Golf Business News – Emirates Majlis Course to host 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

The Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), The Masters Tournament and the R&A have announced that the 16th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will be contested at the Emirates Golf Club's Majlis Course in Dubai from 23-26 October, 2025 .

The Championship will return to Dubai and the Middle East for the second time after its debut in the region in 2021.

The field is held every year by the best men's golfers in the Asia-Pacific region representing the 43 Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation affiliates. The 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion will receive an invitation to compete in next year's Masters Tournament at Augusta National and an exemption to The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale. The runner-up will earn a place in the Final Qualifier at The Open.

“We have a proud tradition of hosting the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at world-class venues and we are continuing that by hosting the 2025 edition at the Emirates Golf Club's Majlis Course,” said Taimur Hassan Amin, Chairman of Asia-Pacific Golf. Confederation, on behalf of the Founding Partners. “Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have a rich history of golf in the region, including the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur won by Keita Nakajima, and we are excited to see some of the world's best players return next year.”

Notable past competitors include Hideki Matsuyama, two-time Asia-Pacific Amateur winner and 2021 Masters champion, and Cameron Smith, champion of The 150th Open. Other top players who have used the Asia-Pacific Amateur as a first step into an impressive professional career include Australia's Cameron Davis and Min Woo Lee, Chinese Taipei's CT Pan, Korea's Si-Woo Kim and Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Takumi Kanaya from Japan. and Keita Nakajima and Ryan Fox from New Zealand. In total, Tournament alumni have gone on to win 27 tournaments on the PGA Tour to date and more than 130 events on the major professional tour.

“Bringing a collection of talents from the Asia-Pacific region to the Emirates Golf Club in 2025 will be an honor,” said General Abdullah Al Hashmi, Vice Chairman of the Emirates Golf Federation. “We have witnessed first-hand the growth of golf and the many prestigious tournaments in the United Arab Emirates over the years and are delighted that the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur will continue that legacy.”

Designed by Karl Litten and established in 1988 as the first grass course in the Middle East, the Majlis Course of the Emirates Golf Club is located south of downtown Dubai and enjoys views of the city skyline. The Majlis Course annually serves as host to the DP World Tour's Dubai Desert Classic, an event won by players such as Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Ernie Els. Australia's Lucas Herbert won the 2020 Dubai Desert Classic to become the first alum to win the event five years after his last appearance at the Asia-Pacific Amateur.