Nomura Cup

The Nomura Cup, also known as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship, is a biennial amateur team golf championship for men organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1963 and it was played in odd-numbered years until 2022 when it switched to even-numbered years.^[1]

Format

Teams used to consist of four players but from 2022 the playing members have been reduced to three. The tournament is held over 4 days with 18 holes of stroke play on each day, the best two rounds counting for the team score.

History

In the early tournaments, only the Philippines, Japan and Chinese Taipei competed. By the eighth championship in 1977, held in Malaysia, a then record of 10 nations were competing. Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were invited beginning with the 1979 tournament. Only Australia, Japan and Chinese Taipei have won multiple times. South Korea, New Zealand and India have won as hosts. Thailand took an early lead at the 2017 tournament^[2] and managed to secure a maiden win.^[3] The 2019 edition scheduled for Hong Kong was postponed due to security concerns.^[4]^[5]

Results

Year	Venue(s)	Location	Winners	Runner-up
2024	Vinpearl Golf Haiphong	Vietnam	Vietnam (556) Nguyen Anh Minh Le Khanh Hung Ho Anh Huy	Japan (559) Taishi Moto Masayuki Yamashita Takumi Kobayashi
2022	Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club	Philippines	Japan (552) Yuta Sugiura Minato Oshima Riura Matsui	Singapore (559) James Leow Ryan John Ang Brandon Han
2019	Clearwater Bay	Hong Kong	Postponed due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests^[5]
2017	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand (808) Kammalas Namuangruk Sadom Kaewkanjana Atiruj Winaicharoenchai Kosuke Hamamoto	Japan (820) Kazuya Osawa Takumi Kanaya Daiki Imano Keita Nakajima
2015	Yas Links Golf Club	Abu Dhabi	Japan (842) Daisuke Matsubara Takumi Kanaya Naoyuki Kataoka Toshiki Ishitoku	Chinese Taipei (842) Chiu Han-ting Kevin Yu Liu Yung-hua Lu Sun-yi
2013	Santiburi Country Club, Chaing Rai	Thailand	Australia (828) Cameron Davis Geoff Drakeford Taylor Macdonald Aaron Wilkin	South Korea (837) Ham Jeong-woo Kim Nam-hun Lee Chang-woo Lee Soo-min
2011	Denaru Golf Club	Fiji	Australia (840) Marika Batibasaga Daniel Bringolf Jake Higginbottom Cameron Smith	New Zealand (861) Sam An Ryan Fox Vaughan McCall Mathew Perry
2009	Namseoul Country Club	South Korea	South Korea (846) Han Chang-won Kim Meen-whee Lee Kyoung-hoon Yoon Jung-ho	Chinese Taipei (868) Hung Chien-yao Yang Fei-hao Hsieh Chi-hsien Huang Tao
2007	Sunrise Golf Club	Taiwan	Australia (882) Rohan Blizard Andrew Dodt Rick Kulacz Tim Stewart	Japan (891) Yuki Ito Shunsuke Sonoda Naoyuki Tamura Yuki Usami
2005	Narita Golf Club	Japan	Australia (814) Andrew Dodt Won Jon Lee Michael Sim Andrew Tampion	New Zealand (831) Josh Geary Mathew Holten Bradley Iles Mark Purser
2003	Links Golf Club, Port Douglas	Queensland, Australia	Australia (852) Nick Flanagan Richard Moir James Nitties Michael Sim	South Korea (870) Kim Hye-dong Kim Kyung-tae Lee Dong-hwan Sung Si-woo
2001	Wu Yi Fountain Palm Golf Club	China	Australia (814) Andrew Buckle Steven Bowditch Marcus Fraser Luke Hickmott	New Zealand (821) Sam Hunt Eddie Lee Brad Shilton Tim Wilkinson
1999	Lahore Gymkhana Golf Club	Pakistan	Australia (845) Scott Gardiner Brad Lamb Wayne Perske Brett Rumford	South Korea (853) Jung Sung-han Kim Dae-sub Kim Hyung-tae Kim Sung-yoon
