With just over a month to go until the Maybank Championship gets underway, the ten places for Malaysian Professionals, together with those who already qualify based on the 2016 Final PGM Order of Merit, have been officially announced.
Nicholas Fung and Danny Chia have secured their places based on their Asian Tour Rankings and Ben Leong got his name on the line-up after winning the PGM Maybank Players’ Championship. Maybank ASEAN Ambassador Gavin Kyle Green takes one of the local slots and was announced in November of last year, and the remaining nine places go to:
R. NACHIMUTHU
SUKREE OTHMAN
KHOR KHENG HWAI
AIRIL RIZMAN ZAHARI
M. SASIDARAN
KEMAROL BAHARIN
IYLIA JAMIL
LOW KHAI JEI
S. SIVA CHANDHRAN
They will be part of the 156 player line-up tackling the challenging Palm Course for a share of the US$3million prize purse. Star players Danny Willett, Charl Schwartzel and Anirban Lahiri have already been announced with more names to follow in the coming days.
Golfing fans coming to support their local players and enjoy the public holiday weekend at Saujana Golf and Country Club will be able to enjoy FREE ENTRY on Thursday and Friday.
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