Oct 29 – Nov 1
2026 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Thursday to Sunday · 72 holes, stroke play
Tomarata, New Zealand
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, opened 2022
Champion earns invites to the 2027 Masters and the Open Championship
From Te Arai
Te Arai Links South Course
Routed through a dramatic stretch of New Zealand's natural dunes, Coore & Crenshaw's South Course hosts this year's Asia-Pacific Amateur.
All Grass Is Local: Te Arai
Te Arai Links boasts 36 holes of 100% fescue golf on New Zealand's North Island. We follow superintendents Nick O'Brien of the North Course and Mitch Northin of the South Course as they show us what it takes to maintain two world class links golf courses.
Our coverage plan
Everything we're publishing from the Asia-Pacific Amateur, day by day: dispatches from Te Arai, podcasts and features.
Ryan Fox & Tom Doak on New Zealand and Te Arai
Ryan Fox joins the Shotgun Start
New Zealand's Ryan Fox on his Open win. Interview starts at 2:44.
From the podcast
Ryan Fox on His Unique Path to Pro Golf and Playing on the World's Biggest Stages
Yolk with Doak 15: A New Course at Tara Iti and an Update on Memorial Park
Craig Perks Q&A: New Zealand Golf Scene, Soft PGA Tour Courses, and More
Te Arai South, hole by hole
The championship is played on the South Course, Coore & Crenshaw's par 71 along the dunes above Te Arai Beach.
| Hole | Par | Yards |
|---|---|---|
| No 1 | 4 | 507 |
| No 2 | 4 | 444 |
| No 3 | 4 | 362 |
| No 4 | 4 | 502 |
| No 5 | 3 | 162 |
| No 6 | 4 | 376 |
| No 7 | 5 | 571 |
| No 8 | 3 | 177 |
| No 9 | 4 | 342 |
| Out | 35 | 3,443 |
| Hole | Par | Yards |
|---|---|---|
| No 10 | 4 | 433 |
| No 11 | 4 | 438 |
| No 12 | 3 | 224 |
| No 13 | 5 | 568 |
| No 14 | 4 | 317 |
| No 15 | 4 | 411 |
| No 16 | 4 | 340 |
| No 17 | 3 | 118 |
| No 18 | 5 | 550 |
| In | 36 | 3,399 |
South Course
When Bill Coore first saw the land, he called it “a great gift.” He and Ben Crenshaw placed eight holes as close to the ocean as environmental regulations would allow, producing Pacific views on 16 holes.
North Course
Tom Doak's third original design in New Zealand, three miles down the coast from Tara Iti. Huge, undulating fairways lead into twisting greens with rolling internal and external contours.
Te Arai Links
Dunes, fescue and the Pacific on New Zealand’s North Island.
Notes from the ground in New Zealand
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