategic and timeless layouts, with the victor earning a life-changing invitation to the 2026 Masters Tournament and an exemption into The 154th Open.

Leading the charge is Thailand’s Fifa Laopakdee, the highest-ranked player in the field at World No 56 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). The Arizona State University junior has never missed the cut in three previous appearances and arrives in stellar form following a sixth-place finish at the Sahalee Players Championship and victories at the Papago Individual and Thunderbird Invitational.