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Facts and figures - Maybank Malaysian Open
Facts and Figures

Facts and figures - Maybank Malaysian Open

MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN

First played: 1962 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 1999)

Most wins: 3 - Terry Gale - 1983, 1985, 1987

Stats since 1999

Winners: Gerry Norquist, 1999; Yeh Wei-tze, 2000; Vijay Singh, 2001

Alastair Forsyth, 2002;  Arjun Atwal 2003;

Thongchai Jaidee, 2004-05;Charlie Wi, 2006;

Peter Hedblom, 2007; Arjun Atwal, 2008; Anthony Kang, 2009,

Noh Seung-yul, 2010, Matteo Manassero, 2011,

Louis Oosthuizen, 2012, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, 2013, Lee Westwood, 2014, Anirban Lahiri, 2015

Youngest winner: Matteo Manassero, 17 years and 363 days, 2011

Oldest winner: Lee Westwood, 40 years and 361 days, 2014

Lowest 18 hole score: 62 (-10), Raphaël Jacquelin, 2006; Nick Dougherty, 2008;

Noh Seung-yul, Anirban Lahiri, 2015;  2009; 62 (-9), Arjun Atwal, Fredrik Andersson Hed, 2003

Lowest first 18 hole score: 62 (-10), Nick Dougherty, 2008; Noh Seung-yul, 2009;

62 (-9), Arjun Atwal, Fredrik Andersson Hed, 2003

Lowest first 36 hole score: 127 (-15), Arjun Atwal, 2003

Lowest first 54 hole score: 194 (-19), Arjun Atwal, 2003

Lowest 72 hole score: 260 (-24), Arjun Atwal, 2003

Lowest under par winning score: 260 (-24), Arjun Atwal, 2003

Lowest final round by a winner: 63 (-9) Charlie Wi, 2006

Wire-to-wire-winners: Alastair Forsyth, 2002; Arjun Atwal, 2003;  Thongchai Jaidee, 2005,

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, 2013 954 holes),  Lee Westwood, 2014

Largest 18 hole lead: 3 shots – Thongchai Jaidee, 2005

Largest 36 hole lead: 5 shots – Gerry Norquist, 1999

Largest 54 hole lead: 6 shots – Thongchai Jaidee, 2005

Largest winning margin: 7 shots - Lee Westwood, 2014

Biggest final round 7 shots – Arjun Atwal, 2008

comeback by a winner:

Play-offs: Vijay Singh beat Padraig Harrington, 2001

Alastair Forsyth beat Stephen Leaney, 2002

Arjun Atwal beat Peter Hedblom, 2008

Holes-in-one: Wen-Teh Lu, Hole 2, Round 1, 1999 (Saujana G&CC)

Aaron Meeks, Hole 4, Round 1, 2002 (Royal Selangor GC)

Faridil Atras (AM), Hole 16, Round 2, 2003 (The Mines Resort & GC)

Marcus Both, Hole 2, Round 1, 2004 (Saujana G&CC)

Thongchai Jaidee, Hole 16, Round 4, 2004 (Saujana G&CC)

Joakim Bäckström, Hole 12, Round 1, 2005 (Saujana G&CC)

Richard Moir, Hole 12, Round 3, 2005 (Saujana G&CC)

Ross Fisher, Hole 4, Round 1, 2006 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Kyron Sullivan, Hole 2, Round 4, 2007 (Saujana G&CC)

Francesco Molinari, Hole 14, Round 2, 2008 (Kota Permai G&CC)

Simon Dyson, Hole 5, Round 2, 2009 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Paul Waring, Hole 15, Round 1, 2015 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Gregory Bourdy Hole 15, Round 2, 2015 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Jake Higginbottom, Hole 15, Round 2, 2015 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Thongchai Jaidee, Hole 11, Round 2, 2015 (Kuala Lumpur G&CC)

Albatross: Gavin Flint, Hole 18, Round 2, 2007 (Saujana G&CC)

Low cut: 140 (-4), 2008

High cut: 147 (+3), 1999

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