Malaysian lass Jeneath Wong shines so bright as she bags the heralded Amateur Golf Asia-Pacific Championship title in Vietnam

Jeneath Wong of Malaysia is the 2025 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion. She won the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific championship by one shot. -- Pictures provided by R&A Media

DANANG, Vietnam: They call Hoi An the city of lanterns and it was Jeneath Wong who shone brightest en route to winning the seventh edition of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship.

With a skilful and courageous display of front-running, the 20-year-old wrote her name into the record books as the first Malaysian winner of the region’s pre-eminent women’s amateur championship.