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[NBCSports.com: Golf] Three weeks after Augusta National invited Ishikawa, chairman Billy Payne and R&A chief executive Peter Dawson announced the new Asian Amateur Championship, to be played this year, with the winner earning a spot in the Masters. The idea was to stimulate even more interest in golf's fastest-growing market.

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