1997	Hong Kong Golf Club	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei (829) Kao Bo-song Su Chin-jung Chan Yih-shin Lin Wen-ko	Australia (830) David Gleeson Geoff Ogilvy Cameron Percy Brett Rumford
1995	Russley Golf Club	New Zealand	New Zealand (889) Richard Best Hadyn Morgan Martin Pettigrew David Somervaille	Australia (890) Lee Eagleton Mathew Goggin Jarrod Moseley Lester Peterson
1993	Royal Selangor Golf Club	Malaysia	Australia (852) David Bransdon Steve Collins Jason Dawes Chris Jones	Japan (858) Shingo Katayama Katsumasa Miyamoto Shinichi Yokota Kazuyoshi Yonekura
1991	Wack Wack Golf Club	Philippines	Australia (883) Robert Allenby Steve Collins Stephen Leaney Lucas Parsons	South Korea (893) Ahn Joo-hwan Kim Joo-hyung Lee In-woo Park Tae-won
1989	Taiwan Golf Club	Taiwan	Japan (887) Ryoken Kawagishi Shigeki Maruyama Kiyotaka Oie Tetsuo Sakata	New Zealand (895) Owen Kendall Michael Long Brent Paterson Phil Tataurangi
1987	Royal Hua Hin Golf Club	Thailand	Japan (877) Tetsuo Sakata Takahiro Nakagawa Tomio Otomo Kazuyoshi Yonekura	Australia (877) David Ecob Bradley Hughes Brett Johns Lester Peterson
1985	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	Australia	Australia (874) Brad King Brett Ogle Craig Parry Gerard Power	Chinese Taipei (889) Chen Yun-mao Hsieh Chin-sheng Lin Chie-hsiang Lin Tze-cheng
1983	Nam Seoul Country Club	South Korea	Chinese Taipei (869) Lai Chung-jen Li Wen-chen Yu Chin-han Yuan Ching-chi	Australia (876) Tony Dight Gerard Power Wayne Smith Chris Tatt
1981	Royal Calcutta Golf Club	India	Japan (879) Tetsuo Sakata Masayuki Naito Kazuhiko Kato Taichiro Kanatani	New Zealand (901) Michael Barltrop Neil Gaskin Paul Hartstone Colin Taylor
1979	Singapore Island Country Club	Singapore	Japan (850) Ginjiro Nakabe Yutaka Hagawa Nobumitsu Yuhara Masayuki Naito	Chinese Taipei (871) Chang Dong-liang Chen Tze-chung Lin Chia Yuan Ching-chi
1977	Royal Selangor Golf Club	Malaysia	Chinese Taipei (865) Chen Tze-chung Chen Tze-ming Lu Hsi-chuen Tsao Chien-teng	Philippines (887) Thomas Manotoc Frankie Miñoza David Hernandez Emilio Tuason
1975	Tokyo Golf Club	Japan	Japan (850) Ginjiro Nakabe Michio Mori Tetsuo Sakata Masahiro Kuramoto	Chinese Taipei (884) Chang Ter-kuei Chen Tze-ming Lu Hsi-chuen Chao Chien-teng
1973	Jakarta Golf & Country Club	Indonesia	India (876) P. K. Pitamber P. G. Sethi Vikramjit Singh Lakshman Singh	Japan (879) Tsutomu Irie Michio Mori Ginjiro Nakabe Tetsuo Sakata
1971	Wack Wack Golf & Country Club	Philippines	Japan (894) Tsutomu Irie Zenjiro Takano Nobuo Takahashi Michio Mori	Philippines (911) Luis Silverio Tomas Manotoe Rolando Viray Ed Unson
1969	Seoul Country Club	South Korea	Chinese Taipei (891) Chang Tung-chan Chen Chien-chi Ho Ming-chung Lee Cheng-Hsiung	Japan (898) Ginjiro Nakabe Tsutomu Irie Kenichi Yamada Shinji Morikawa
1967	Taiwan Golf Club	Taiwan	Chinese Taipei (861) Chen Chien-chin Ho Ming-chung Hsu Sheng-san Shay Yee-shone	Japan (906) Shoichiro Maeda Michio Mori Ginjiro Nakabe Masahiko Shimazake
1965	Nikko Country Club	Japan	Japan (876) Yoshikane Hirose Masahiko Mikame Ginjiro Nakabe Akihiro Teramoto	Chinese Taipei (890) Chen Chien-chi Chen Chien-chin Hsu Sheng-san Lee Cheng-Hsiung
1963	Wack Wack Golf & Country Club	Philippines	Japan (1544) Yoshikane Hirose Kiyoshi Ishimoto Noriyuki Miyoshi Naomoto Nabeshima Hiroyasu Tomita Takayuki Yoshikawa	Chinese Taipei (1547) Chang Tung-chan Chen Chien-chin Hsieh Min-Nan Hsu Sheng-san Kuo Chie-Hsiung Kuo Jung-shu