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Maybank Championship

Coordinates: 3°06′22″N 101°34′30″E / 3.106°N 101.575°E / 3.106; 101.575
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Maybank Championship
Tournament information
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established2016
Course(s)Saujana Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,135 yards (6,524 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3.0 million
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Shubhankar Sharma (2018)
To par−21 Shubhankar Sharma (2018)
Current champion
Australia Scott Hend
Saujana G&CC is located in Malaysia
Saujana G&CC
Saujana G&CC

The Maybank Championship is a professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, that is 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 to 21 February at Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur.[1] It had a purse of US$3,000,000.[2]

Since 2017 the Maybank Championship has been played at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur.

Winners

Year Tours[a] Venue Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Maybank Championship
2020 ASA, EUR Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2019 ASA, EUR Saujana G&CC Australia Scott Hend 273 −15 Playoff Spain Nacho Elvira
2018 ASA, EUR Saujana G&CC India Shubhankar Sharma 267 −21 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo
2017 ASA, EUR Saujana G&CC Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 269 −19 1 stroke United States David Lipsky
Maybank Championship Malaysia
2016 ASA, EUR Royal Selangor GC Australia Marcus Fraser 269 −15 2 strokes South Korea Lee Soo-min
Philippines Miguel Tabuena
  1. ^ ASA – Asian Tour; EUR – European Tour

References

  1. ^ "Royal Selangor to host Maybank event in 2016". Asian Tour. 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Maybank going on their own". The Star Malaysia. 2 August 2015. p. 41. Retrieved 21 June 2020 – via PressReader.
  3. ^ "Maybank golf meet is off this year". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

3°06′22″N 101°34′30″E / 3.106°N 101.575°E / 3.106; 101.575