Malaysian Open (golf)

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
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

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 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

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]

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
2. 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. First two rounds on the East and West courses, and the final two rounds on the Old course.
14. 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.