South Korea and New Zealand to host Asia-Pacific amateur

The Jack Nicklaus Golf Club to the west of Seoul, which hosts the Presidents Cup next week, will stage the AAC from Oct. 6-9 next year, with the Royal Wellington Golf Club hosting the 2017 championships.

The winner of the tournament also gets a spot in the British Open qualifying series as does the runner-up.

The seventh edition of the AAC begun in Hong Kong on Thursday, with Australian Antonio Murdaca defending the title he won in Melbourne a year ago.

(Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)