Asia-Pacific Amateur

Oct 29 – Nov 1

Fried Egg Golf's coverage of the
2026 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
When
Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026

Thursday to Sunday · 72 holes, stroke play

Where
Te Arai Links

Tomarata, New Zealand

Host course
Te Arai South

Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, opened 2022

At stake
Masters & The Open

Champion earns invites to the 2027 Masters and The Open

Featured videos

From Te Arai

VIDEO

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.

Launches Tue, Oct 27

All Grass Is Local: Te Arai

The newest episode of All Grass Is Local, from Te Arai.

The week

Our coverage plan

Everything we're publishing from the Asia-Pacific Amateur, day by day: dispatches from Te Arai, podcasts and features. Dates are New Zealand time, so each round starts the evening before on the US East Coast.

Mon, Oct 26
KVV arrives at Te Arai
Tue, Oct 27
All Grass Is Local: Te Arai
First look: walking Te Arai South
Wed, Oct 28
The Fried Egg Golf Podcast: Asia-Pacific Amateur preview
Practice-round notes from the dunes
Thu, Oct 29
Round 1: wind, fescue and a fast start
Fri, Oct 30
Round 2: who made the cut at Te Arai
Sat, Oct 31
Round 3: moving day on the coast
Sun, Nov 1
Final round: a ticket to Augusta
Watch

Ryan Fox & Tom Doak on New Zealand and Te Arai

All videos

Ryan Fox joins The Shotgun Start

New Zealand's Ryan Fox on his Open win. Interview starts at 2:44.

Watch on YouTube

Yolk with Doak 46

Childress Hall, Wild Spring Dunes & more.

Watch on YouTube

Yolk with Doak 44

Links travel, analytics in golf, and short par 4s.

Watch on YouTube
Listen

From the podcast

All podcasts

Ryan Fox on His Unique Path to Pro Golf and Playing on the World's Biggest Stages

Episode page

Yolk with Doak 15: A New Course at Tara Iti and an Update on Memorial Park

Episode page
Host course

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.

Routing map of Te Arai Links South Course with the championship scorecardRouting map of Te Arai Links South Course with the championship scorecard
Te Arai – South
Championship yardages
HoleParYards
No 14507
No 24444
No 34362
No 44502
No 53162
No 64376
No 75571
No 83177
No 94342
Out353,443
HoleParYards
No 104433
No 114438
No 123224
No 135568
No 144317
No 154411
No 164340
No 173118
No 185550
In363,399
Total 6,842 yardsPar 71
Routing map of Te Arai Links South Course, full size
Te Arai Links South Course
Course profile

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.

Read the profile
Te Arai Links North Course
Course profile

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.

Read the profile
KVV’s travel log

Notes from the ground in New Zealand

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