Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Set for Unprecedented Coverage

The Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC), prostate in partnership with the Masters Tournament and The R&A, cheap ed have announced the fifth-annual Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, sildenafil citrate sale online one of the world’s premier amateur golf events, will be televised across more than 150 countries and reach an unprecedented amount of people.

Asian Tour Media will produce the high-definition broadcast, including two hours of live coverage on each of the four competition days. A 30-minute highlight show will also be created after the conclusion of the event, all of which makes the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship the most televised amateur golf tournament in the world.

Held at Nanshan International Golf Club on mainland China 24-27 October, the event is organized by the APGC, the Masters Tournament and The R&A. Every year, the winner is rewarded with an invitation to the Masters Tournament the following year and, along with the runner(s)-up, a place at International Final Qualifying for The Open Championship.

“Television exposure is an important element to showcasing the talent that exists in Asia-Pacific,” said Hur Kwang-soo, president of the APGC. “Equally important is our ability to increase the visibility of the amateur game in this region with the collective mission of growing the game of golf.”

Fox Sports will provide tournament coverage in China and across Asia, Australia and the Middle East, while viewers in Japan, South Korea and New Zealand can catch the action on Tokyo Broadcasting System, SBS Golf and Sky Sports, respectively. In Europe, the tournament is distributed through Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and CNBC across continental Europe. Other broadcasters include ESPN2 (United States), ESPN (Latin America), TSN (Canada) and SuperSport (Southern Africa). All of the coverage will also be streamed live on the official event Web site.