Maybank Championship

Maybank Championship
Tournament information
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established 2016
Course(s) Saujana Golf and Country Club
Par 72
Length 7,186 yards (6,571 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$3.0 million
Month played February
Current champion
India Shubhankar Sharma
Saujana G&CC
Location in Malaysia

The Maybank Championship is a golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, to be played annually in Malaysia. The inaugural tournament was played from 18–21 February 2016 at Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur.[1] In 2017 and 2018, it was played at Saujana Golf and Country Club. It has a purse of US$3,000,000.

From 1999 through 2015, the European and Asian tours had co-sanctioned the Malaysian Open, of which Maybank had been the title sponsor from 2006 to 2015.

Winners

SeasonVenueWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
AsianEuro
Maybank Championship
20182018Saujana Golf and Country ClubShubhankar Sharma India267−212 strokesSpain Jorge Campillo
20172017Saujana Golf and Country ClubFabrizio Zanotti Paraguay269−191 strokeUnited States David Lipsky
Maybank Championship Malaysia
20162016Royal Selangor Golf ClubMarcus Fraser Australia269−152 strokesSouth Korea Lee Soo-min
Philippines Miguel Tabuena

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Selangor to host Maybank event in 2016". Asian Tour. 8 August 2015.

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

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