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Malaysian Open (golf)

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Not to be confused with Maybank Championship.

The Malaysian Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is currently played on the Asian Tour, and was formerly played on the European Tour.

IRS Prima Malaysian Open
Tournament information
LocationSeri Kembangan, Malaysia
Established1962
Course(s)The Mines Resort & Golf Club
Par72
Length7,016 yards (6,415 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Arjun Atwal (2003)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Spain David Puig
Location map
The Mines Resort & GC is located in Malaysia
The Mines Resort & GC
The Mines Resort & GC
Location in Malaysia

Notable past winners include world number one golfers Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood (both players winning the event on two occasions). Other notable winners include 17-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero in 2011 as well as former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen the following year. PGA Tour winners including Harold Henning, Jeff Maggert, Glen Day, Steve Flesch, Arjun Atwal and Noh Seung-yul have also won the event. Since its inauguration there has never been a Malaysian winner.

History edit

The tournament was inaugurated in 1962 as the Malayan Open, and was one of the events on the first season of the Far East Circuit that year. In 1999, it joined the Asian Tour and also became part of the European Tour's expansion into Asia as a jointly sanctioned event.

The six events from 2010 to 2015 were held at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club.[1] The 2015 champion was India's Anirban Lahiri. This was his first ever victory on the European Tour and it was his sixth win on the Asian Tour.

The tournament returned in 2020 after a four year hiatus. It was played as a sole-sanctioned Asian Tour event at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club. The prize fund was US$1,000,000.[2] Trevor Simsby took the title in a playoff over Andrew Dodt and Jarin Todd. It was the final event played before the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour season was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winners edit

