Manila, Philippines: The Orchard Golf & Country Club will play host to the 2025 Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) Senior Amateur Championships.

To be staged from September 24-26, the championships will see Australia bidding to complete its third successive sweep of the men’s and women’s team titles.

It’s also expected that Korean Heo Ji-baek and New Zealand’s Lisa Herbert will be present to defend the individual crowns they collected at Vinpearl Hai Phong in Vietnam last year.

“Perennially, the Seniors is one of the most popular events on the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation’s annual calendar,” said Taimur Hassan Amin, APGC Chairman.

“Since the championship was revived following Covid, we have been over-subscribed – and we expect another overwhelming response this year.

“The APGC has a long history of staging championships in the Philippines and we are grateful to management at The Orchard Golf & Country Club for giving us the use of their outstanding facilities.

“Special thanks also to the National Golf Association of the Philippines’ (NGAP) Chairman Alfredo Panlilio and President Martin Lorenzo for their support.”

Located some 27 kilometres southwest of Manila, The Orchard Golf & Country Club features world-class 18-hole courses designed by legendary golfers Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

This will be the first time for nine years and just the third time this century that the Philippines has hosted the Seniors Championship.

At Alabang Golf Club in 2016, Australia’s men emerged victorious, while there was joy for the home country in 2007 at Mt Malarayat when the Philippines edged Australia for top spot.

For this year, there will be four age group categories for men and three for women as follows:

• Men Group A (55-59 years) – handicap limit 13.4
• Men Group B (60-64 years) – handicap limit 15.4
• Men Group C (65-69 years) – handicap limit 17.4
• Men Group D (70 years and above) – no handicap limit
• Women Group A (50-54 years) – handicap limit 15.4
• Women Group B (55-59 years) – handicap limit 17.4
• Women Group C (60 years and above) – no handicap limit

In addition to the individual events there will be team elements to both the men’s and women’s championships.

Each country may nominate one men’s team and one women’s team. Men’s teams will comprise a maximum of four players per team and women’s team comprise of a maximum three players, all of whom must be citizens or nationals of the country they represent.

The winning teams will be determined by the lowest aggregate of the three best gross scores for men and two best scores for women from each round.

To be eligible to compete in the APGC Senior Amateur Championships, men must be at least 55 years of age and women at least 50 years of age as of October 1, 2025 and possess a handicap that does not exceed the handicap limit for their age category at the time of entry, or who are an exempt player.

Launched in 1986, the APGC Men’s Senior Amateur Championship is the Asia-Pacific’s premier team and individual championship for senior male amateur golfers. The winner receives an exemption into The R&A Senior Amateur Championship.

Closing date for entries for this year’s APGC Senior Championship is September 12.