Sabah Masters

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Sabah Masters
Tournament information
Location Sabah, Malaysia
Established1982
Course(s)Sutera Harbour Golf and Country Club
Par71
Length6,932 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 playedNovember
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Robert Huxtable (1999)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Pavit Tangkamolprasert
Location Map
Malaysia relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Sutera Harbour G&CC
Location in Malaysia

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

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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

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
Sabah Masters
2019 ASA Flag of Thailand.svg Pavit Tangkamolprasert 271−13Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Gleeson
Flag of Thailand.svg Phachara Khongwatmai
Flag of India.svg Aman Raj
Sutera Harbour [7]
2017–18: No tournament
Warisan Harta Sabah Masters
2016 ADT, ASEAN Flag of Thailand.svg Namchok Tantipokhakul 277−112 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Casey O'Toole Sutera Harbour [8]
Sabah Masters
2015 ASEAN Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat 274−104 strokes Flag of Malaysia.svg Danny Chia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Arie Irawan
Sutera Harbour [9]
2014 ASEAN Flag of Thailand.svg Wisut Artjanawat (2)276−82 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Sattaya Supupramai
Flag of Vietnam.svg Michael Tran
Sutera Harbour [10]
2013 ASEAN Flag of the Philippines.svg Antonio Lascuña 273−11Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat Sutera Harbour [11]
2012: No tournament due to rescheduling from November to January
2011 ASEAN Flag of Thailand.svg Wisut Artjanawat 278−21 stroke Flag of the Philippines.svg Anthony Fernando
Flag of Malaysia.svg Nicholas Fung
Sutera Harbour [12]
2000–2010: No tournament [3]
1999 ASA Flag of the United States.svg Robert Huxtable 267−216 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Thongchai Jaidee Sutera Harbour [7]
1998 ASA Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates 278−101 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Des Terblanche Shan Shui [7]
1997 ASA Flag of South Africa.svg Des Terblanche 281−7Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Thailand.svg Thammanoon Sriroj Sabah [7] [13]
1996 ASA Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant 282−62 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Chih-chen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Wagner
Sabah [7]
1995 AGC Flag of the United States.svg Brandt Jobe 280−83 strokes Flag of Malaysia.svg Periasamy Gunasegaran Sabah [7]
1994 AGC Flag of the United States.svg Craig McClellan 284−4Playoff Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Kyi Hla Han Sabah [7]
1993 ANZ Cancelled [2]
1992 Flag of Malaysia.svg Sufian Tan 286−23 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Keng-chi
Flag of New Zealand.svg Stuart Thomson
Sabah [14]
1991 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Nandasena Perera Sabah [7]
1990: No tournament
1989 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Frankie Miñoza 278−107 strokes Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Eddy Bagtas
Flag of Malaysia.svg N. Ravi Chandran
Sabah [15]
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Senior 283−510 strokes Flag of Malaysia.svg Marimuthu Ramayah Sabah [16]
1987 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Liang-hsi 284−45 strokes Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Kyi Hla Han Sabah [17]
1986 Flag of the Philippines (light blue).svg Mario Siodina Flag placeholder.svgSabah [18]
1985 Flag of the Philippines (light blue).svg Eleuterio Nival Flag placeholder.svgSabah
1984 Flag of the Philippines.svg Paterno Braza 2911 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hung Weng-neng Sabah [19]
1983Sabah
1982 Flag of Thailand.svg Archin Sopon 290+2Playoff [lower-alpha 4] Flag of the Philippines.svg 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.

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