5 Nov 2012

McCall finishes 14th at Asia-Pacific Amateur golf championship

11:55 am on 5 November 2012

New Zealand's number one amateur golfer Vaughan McCall has finished as the leading Kiwi at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand.

The 21-year-old from Gore carded a three under par 69 in the final round at the Amata Spring Country Club to finish on a three under par total in a share of 14th place.

He was 12 shots back from China's Tianlang Guan as the 14-year-old won by one shot from Chinese Taipei golfer Cheng-tsung Pan to secure an invitation to the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

It continues McCall's fine year after he became the first golfer in 24 years to win both the New Zealand Stroke Play and New Zealand Amateur titles in the same year.