Malaysian Open (golf)

Golf tournament

Not to be confused with Maybank Championship.

Golf tournament

IRS Prima Malaysian OpenTournament information

Location| Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Established| 1962
Course(s)| The Mines Resort & Golf Club
Par| 72
Length| 7,016 yards (6,415 m)
Tour(s)| European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| US$1,000,000
Month played| February
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 260 Arjun Atwal (2003)
To par| −24 as above
Current champion
David Puig
Location map

The Mines Resort & GC

Location in Malaysia

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

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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

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Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref.

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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]

## See also

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* Open golf tournament

## Notes

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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

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1. ^ "Noh Pulls Off Dramatic Win". 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
2. ^ "Prestigious Malaysian Open set for 2020 return on the Asian Tour". Asian Tour. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
3. ^ "Fryatt claims famous scalp in playoff win". The Times. 23 February 1998. p. 39. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via The Times Digital Archive.
4. ^ "Third title for Westwood". The Independent. 10 March 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
5. ^ "Flesch wins tournament in Malaysia". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. 22 January 1996. p. 10. Retrieved 24 March 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "American golfer Devers wins Malaysian Open". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 13 March 1995. p. 39. Retrieved 24 March 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "International Results | Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 March 1994. p. 33. Retrieved 6 March 2020 - via Trove.
8. ^ "Scoreboard | Golf | Malaysian Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 16 March 1992. p. 14. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via Google News Archive.
9. ^ "Sport Shorts". Associated Press. 3 March 1991. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. p. 521\. ISBN 1855925583.
11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. p. 523\. ISBN 0948615389.
12. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. p. 494\. ISBN 000218284X.
13. ^ "Gale grabs it on a playoff". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 March 1987. p. 25. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 467–468\. ISBN 0002182572.
15. ^ "Gale wins in Malaysia". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 March 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 6 March 2020 - via Trove.
16. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. p. 438\. ISBN 0862541247.
17. ^ "Gale storms to another win". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 March 1983. p. 39. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
18. ^ "Malaysian Open round-off controversy rages on". The Straits Times. Singapore. 10 March 1982. p. 33. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
19. ^ "Hepler leaps to fame in M'sian Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 March 1982. p. 34. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
20. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. p. 443\. ISBN 0862541018.
21. ^ "Lu survives duel to win Malaysian Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 March 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
22. ^ "Yesterday's stars | Golfer McNulty". The Straits Times. Singapore. 24 March 1980. p. 31. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
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25. ^ "Stewart Ginn wins Malaysian Open golf". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 March 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
26. ^ "Mya Aye's error costs him Malaysian title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 March 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 5 March 2020 - via National Library Board.
27. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. p. 471\. ISBN 0385149409.
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29. ^ "Open to Sugimoto". The Age. 19 March 1973. p. 28 - via Google News Archive.
30. ^ "Murakami tops". The Gazette (Montreal). 13 March 1972. p. 17 - via Google News Archive.
31. ^ "Late burst by Graham". The Age. 15 March 1971. p. 23 - via Google News Archive.
32. ^ "Malaysian Open to Ben Arda". The Age. 9 March 1970. p. 16 - via Google News Archive.
33. ^ "Japanese comes from behind". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. Reuter. 17 March 1969. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2020 - via Google News Archive.
34. ^ "Top golfer a roly-poly". The Age. 11 March 1968. p. 19.
35. ^ "Malaysian Open to Filipino". The Age. 13 March 1967. p. 15 - via Google News Archive.
36. ^ "Henning wins Malayan Open". The Age. 14 March 1966. p. 19 - via Google News Archive.
37. ^ "Wolstenholme second". The Glasgow Herald. 15 March 1965. p. 10 - via Google News Archive.
38. ^ "Malayan Open to Japanese". The Age. 16 March 1964. p. 22 - via Google News Archive.
39. ^ "Dunk brilliant in golf win". The Age. 4 March 1963. p. 20 - via Google News Archive.
40. ^ "Phillips wins in Malaya". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 February 1962. p. 16. Retrieved 28 January 2020 - via Trove.

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