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

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, and was formerly played on the

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. Notable past winners include world number one golfers

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and

Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. He is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour an ...

(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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Arjun Atwal Arjun Singh Atwal (born 20 March 1973) is an Indian professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is the first player born in India to participate in and win on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. Early life Atwal was bo ...

and

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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

Far East Circuit The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 196 ...

that year. In 1999, it joined the

and also became part of the

'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

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season was heavily disrupted by the

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Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
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History

Winners

See also

Notes

References

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