Kang Hyungmo, President of APGP 

[Photo Credit: Jin-Jig Jung AGLF PR Committee member]

Seoul: The inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup will make its debut at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 18-20. It will be the first international event outside South Korea where individuals and teams from 15 countries battle it out for a lucrative prize purse of US$750,000.

The Simone Asia Pacific Cup brings together teams from 15 APAC golf associations, including Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand. They will compete in team and individual events in the 54-hole stroke play tournament.

Full details of players and teams will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Asia Pacific Golf Platform (APGP), a corporate subsidiary of the Asia Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF) which founded the LAT Series, will oversee the commercial and operational functions of the Simone Asia Pacific Cup and the LAT Series.

APGP President, Kang Hyungmo, former Vice-President of the Korea Professional Golf Association(KPGA), said: “APGP is pleased the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup will be making its debut in Indonesia in August. It heralds the dawn of an exciting era for the LAT Series in the region. With the rising strength of women’s golf from the Asia Pacific, the tournament will be an excellent showpiece for the global audience.

Seri Pak and
Kang Hyungmo, President of APGP

[Photo Credit: Jin-Jig Jung, AGLF PR Committee member]

“We are confident the LAT Series will become the hub and focus for women’s golf in the Asia Pacific. We are grateful to the R&A for their support in ensuring the smooth running of the tournament and also 

for the opportunity to work together with the various golf associations in the region.”

Simone Asia Pacific Cup is part of the series of tournaments on the LAT Series, which teed off with its season-opening DB Group 36th Korea Women’s Open. Other tournaments on the schedule include the 

KRW 1,500,000,000 Hana Bank Group Championship, which will take place in September and the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open in December.

With the inclusion of already existing tournaments from Thailand and the Philippines, the LAT Series is set to have seven tournaments in 2023 and 10 tournaments in 2024. Discussions with the Japan Golf Association (JGA) is currently underway and further opinions from the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) is also being taken into account.

Lydia Ko (left) / Minjee Lee (right)

[Photo Credit: Jin-Jig Jung, AGLF PR Committee member]

About Ladies Asian Tour Series

Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) Series is a group of ladies' professional golf tournaments in Asia for Asian ladies’ golfers created by a coalition among sanctioning bodies in the region of Asia. The purpose of Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) Series is to create Asia's own series by not interfering with sanctioning bodies in this region, but by promoting women's golf at a more competitive level in order to secure more fans for Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) series.

About Asia Golf Leaders Forum

Asia Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF) is a non-profit corporation, led by four founders Mr. Jung-Tai Kim of Hana Financial Group, Mr. Gwang-Soo Hur of Korea Golf Association (KGA), Mr. Sang-Yeol Kim of Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), and Mr. Kenny Park of Simone.
With a mutual understanding with the R&A and golf associations in Asia such as Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, AGLF's mission is to unite all the Asian golf associations and create synergies to boost Asian golf to a global arena. Together with corporate partners, the AGLF is working to establish and grow Asia's own series of women’s golf by co-developing with existing tournaments or establishing new tournaments in countries across Asia. R&A has put its support behind AGLF and LAT for this new milestone in Asian Golf.

About Korea Golf Association

Korea Golf Association (KGA) is a governing body of golf in Korea that organises three (3) national open championships such as the Korea Open, the Korea Women's Open and the Korea Senior Open as well as approximately 20 amateur events annually. The KGA was established in 1965, and supported by a few golf clubs here in Korea. The KGA was affiliated with a member of the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) in 1965 and the International Golf Federation (IGF) in 1968. The KGA is consist of seventeen (17) regional golf associations, four (4) affiliated golf associations and ninety-three (93) member golf clubs. The KGA has achieved proud results by winning the 2016 Rio Olympic Women's individual, World Amateur Team Championships and other international events and also produced proud players such as K.J Choi, Seri Pak, Inbee Park and Sungjae Im who was the Rookie of the year for the 2018-19 PGA tour.

About Asia Pacific Golf Platform

The Asia Pacific Golf Platform (APGP) is a corporate subsidiary of the Asia Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF), founded to execute business opportunities coinciding with the operations of the AGLF. Led by President Kang Hyungmo, a board director of the AGLF and the former vice-chairman of the Korea Golf Association, and Secretary-General Paul Park, also the secretary-general of the AGLF and director of Hana Financial Group Sports, the APGP is currently organising the Asia Pacific Golf Platform 2022 to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from Aug. 15th to the 20th. The Asia Pacific Golf Platform 2022 will be a monumental week signifying the grand start of the AGLF’s and APGP’s mission: to unify the players and national associations of the Asia Pacific and create a platform where they can further promote and develop women’s golf in the region. To further emphasise this goal and mission, the APGP has promised to donate USD$250,000 of the total prize purse from the Simone Asia Pacific Cup (set to be held during the Asia Pacific Golf Platform 2022) and distribute it evenly to each participating APAC national golf association for them to invest and further develop the game in their own countries. The APGP plans to be involved in future AGLF Ladies Asia Tour (LAT) Series events and will help stimulate more business opportunities to then reinvest back and help grow women’s golf in Asia-Pacific.