The Maybank Championship was a professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, that was played annually in Malaysia. The tournament was founded in 2016 by sponsors Maybank, who had previously sponsored the Malaysian Open, with the inaugural tournament played from 18–21 February at Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur.[1] It had a purse of US$3,000,000.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Established | 2016 |
| Course(s) | Saujana Golf and Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,135 yards (6,524 m) |
| Tour(s) | Asian Tour European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$3,000,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Shubhankar Sharma (2018) |
| To par | −21 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Scott Hend | |
| Location map | |
  Saujana G&CC Location in Malaysia | |
Since 2017 the Maybank Championship was played at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur.
Winners
edit| Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybank Championship | ||||||||
| 2020 | ASA, EUR | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3] | ||||||
| 2019 | ASA, EUR | Scott Hend |
273 | −15 | Playoff |  Nacho Elvira |
Saujana | |
| 2018 | ASA, EUR |  Shubhankar Sharma |
267 | −21 | 2 strokes | Jorge Campillo |
Saujana | |
| 2017 | ASA, EUR |  Fabrizio Zanotti |
269 | −19 | 1 stroke |  David Lipsky |
Saujana | |
| Maybank Championship Malaysia | ||||||||
| 2016 | ASA, EUR | Marcus Fraser |
269 | −15 | 2 strokes |  Lee Soo-min Miguel Tabuena |
Royal Selangor | |
Notes
edit- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
edit- ^ "Royal Selangor to host Maybank event in 2016". Asian Tour. 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Maybank going on their own". The Star Malaysia. 2 August 2015. p. 41. Retrieved 21 June 2020 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Maybank golf meet is off this year". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.