Sabah Masters

The Sabah Masters was a professional golf tournament that was held annually in Sabah, Malaysia.

Sabah Masters

Tournament information
Location	Sabah, Malaysia
Established	1982
Course(s)	Sutera Harbour Golf and Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,932 yards (6,339 m)
Tour(s)	Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia Asian Development Tour Asia Golf Circuit ASEAN PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$300,000
Month played	November
Final year	2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Robert Huxtable (1999)
To par	−21 as above
Final champion
Pavit Tangkamolprasert
Location map
Sutera Harbour G&CC Location in Malaysia

History

First held in the 1982 as part of the Malaysian PGA circuit,^[1] the Sabah Masters has formed part of several higher level professional tours. After a sanctioning arrangement with the PGA Tour of Australasia^[2] fell through and resulted in no tournament in 1993, the Sabah Masters was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit schedule in 1994 and 1995 before switching to the then fledgling Asian PGA Tour between 1996 and 1999.

After the 1999 tournament, the Sabah Masters was not held again until 2011 when was revived as a fixture on the ASEAN PGA Tour;^[3] in 2014 it became the season ending tour championship, with the season promoted as the "Road to Sabah Masters".^[4] After a 20 year hiatus from the major tours, it returned as an event on the Asian Tour calendar in 2019.^[5]

Venues

Sabah Golf and Country Club played host to the Sabah Masters until 1998 when the Asian PGA decided to inaugurate a rotation policy, with Shan Shui Golf and Country Club hosting that year.^[6] Sutera Harbour Golf and Country hosted the tournament in 1999, and has remained as the venue for every renewal since then.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Sabah Masters
2019	ASA	Pavit Tangkamolprasert	271	−13	Playoff	David Gleeson Phachara Khongwatmai Aman Raj	Sutera Harbour	[7]
2017–18: No tournament
Warisan Harta Sabah Masters
2016	ADT, ASEAN	Namchok Tantipokhakul	277	−11	2 strokes	Casey O'Toole	Sutera Harbour	[8]
Sabah Masters
2015	ASEAN	Mardan Mamat	274	−10	4 strokes	Danny Chia Arie Irawan	Sutera Harbour	[9]
2014	ASEAN	Wisut Artjanawat (2)	276	−8	2 strokes	Sattaya Supupramai Michael Tran	Sutera Harbour	[10]
2013	ASEAN	Antonio Lascuña	273	−11	Playoff[b]	Mardan Mamat	Sutera Harbour	[11]
2012: No tournament due to rescheduling from November to January
2011	ASEAN	Wisut Artjanawat	278	−2	1 stroke	Anthony Fernando Nicholas Fung	Sutera Harbour	[12]
2000–2010: No tournament								[3]
1999	ASA	Robert Huxtable	267	−21	6 strokes	Thongchai Jaidee	Sutera Harbour	[7]
1998	ASA	Simon Yates	278	−10	1 stroke	Des Terblanche	Shan Shui	[7]
1997	ASA	Des Terblanche	281	−7	Playoff[c]	Thammanoon Sriroj	Sabah	[7][13]
1996	ASA	Thaworn Wiratchant	282	−6	2 strokes	Lin Chih-chen Jeff Wagner	Sabah	[7]
1995	AGC	Brandt Jobe	280	−8	3 strokes	Periasamy Gunasegaran	Sabah	[7]
1994	AGC	Craig McClellan	284	−4	Playoff	Kyi Hla Han	Sabah	[7]
1993	ANZ	Cancelled						[2]
1992		Sufian Tan	286	−2	3 strokes	Lin Keng-chi Stuart Thomson	Sabah	[14]
1991		Nandasena Perera					Sabah	[7]
1990: No tournament
1989		Frankie Miñoza	278	−10	7 strokes	Eddy Bagtas N. Ravi Chandran	Sabah	[15]
1988		Jeff Senior	283	−5	10 strokes	Marimuthu Ramayah	Sabah	[16]
1987		Chen Liang-hsi	284	−4	5 strokes	Kyi Hla Han	Sabah	[17]
1986		Mario Siodina					Sabah	[18]
1985		Eleuterio Nival					Sabah
1984		Paterno Braza	291		1 stroke	Hung Weng-neng	Sabah	[19]
1983							Sabah
1982		Archin Sopon	290	+2	Playoff[d]	Mario Siodina	Sabah	[20]

Notes

1. ADT − Asian Development Tour; AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; ASEAN − ASEAN PGA Tour.
2. Lascuña won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Terblanche won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
4. Sopon won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

1. "More cash at the fairways". Business Times. Singapore. 16 January 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
2. "Junior slicing better than one stroke a month off handicap". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Trove.
3. "Sabah Masters back on calendar". The Star. Malaysia. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
4. Saminathanon, Edward (6 March 2014). "Road to Sabah Masters launched". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
5. "Sabah Masters back in Asian Tour calendar 2019". Tourism Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
6. "Sabah Masters shift to Shan Shui" (PDF). Asian PGA. 20 March 1998. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
7. "Sabah Masters". where2golf.com.
8. Saminathanon, Edward (9 January 2016). "Namchok finds winning joy in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
9. Saminathanon, Edward (17 January 2015). "Vintage Mardan seals solid Sabah win". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
10. Saminathanon, Edward (11 January 2014). "Wisut reigns again in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
11. Saminathanon, Edward (12 January 2013). "Nearly man Lascuna comes good in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
12. Saminathanon, Edward (6 November 2011). "Silky Wisut reigns supreme in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
13. Masuling, Jumin J (11 August 1997). "Terblanche in sudden-death". New Straits Times. p. 43. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
14. Bangkuai, Joniston (12 October 1992). "Sufian breaks the foreign grip in Sabah Masters". New Straits Times. Malaysia. p. 45. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
15. "Minoza wins Sabah Masters". Business Times. Singapore. 13 June 1989. p. 16. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
16. "Faldo eagles last hole to win French Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 June 1988. p. 29. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
17. "Joint-fifth for Swee Wah". Business Times. Singapore. 29 June 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
18. "Siodina survives pressure to win Genting Classic". Business Times. Singapore. 18 July 1986. p. 11. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
19. "Langer's St Cloud burst to victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 May 1984. p. 42. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
20. "Sopon triumphs in sudden death". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 June 1982. p. 36. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

External links

• Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site