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.
| 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] | |