The Maybank Malaysian Open 2015 has released the full list of professional and amateur Malaysian golfers who will be participating in the upcoming edition of Malaysia’s leading international golfing event and national Open.
Maybank, the title sponsor of the Malaysian Open announced the final three professional players who will compete at the prestigious national Open this year. Shaifubari Muda, Mohd. Iylia Jamil and Hans Jamil will play alongside fifteen (15) Malaysian professionals including Danny Chia, Shaaban Hussein, Nicholas Fung and Arie Fauzi. These players are drawn from the ranks of the Asian Tour, the Professional Golf of Malaysia Order of Merit and members of the Professional Golf Association of Malaysia. They will be part of a field of 156 international and Malaysian players who will be competing at this year’s Maybank Malaysian Open to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC) from February 5th – 8th, 2015.
Under the Maybank led initiative to provide Malaysian sportsmen the opportunity to compete in world-class events like the Maybank Malaysian Open, twenty-two spots (22) were made available for local golfers to qualify and participate in this year’s event, the most for any internationally acclaimed event held in this country.
These are divided among the ten (10) players from the Asian Tour and PGM Tour; four (4) winners from the National Qualifiers; three (3) sponsors’ invites, one (1) of which is the winner from the Maybank Tour Championship; and the participation of four (4) amateurs who are selected by Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) through their own Order Of Merit.
With more than two hundred (200) world ranking points to be earned at the Maybank Malaysian Open 2015, this platform provides our local professionals the opportunity to earn world ranking points that will be accumulated at the end of the year to determine the countries and individuals that will qualify for the RIO 2016 Olympics.
“The Maybank Malaysian Open offers the highest number of spots for Malaysian golfers in an internationally acclaimed co-sanctioned golfing event in the country. As the title sponsor of the Malaysian Open, Maybank is proud to announce the participation of veteran Shaifubari Muda; 27 year old Hans Jamil; and his brother Mohd Iylia Jamil who at 24 years is one of the youngest in the field; all of whom have tasted victory in 2014 on the hugely successful PGM Tour where they have been steadily climbing the Order of Merit,” said Tan Sri Dato’ Megat Zaharuddin Megat Mohd Nor, Chairman of Maybank.
“We have always tried to ensure a good blend of locals testing their skills against world-class professionals at the Maybank Malaysian Open, where it provides a good benchmark for them to ascertain what more they need to do to pursue their career in golf during the event.”
In addition to the professionals who qualified, MGA also announced the names of amateurs who have qualified for this year’s tournament. The cream of the crop based on their consistent performances, amateur players Galven Kendall Green, Chan Tuck Soon and Daeng Abdul Rahman will be joining Gavin Kyle Green at this year’s tournament.
This year, golfers are battling for more than bragging rights as Maybank have upped the ante to mark its milestone tenth (10th) year as the event’s title sponsor. Strengthening its long-standing commitment as one of the leading national Opens in the region, Maybank is increasing the prize purse for 2015 to US$3 million, up from the previous US$2.75 million in 2014.
In addition to world ranking, points earned at the Maybank Malaysian Open will contribute to the Asian Tour Order of Merit and will also count towards European Tour’s Race to Dubai 2015.
In recent years the Maybank Malaysian Open has attracted world-class golfers who were already major winners or went on to win majors, like Rory Mcllroy, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer and Charl Schwartzel joining the field of play here.
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