Asian Matchplay Championship

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]

Asian Matchplay Championship

Tournament information
Location	Southeast Asia
Established	1996
Course(s)	Mission Hills Golf Club
Tour(s)	Asian Tour
Format	Match play
Prize fund	US$265,000
Month played	December
Final year	1998
Tournament record score
Score	3 and 1 Jeev Milkha Singh (1996)
Final champion
Gerry Norquist
Location map
Mission Hills GC Location in China Show map of China Mission Hills GC Location in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong

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

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

Notes

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

References

1. Campbell, Al (9 December 1998). "US$265,000 tourney marks end of season". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
2. "For the Record". The Times. 14 December 1998. p. 35. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
3. "No pear tree for Partridge". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1997. p. 77. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Zhang battles to gruelling victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 December 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
5. "Jeev collects". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 January 1996. p. 36. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
6. "Singh wins Omega golf over Thai". Manila Standard. 22 January 1996. p. 20. Retrieved 27 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.