{{Infobox golf tournament | name = Asian Matchplay Championship | nickname = | image = | location = Southeast Asia | establishment = 1996 | course = Mission Hills Golf Club | par = | yardage = | tour = Asian Tour | format = Match play | purse = {{currency|265,000|USD}} | month_played = December | final_year = 1998 | aggregate = | to-par = | score = 3 and 1 Jeev Milkha Singh (1996) | final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Gerry Norquist | coordinates = {{coord|22.786|114.007}} | map = China#Guangdong | map_label = Mission Hills GC | map_caption = Location in China##Location in Guangdong | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 }} The '''Asian Matchplay Championship''' was a professional match play golf tournament. It was the season ending event in each of the first four seasons of the Omega Tour, now known as the Asian Tour. It also included a pairs competition, the '''Hugo Boss Foursomes''', played using the alternate shot format.<ref name=scmp>{{cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/265254/us265000-tourney-marks-end-season |title=US$265,000 tourney marks end of season |first=Al |last=Campbell |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=9 December 1998 |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref>
It was hosted at a different venue every season. After the inaugural event, which was played in January, it was held in December each season. The tournament was sponsored by Volvo between 1996 and 1998, when it was titled as the '''Volvo Asian Matchplay'''.
The limited field was predominantly made up of winners of the major tournaments on the Omega Tour and leading players from the Order of Merit that season, with invitations also issued to the leading players from the Asia Golf Circuit, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Southern Africa Tour.<ref name=scmp/>
==Winners== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:95% |- !Year!!Winner!!Score!!Runner-up!!Venue!!Ref. |- !colspan=8|Volvo Asian Matchplay |- | align=center|1998 || {{flagicon|USA}} Gerry Norquist || align=center|2 and 1 || {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Meeks || Mission Hills || <ref>{{cite news |title=For the Record |newspaper=The Times |date=14 December 1998 |page=35 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501286943/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=b0e174b6 |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref> |- | align=center|1997 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Des Terblanche || align=center|Concession{{efn|Partridge conceded on the 27th hole due to an arm injury; Terblanche was 2 up at the time.}} || {{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Partridge || Mimosa || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119748707/ |title=No pear tree for Partridge |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |date=21 December 1997 |page=77 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref> |- | align=center|1996<br>(Dec) || {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Lianwei || align=center|1 up || {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kang Wook-soon || Emeralda || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19961223-1 |title=Zhang battles to gruelling victory |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=22 December 1996 |page=27 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref> |- !colspan=8|Asian Matchplay Championship |- | align=center|1996<br>(Jan) || {{flagicon|IND}} Jeev Milkha Singh || align=center|3 and 1 || {{flagicon|THA}} Boonchu Ruangkit || St. Elena || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19960122-1 |title=Jeev collects |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=22 January 1996 |page=36 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dv4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2161%2C3240030 |title=Singh wins Omega golf over Thai |newspaper=Manila Standard |date=22 January 1996 |page=20 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref> |}
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Category:Former Asian Tour events Category:Golf tournaments in China Category:Golf tournaments in Indonesia Category:Golf tournaments in the Philippines Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1995 Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1998