Maybank Championship

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$3,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Shubhankar Sharma (2018)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Australia Scott Hend
Location map
Saujana G&CC is located in Malaysia
Saujana G&CC
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]

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

Winners

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 Australia Scott Hend 273 −15 Playoff Spain Nacho Elvira Saujana
2018 ASA, EUR India Shubhankar Sharma 267 −21 2 strokes Spain Jorge Campillo Saujana
2017 ASA, EUR Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 269 −19 1 stroke United States David Lipsky Saujana
Maybank Championship Malaysia
2016 ASA, EUR Australia Marcus Fraser 269 −15 2 strokes South Korea Lee Soo-min
Philippines Miguel Tabuena
Royal Selangor

Notes

  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.

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