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
IRS Prima Malaysian Open
2024 ASA   David Puig 261 −23 2 strokes   Wang Jeung-hun The Mines
2021–2023: No tournament
Bandar Malaysia Open
2020 ASA   Trevor Simsby 203[b] −13 Playoff[c]   Andrew Dodt
  Jarin Todd		 Kota Permai
2016–2019: No tournament
Maybank Malaysian Open
2015 ASA, EUR   Anirban Lahiri 272 −16 1 stroke   Bernd Wiesberger Kuala Lumpur
2014 ASA, EUR   Lee Westwood (2) 270 −18 7 strokes   Nicolas Colsaerts
  Louis Oosthuizen
  Bernd Wiesberger		 Kuala Lumpur
2013 ASA, EUR   Kiradech Aphibarnrat 203[b] −13 1 stroke   Edoardo Molinari Kuala Lumpur
2012 ASA, EUR   Louis Oosthuizen 271 −17 3 strokes   Stephen Gallacher Kuala Lumpur
2011 ASA, EUR   Matteo Manassero 272 −16 1 stroke   Grégory Bourdy Kuala Lumpur
2010 ASA, EUR   Noh Seung-yul 274 −14 1 stroke   K. J. Choi Kuala Lumpur
2009 ASA, EUR   Anthony Kang 271 −17 1 stroke   David Horsey
  Prayad Marksaeng
  Jyoti Randhawa
  Miles Tunnicliff		 Saujana
2008 ASA, EUR   Arjun Atwal (2) 270 −18 Playoff[d]   Peter Hedblom Kota Permai
2007 ASA, EUR   Peter Hedblom 280 −8 1 stroke   Jean-François Lucquin Saujana
2006 ASA, EUR   Charlie Wi 197[b] −19 1 stroke   Thongchai Jaidee Kuala Lumpur
Carlsberg Malaysian Open
2005 ASA, EUR   Thongchai Jaidee (2) 267 −21 3 strokes   Jyoti Randhawa Saujana
2004 ASA, EUR   Thongchai Jaidee 274 −14 2 strokes   Brad Kennedy Saujana
2003 ASA, EUR   Arjun Atwal 260 −24 4 strokes   Retief Goosen
  Brad Kennedy		 The Mines Resort
2002 ASA, EUR   Alastair Forsyth 267 −17 Playoff[e]   Stephen Leaney Royal Selangor
2001 ASA, EUR   Vijay Singh (2) 274 −14 Playoff[f]   Pádraig Harrington Saujana
Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open
2000 ASA, EUR   Yeh Wei-tze 278 −10 1 stroke   Craig Hainline
  Pádraig Harrington
  Des Terblanche		 Templer Park
1999 ASA, EUR   Gerry Norquist (2) 280 −8 3 strokes   Alex Čejka
  Bob May		 Saujana
1998 AGC   Ed Fryatt 278 −10 Playoff[g]   Lee Westwood Saujana [3]
1997 AGC   Lee Westwood 274 −14 2 strokes   Larry Barber Saujana [4]
1996 AGC   Steve Flesch 282 −6 Playoff[h]   Craig Jones Templer Park [5]
1995 AGC   Clay Devers 276 −12 1 stroke   Daniel Chopra
  Darren Clarke
  Kevin Wentworth		 Templer Park [6]
1994 AGC   Joakim Haeggman 279 −9 Playoff[i]   Frank Nobilo
  Periasamy Gunasegaran		 Royal Selangor [7]
1993 AGC   Gerry Norquist 276 −12 1 stroke   Vijay Singh Royal Selangor
1992 AGC   Vijay Singh 275 −9 3 strokes   Hsieh Chin-sheng
  Brad King
  Craig McClellan
  Nandasena Perera
  Lee Porter		 Bukit Jambul [8]
1991 AGC   Rick Gibson 277 −11 1 stroke   Chen Liang-hsi Subang National [9]
1990 AGC   Glen Day 273 −15 4 strokes   Chen Liang-hsi
  Danny Mijovic		 Royal Perak [10]
1989 AGC   Jeff Maggert 283 −5 5 strokes   Greg Bruckner
  Bob Lendzion
  Craig McClellan
  Casey Nakama		 Ayer Keroh [11]
1988 AGC   Tray Tyner 288 E 1 stroke   Harumitsu Hamano
  Hsieh Chin-sheng		 Saujana [12]
1987 AGC   Terry Gale (3) 280 −8 Playoff[j]   Greg Twiggs Subang National [13]
1986 AGC   Stewart Ginn (2) 276 −8 1 stroke   Brian Jones Royal Selangor [14]
1985 AGC   Terry Gale (2) 270 −14 7 strokes   Chen Tze-chung Royal Selangor [15]
1984 AGC   Lu Chien-soon 275 −9 2 strokes   Terry Gale
  Sam Torrance		 Royal Selangor [16]
1983 AGC   Terry Gale 279 −9 2 strokes   Jay Cudd Subang National [17]
Malaysian Open
1982 AGC   Denny Hepler 208[k] −5 Playoff[l]   Hsieh Min-Nan
  David Ogrin		 Royal Selangor [19]
1981 AGC   Lu Hsi-chuen (2) 276 −9 1 stroke   Ho Ming-chung Royal Selangor[m] [20][21]
1980 AGC   Mark McNulty 270 −15 9 strokes   Tsao Chien-teng Royal Selangor[m] [22]
1979 AGC   Lu Hsi-chuen 277 −11 7 strokes   Chen Chien-chin
  Tsutomu Irie
  Ron Milanovich		 Royal Selangor [23]
1978 AGC   Brian Jones 276 −12 6 strokes   Ben Arda
  Stewart Ginn
  Mike Krantz		 Royal Selangor[n] [24]
1977 AGC   Stewart Ginn 276 −12 1 stroke   Katsunari Takahashi Royal Selangor [25]
1976 AGC   Hsu Sheng-san 279 −9 Playoff[o]   Mya Aye Royal Selangor [26]
1975 AGC   Graham Marsh (2) 276 −12 2 strokes   Hsieh Min-Nan Royal Selangor[n] [27]
1974 AGC   Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke   Wally Kuchar Perak Turf Club [28]
1973 AGC   Hideyo Sugimoto 277 −11 2 strokes   Graham Marsh Royal Selangor [29]
1972 AGC   Takashi Murakami 276 −12 1 stroke   Marty Bohen
  Walter Godfrey
  Sukree Onsham		 Royal Selangor [30]
1971 AGC   Takaaki Kono (2) 269 −19 2 strokes   David Graham Royal Selangor [31]
1970 AGC   Ben Arda 273 −15 1 stroke   Tim Woolbank Royal Selangor [32]
1969 AGC   Takaaki Kono 280 −8 1 stroke   David Graham
  John Lister		 Royal Selangor [33]
1968 AGC   Kenji Hosoishi 271 −17 4 strokes   Lu Liang-Huan Royal Selangor [34]
1967 FEC   Ireneo Legaspi 286 −2 1 stroke   Toshiaki Sekimizu
  Guy Wolstenholme
  Haruo Yasuda		 Royal Selangor [35]
Malayan Open
1966 FEC   Harold Henning 278 −10 3 strokes   Peter Thomson Royal Selangor [36]
1965 FEC   Tomoo Ishii (2) 282 −10 2 strokes   Lu Liang-Huan
  Guy Wolstenholme		 Royal Selangor [37]
1964 FEC   Tomoo Ishii 282 −14 1 stroke   Brian Huggett
  Tadashi Kitta		 Royal Selangor [38]
1963 FEC   Bill Dunk 276 −20 4 strokes   Tadashi Kitta
  Hsieh Yung-yo		 Royal Selangor [39]
1962 FEC   Frank Phillips 276 −20 1 stroke   Bob Charles
  Peter Thomson		 Royal Selangor [40]

Notes edit

  1. ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  3. ^ Simsby won with a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Todd was eliminated by a birdie at the first hole.
  4. ^ Atwal won with a par at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Forsyth won with a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Singh won with a birdie at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Fryatt won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. ^ Flesch won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  9. ^ Haeggman won on the eighth hole of a sudden-death playoff. Nobilo was eliminated on the sixth hole.
  10. ^ Gale won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  11. ^ Shortened to 54 holes after the first round was controversially abandoned with over half the field having completed their round.[18]
  12. ^ Hepler won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  13. ^ a b First two rounds on the East and West courses, and the final two rounds on the Old course.
  14. ^ a b First two rounds on the New course and the final two rounds on the Old course.
  15. ^ Hsu won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References edit

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