Maybank Championship

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Maybank Championship
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Tournament information
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established2016
Course(s) Saujana Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,135 yards (6,524 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$3,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Shubhankar Sharma (2018)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend
Location map
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Saujana G&CC
Location in Malaysia

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]

Contents

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

Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Maybank Championship
2020 ASA, EUR Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [3]
2019 ASA, EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend 273−15Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Elvira Saujana
2018 ASA, EUR Flag of India.svg Shubhankar Sharma 267−212 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo Saujana
2017 ASA, EUR Flag of Paraguay.svg Fabrizio Zanotti 269−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Lipsky Saujana
Maybank Championship Malaysia
2016 ASA, EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser 269−152 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Soo-min
Flag of the Philippines.svg Miguel Tabuena
Royal Selangor

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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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.

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