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Malaysian Open (golf)

Golf tournament

Summary

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	IRS Prima Malaysian Open
location	Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
establishment	1962
course	The Mines Resort & Golf Club
par	72
yardage	7016 yd
tour	European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	February
aggregate	260 Arjun Atwal (2003)
to-par	−24 as above
current_champion	ESP David Puig
map	Malaysia
map_label	The Mines Resort & GC
map_caption	Location in Malaysia
map_relief	Yes
map_size	240
coordinates

Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit | to-par = −24 as above 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. 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 . 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

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

Notes

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