Malaysian Open (golf) explained

Malaysian Open (golf) should not be confused with Maybank Championship.

IRS Prima Malaysian Open
Location:Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Establishment:1962
Course:The Mines Resort & Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:7016yd
Tour:European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:February
Aggregate:260 Arjun Atwal (2003)
To-Par:−24 as above
Current Champion: David Puig
Map:Malaysia
Map Label:The Mines Resort & GC
Map Relief:Yes
Map Size:240

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.

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

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 .[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

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
IRS Prima Malaysian Open
2024 261 −23 2 strokes The Mines
align=center colspan=92021–2023: No tournament
Bandar Malaysia Open
2020 203 −13 Playoff Kota Permai
align=center colspan=92016–2019: No tournament
Maybank Malaysian Open
2015 272 −16 1 stroke
2014 Lee Westwood (2) 270 −18 7 strokes Kuala Lumpur
2013 203 −13 1 stroke Kuala Lumpur
2012 271 −17 3 strokes Kuala Lumpur
2011 272 −16 1 stroke Kuala Lumpur
2010 274 −14 1 stroke Kuala Lumpur
2009 271 −17 1 stroke
2008 Arjun Atwal (2) 270 −18 Playoff Kota Permai
2007 280 −8 1 stroke Saujana
2006 197 −19 1 stroke Kuala Lumpur
Carlsberg Malaysian Open
2005 Thongchai Jaidee (2) 267 −21 3 strokes Saujana
2004 274 −14 2 strokes Saujana
2003 260 −24 4 strokes
2002 267 −17 Playoff
2001 Vijay Singh (2) 274 −14 Playoff Saujana
Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open
2000 278 −10 1 stroke
1999 Gerry Norquist (2) 280 −8 3 strokes Saujana
1998 278 −10 Playoff Saujana [3]
1997 274 −14 2 strokes Saujana [4]
1996 282 −6 Playoff Templer Park [5]
1995 276 −12 1 stroke Templer Park [6]
1994 279 −9 Playoff Royal Selangor [7]
1993 276 −12 1 stroke Royal Selangor
1992 275 −9 3 strokes Bukit Jambul [8]
1991 277 −11 1 stroke [9]
1990 273 −15 4 strokes Royal Perak [10]
1989 283 −5 5 strokes Ayer Keroh [11]
1988 288 E 1 stroke Saujana [12]
1987 Terry Gale (3) 280 −8 Playoff Subang National [13]
1986 Stewart Ginn (2) 276 −8 1 stroke Royal Selangor [14]
1985 Terry Gale (2) 270 −14 7 strokes Royal Selangor [15]
1984 275 −9 2 strokes Royal Selangor [16]
1983 279 −9 2 strokes Subang National [17]
Malaysian Open
1982 208 −5 Playoff Royal Selangor [18]
1981 Lu Hsi-chuen (2) 276 −9 1 stroke Royal Selangor [19] [20]
1980 270 −15 9 strokes Royal Selangor [21]
1979 277 −11 7 strokes Royal Selangor [22]
1978 276 −12 6 strokes Royal Selangor [23]
1977 276 −12 1 stroke Royal Selangor [24]
1976 279 −9 Playoff Royal Selangor [25]
1975 Graham Marsh (2) 276 −12 2 strokes Royal Selangor [26]
1974 278 −10 1 stroke Perak Turf Club [27]
1973 277 −11 2 strokes Royal Selangor [28]
1972 276 −12 1 stroke Marty Bohen
Walter Godfrey
Sukree Onsham
Royal Selangor [29]
1971 Takaaki Kono (2) 269 −19 2 strokes Royal Selangor [30]
1970 273 −15 1 stroke Royal Selangor [31]
1969 280 −8 1 stroke Royal Selangor [32]
1968 271 −17 4 strokes Royal Selangor [33]
1967 286 −2 1 stroke Royal Selangor [34]
Malayan Open
1966 278 −10 3 strokes Royal Selangor [35]
1965 Tomoo Ishii (2) 282 −10 2 strokes Royal Selangor [36]
1964 282 −14 1 stroke Royal Selangor [37]
1963 276 −20 4 strokes Royal Selangor [38]
1962 276 −20 1 stroke Royal Selangor [39]

