HISTORY<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>HISTORY<\/h2><\/div>WAGC was founded in 1995 by Sven “Tumba” (a Swedish athlete\/sports figure) to provide amateur golfers from around the world the opportunity to compete at a national level and have a chance to represent their country in the world amateur championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Purpose and Growth<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>1995<\/h4><\/div>– Established the World Amateur Golfers Championship
– Founder: Sven “Tumba” Johansson from Sweden
– Main concept: Create a “World Championship” for amateur golfers of all skill levels, competing fairly according to handicap<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996\u20131999<\/h4><\/div>– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
HISTORY<\/h2><\/div>WAGC was founded in 1995 by Sven “Tumba” (a Swedish athlete\/sports figure) to provide amateur golfers from around the world the opportunity to compete at a national level and have a chance to represent their country in the world amateur championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Purpose and Growth<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>1995<\/h4><\/div>– Established the World Amateur Golfers Championship
– Founder: Sven “Tumba” Johansson from Sweden
– Main concept: Create a “World Championship” for amateur golfers of all skill levels, competing fairly according to handicap<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996\u20131999<\/h4><\/div>– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
WAGC was founded in 1995 by Sven “Tumba” (a Swedish athlete\/sports figure) to provide amateur golfers from around the world the opportunity to compete at a national level and have a chance to represent their country in the world amateur championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Purpose and Growth<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>1995<\/h4><\/div>– Established the World Amateur Golfers Championship
– Founder: Sven “Tumba” Johansson from Sweden
– Main concept: Create a “World Championship” for amateur golfers of all skill levels, competing fairly according to handicap<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996\u20131999<\/h4><\/div>– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1995<\/h4><\/div>– Established the World Amateur Golfers Championship
– Founder: Sven “Tumba” Johansson from Sweden
– Main concept: Create a “World Championship” for amateur golfers of all skill levels, competing fairly according to handicap<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996\u20131999<\/h4><\/div>– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Established the World Amateur Golfers Championship
– Founder: Sven “Tumba” Johansson from Sweden
– Main concept: Create a “World Championship” for amateur golfers of all skill levels, competing fairly according to handicap<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
1996\u20131999<\/h4><\/div>– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Participation primarily from European countries
– Established the foundation for the Handicap Flights system
– Began hosting the World Final annually<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2000\u20132005<\/h4><\/div>– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– WAGC expanded to America, Asia, and Africa
– Recognized as one of the amateur events with the highest number of participants worldwide
– Legendary golf figures like Arnold Palmer became Patrons, supporting the global image<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2006\u20132010<\/h4><\/div>– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Competition structure became clearer
Local Qualifying
National Final
World Final
– Number of participating countries increased to over 30
– World Final began to be held at premium golf resorts across multiple continents<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2011\u20132015<\/h4><\/div>– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Competition standards adjusted to more closely resemble professional tournaments
– Most World Finals played 72 holes
– Southeast Asian countries (including Thailand) played prominent roles, both as organizers and in athlete performance<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016\u20132019<\/h4><\/div>– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– More than 40 countries participating
– WAGC became a global amateur event focusing on the “national team experience”
– Adopted international handicap systems (USGA \/ EGA and later WHS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020\u20132021<\/h4><\/div>– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Impacted by COVID-19
– Some countries canceled or postponed competitions
– Some World Finals were modified or rescheduled<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
2022\u2013Present<\/h4><\/div>– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Competitions returned to normal format
– Officially using the World Handicap System (WHS)
– Continues to host World Final annually, maintaining the concept of “Largest Amateur Golf Championship in the World”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
List of World Final Venues by Year<\/h2><\/div>Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\n\n\n\nYEAR<\/th>\n Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n1995\u20131997<\/td>\n PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1998<\/td>\n Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n1999<\/td>\n Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2000<\/td>\n Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2006<\/td>\n Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2008<\/td>\n Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2009<\/td>\n Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2010<\/td>\n Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2015<\/td>\n Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2016<\/td>\n KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2017<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2018<\/td>\n Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2019<\/td>\n Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2022<\/td>\n Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2023<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2024<\/td>\n Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n2025<\/td>\n Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Here is the list of World Final venues for the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) by year (city\/country), from the first year to the present, based on available information:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
| YEAR<\/th>\n | Location (City, Country)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|
| 1995\u20131997<\/td>\n | PGA National, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (initial period) WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 1998<\/td>\n | Doral, Miami, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 1999<\/td>\n | Palm Springs, California, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2000<\/td>\n | Disney World, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2006<\/td>\n | Wild Coast Sun, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2008<\/td>\n | Orlando, Florida, USA \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2009<\/td>\n | Marbella, Spain \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2010<\/td>\n | Hua Hin, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2015<\/td>\n | Belek (Antalya), Turkey \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2016<\/td>\n | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2017<\/td>\n | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2018<\/td>\n | Johor, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2019<\/td>\n | Sabah, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2022<\/td>\n | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2023<\/td>\n | Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded WAGC Golfers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2024<\/td>\n | Phuket, Thailand \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded World Amateur Golfers Championship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2025<\/td>\n | Jeju Island, South Korea \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 World A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1758\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagcthailand.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |