March 21-24
Saujana Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
$3,000,000
Co-sanction: Asian Tour
Live leaderboard
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Nacho Elvira and former champion Marcus Fraser lead the way at the end of the first day of the Maybank Championship, following a remarkable morning of scoring at Saujana Golf and County Club.
โI've been playing well having a hit at home but I haven't played a whole lot of competitive golf " said Fraser. "It was nice to go out and play well in a great tournament.
โIt's been a good day. Played steady all day and putted really well. The new greens here, well they've done a great job. Unfortunately they lost them last year. Unbelievable to be able to turn them around in 12 months. They've done a great job. The greens last year, by no fault of their own, they were diseased and they lost them. Now they have rebuilt them and they are fantastic.
โIf we don't get any rain, maybe, but we're in Malaysia, in the practice round the course was firm and bouncy and they have small undulating greens. With that combination you would think the scoring wouldn't be as good. But it's a great surface to putt on, not too much grain in the greens."
Australian Fraser, who won the first staging of the tournament in 2016 to seal his third European Tour title, and four-time Challenge Tour winner Elvira of Spain each carded eight birdies and a single bogey on Thursday to get to seven under par.
โTo be honest seven under is always good," said Elvira. "With my record here not being too great, 65 is very good. It's tough, it's really humid. It's not as hot in the morning but it's really humid so it's tough to stay hydrated.
โMy caddie told me today that I hit 12 fairways. I have been hitting my irons good and putting great, I just needed to put the ball in play. I wasn't able to do that the first few weeks (of the season) but I think I managed to do that in Qatar and also today.
โI'm happy the way things are going, happy to be turning around my golf game a little bit. We'll see where that gets me.โ
It had looked as though their efforts would be eclipsed when Angelo Que took full advantage of the newly rebuilt greens at the Kuala Lumpur venue to make nine birdies and no bogeys in his opening 11 holes, but the Filipino made back to back double bogeys at the 15th and 16th holes to fall from the top of the leaderboard.
โI thought I was dreaming when I got to nine under after 11 holes. But these things happen especially when you play well. You try not to think too much and get ahead of yourself by ignoring it and keep playing. But it sorts of plays on your mind too.
โI got unlucky on 15 where I hit the fairway but didn't have a shot at the green. I got an unlucky lie and didn't make up and down. It was the same story on the next hole.
โThese things happen but lucky I still managed to make 10 birdies today. So, six-under is always a good score. I started off with a birdie and ended off with a birdie. So that's nice.โ
Que finished his round with a birdie at the 18th to join Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond and Austrian Matthias Schwab in a tie for third, a single shot behind the leaders on six under par.
Belgian Thomas Pieters is another stroke back after his opening round of 67, one ahead of eight players at four under par, including four-time Major Champion Ernie Els, and his fellow South Africans Dean Burmester and Brandon Stone.
There is then a group of 11 players at three under par, while European Ryder Cup Captain Padraig Harrington made a steady return to action after four months out with a wrist injury, shooting a first round 70 to sit alongside 14 other players at two under par.
โI actually really enjoyed my day. I wish I was like that every day. Four months off, I was buzzing out there, really enjoying the battle of getting it done. I struggled so badly off the tee, so it was an interesting contest for me .
โThere is substantial difference between playing a practice round and playing with a card in your hand. I really struggled with my swing but I haven't forgotten how to play golf. I managed my way around the golf course. I worked hard for the score. Overall 70 is a well worked score."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
T1 |
Marcus Fraser | AUS |
-7 |
65 |
T1 |
Nacho Elvira | ESP |
-7 |
65 |
T3 |
Matthias Schwab | AUT |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Jazz Janewattananond | THA |
-6 |
66 |
T3 |
Angelo Que | PHL |
-6 |
66 |
6 |
Thomas Pieters | BEL |
-5 |
67 |
T7 |
Poom Saksansin | THA |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Gaganjeet Bhullar | IND |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Brandon Stone | RSA |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Dean Burmester | RSA |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Prom Meesawat | THA |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Zach Murray | AUS |
-4 |
68 |
T7 |
Nicholas Fung | MAL |
-4 |
68 |
T15 |
Daniel James Masrin | INA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Ricardo Melo Gouveia | POR |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Andrea Pavan | ITA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Shiv Chawrasia | IND |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Benjamin Hebert | FRA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Masahiro Kawamura | JPN |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Julian Suri | USA |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Terry Pilkadaris | AUS |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Scott Hend | AUS |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Lucas Herbert | AUS |
-3 |
69 |
T15 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | RSA |
-3 |
69 |
T26 |
Nicolas Colsaerts | BEL |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Thomas Detry | BEL |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Viraj Madappa | IND |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Jorge Campillo | ESP |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Sang-Hyun Park | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Oliver Fisher | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Marcus Kinhult | SWE |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Sihwan Kim | KOR |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Mohammad Siddikur Rahman | BAN |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Kurt Kitayama | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Paul Peterson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Scott Vincent | ZWE |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Richard McEvoy | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
T26 |
Travis Smyth | AUS |
-2 |
70 |
T41 |
Jake Higginbottom | AUS |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Yusaku Miyazato | JPN |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Bernd Wiesberger | AUT |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Ryo Ishikawa | JPN |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Shubhankar Sharma | IND |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Ashun Wu | CHI |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Shaun Norris | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Ryan Fox | NZL |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Min-Chel Choi | KOR |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Shariffudin Ariffin | MAS |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Keith Horne | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Danthai Boonma | THA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Alvaro Quiros | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Louis De Jager | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Guido Migliozzi | ITA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Robert Karlsson | SWE |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Chris Wood | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Erik Van Rooyen | RSA |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Chris Paisley | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Jens Dantorp | SWE |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Maximilian Kieffer | GER |
-1 |
71 |
T41 |
Robin Roussel | FRA |
-1 |
71 |
T63 |
Lee Slattery | ENG |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Michael Lorenzo-Vera | FRA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Danny Chia | MAL |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Yi-Keun Chang | KOR |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Thongchai Jaidee | THA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
David Lipsky | USA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
George Coetzee | RSA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Aaron Rai | ENG |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Raphael Jacquelin | FRA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Kristoffer Broberg | SWE |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Phachara Khongwatmai | THA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Ashley Chesters | ENG |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Ross Fisher | ENG |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Pavit Tangkamolprasert | THA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Andy Sullivan | ENG |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Adilson Da Silva | BRA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Johannes Veerman | USA |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | PAR |
Par |
72 |
T63 |
Ajeetesh Sandhu | IND |
Par |
72 |
T82 |
Kenneth De Silva | MAL |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Suradit Yongcharoenchai | THA |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Khalin Joshi | IND |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Adrian Otaegui | ESP |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Thomas Bjorn | DEN |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Edoardo Molinari | ITA |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Renato Paratore | ITA |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Jeung-Hun Wang | KOR |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Wen-Tang Lin | TPE |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Jason Scrivener | AUS |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Wei-Chih Lu | TPE |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Robert Rock | ENG |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Daisuke Kataoka | JPN |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Mikko Korhonen | FIN |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Alexander Bjoerk | SWE |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
David Law | SCO |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Jarin Todd | USA |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Shinichi Mizuno | HKG |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Malcolm Kokocinski | SWE |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Min-Woo Lee | AUS |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Matthieu Pavon | FRA |
1 |
73 |
T82 |
Tapio Pulkkanen | FIN |
1 |
73 |
T105 |
John Catlin | USA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Sam Brazel | AUS |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
David Howell | ENG |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Micah Shin | USA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Berry Henson | USA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Daniel Nisbet | AUS |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Hyun-Woo Ryu | KOR |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Matthew Southgate | ENG |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Stephen Gallacher | SCO |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Jordan Smith | ENG |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Gavin Green | MAS |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Ben Leong | MAL |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Chapchai Nirat | THA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Yuki Inamori | JPN |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Jbe Kruger | RSA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Rattanon Wannasrichan | THA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | RSA |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Ramasamy Nachimuthu | MAS |
2 |
74 |
T105 |
Jesse Yap | SIN |
2 |
74 |
T124 |
Ye Htet Aung | MYA |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Wilson Choo | MAL |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Romain Wattel | FRA |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Seenappa Chikkarangappa | IND |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Jason Norris | AUS |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Ben Campbell | AUS |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Soren Kjeldsen | DEN |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez | ESP |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Panuphol Pittayarat | THA |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Johnson Poh | SIN |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Wade Ormsby | AUS |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Prayad Marksaeng | THA |
3 |
75 |
T124 |
Steven Brown | ENG |
3 |
75 |
T137 |
Rahil Gangjee | IND |
4 |
76 |
T137 |
Darren Fichardt | RSA |
4 |
76 |
T137 |
Mohd Sukree Othman | MAS |
4 |
76 |
T137 |
Arie Irawan | MAL |
4 |
76 |
T141 |
Natipong Srithong | THA |
5 |
77 |
T141 |
Nino Bertasio | ITA |
5 |
77 |
T141 |
Shiv Kapur | IND |
5 |
77 |
T141 |
Hideto Tanihara | JPN |
5 |
77 |
145 |
Leun-Kwang Kim | MAS |
6 |
78 |
T146 |
Pablo Larrazabal | ESP |
7 |
79 |
T146 |
Miguel Tabuena | PHL |
7 |
79 |
T148 |
Shih-Chang Chan | TPE |
8 |
80 |
T148 |
Amir Nazrin | IND |
8 |
80 |
T148 |
Richard T. Lee | 8 |
80 |
|
T148 |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
8 |
80 |
T152 |
Kemarol Baharin | MAS |
9 |
81 |
T152 |
Tirawat Kaewsirbandit | THA |
9 |
81 |
T152 |
Yuta Ikeda | JPN |
9 |
81 |
T152 |
Jake McLeod | AUS |
9 |
81 |
RET |
Todd Sinnott | AUS |
Par |
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