External links

Notes and References

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  2. News: Prestigious Malaysian Open set for 2020 return on the Asian Tour . 16 December 2019 . 11 August 2021 . Asian Tour.
  3. News: Fryatt claims famous scalp in playoff win . The Times . 23 February 1998 . 39 . The Times Digital Archive . 5 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Third title for Westwood . The Independent . 10 March 1997 . 5 March 2020.
  5. News: Flesch wins tournament in Malaysia . The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky . 22 January 1996 . 10 . Associated Press . Newspapers.com . 24 March 2020.
  6. News: American golfer Devers wins Malaysian Open . The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . 13 March 1995 . 39 . Newspapers.com . 24 March 2020.
  7. News: International Results Golf . The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 23 March 1994 . 6 March 2020 . 33 . Trove.
  8. News: Scoreboard Golf Malaysian Open . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . 16 March 1992 . 14 . Google News Archive . 5 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Sport Shorts . Associated Press . 3 March 1991 . 5 March 2020.
  10. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . The World of Professional Golf 1991 . Mark McCormack . Chapmans . 1990 . 521 . 1855925583.
  11. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . World of Professional Golf 1990 . Mark McCormack . Sackville . 1990 . 523 . 0948615389.
  12. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . World of Professional Golf 1989 . Mark McCormack . Collins Willow . 1989 . 494 . 000218284X.
  13. News: Gale grabs it on a playoff . The Straits Times . Singapore . 9 March 1987 . 25 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  14. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . Mark McCormack . Collins Willow . 1987 . 467 - 468 . 0002182572.
  15. News: Gale wins in Malaysia . The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 11 March 1985 . 6 March 2020 . 24 . Trove.
  16. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 . Mark McCormack . Springwood Books . 1985 . 438 . 0862541247.
  17. News: Gale storms to another win . The Straits Times . Singapore . 7 March 1983 . 39 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  18. News: Hepler leaps to fame in M'sian Open . The Straits Times . Singapore . 8 March 1982 . 34 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  19. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982 . Mark McCormack . Springwood Books . 1982 . 443 . 0862541018.
  20. News: Lu survives duel to win Malaysian Open . The Straits Times . Singapore . 23 March 1981 . 38 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  21. News: Yesterday's stars Golfer McNulty . The Straits Times . Singapore . 24 March 1980 . 31 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  22. News: Sporting details Golf . The Sunday Morning Herald . 12 March 1979 . Google News Archive . 5 March 2020.
  23. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 . Mark McCormack . Springwood Books . 1979 . 379 . 0385149409.
  24. News: Stewart Ginn wins Malaysian Open golf . The Straits Times . Singapore . 14 March 1977 . 26 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  25. News: Mya Aye's error costs him Malaysian title . The Straits Times . Singapore . 29 March 1976 . 27 . National Library Board . 5 March 2020.
  26. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . The World of Professional Golf 1976 . Mark McCormack . Collins . 1976 . 471 . 0385149409.
  27. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . The World of Professional Golf 1975 . Mark McCormack . Collins . 1975 . 421 - 422 . 0002119552.
  28. News: Open to Sugimoto . . 19 March 1973 . 28 . Google News Archive.
  29. News: Murakami tops . . 13 March 1972 . 17 . Google News Archive.
  30. News: Late burst by Graham . . 15 March 1971 . 23 . Google News Archive.
  31. News: Malaysian Open to Ben Arda . . 9 March 1970 . 16 . Google News Archive.
  32. News: Japanese comes from behind . Glasgow Herald . Glasgow, Scotland . 17 March 1969 . Reuter . 6 March 2020 . 5 . Google News Archive.
  33. News: Top golfer a roly-poly . . 11 March 1968 . 19.
  34. News: Malaysian Open to Filipino . . 13 March 1967 . 15 . Google News Archive.
  35. News: Henning wins Malayan Open . . 14 March 1966 . 19 . Google News Archive.
  36. News: Wolstenholme second . . 15 March 1965 . 10 . Google News Archive.
  37. News: Malayan Open to Japanese . . 16 March 1964 . 22 . Google News Archive.
  38. News: Dunk brilliant in golf win . . 4 March 1963 . 20 . Google News Archive.
  39. News: Phillips wins in Malaya . . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 26 February 1962 . 28 January 2020 . 16 . Trove.