The Malaysian Open is a men's professional golf tournament currently played on the

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. Notable past winners include world number one golfers

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and

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(both players winning the event on two occasions). Other notable winners include 17-year-old Italian

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in 2011 as well as former Open champion

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the following year.

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winners including

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, Steve Flesch,

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and

Noh Seung-yul Noh Seung-yul ( ko, 노승열; born 29 May 1991), or Seung-yul Noh is a South Korean professional golfer. Professional career Noh turned professional in 2007 and successfully negotiated qualifying school for the 2008 Asian Tour. He won the Mi ...

have also won the event. Since its inauguration there has never been a Malaysian winner.

History

The tournament was inaugurated in 1962 as the Malayan Open, and was one of the events on the first season of the

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that year. In 1999 it joined the

and also became part of the

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's expansion into Asia as a jointly sanctioned event. The six events from 2010 to 2015 were held at the

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. The 2015 champion was India's

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. This was his first ever victory on the European Tour and it was his sixth win on the Asian Tour. The tournament returned in 2020 after a four year hiatus. It was played as a sole-sanctioned Asian Tour event at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club. The prize fund was .

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took the title in a playoff over

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and

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. It was the final event played before the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour season was heavily disrupted by the

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Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
{{Coord, 3.00, 101.53, type:event, display=title Asian Tour events Former European Tour events Asia Golf Circuit events Golf tournaments in Malaysia Recurring sporting events established in 1962