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Yamashita steals breakfast from Choi in Malaysia

Alejandro Rodríguez — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:40:44 +0000

The Japanese golfer Miyu Yamashita claimed victory at the Maybank Championship this Sunday after defeating Korean Hye Jin Choi and Australian Hannah Green in the first playoff hole. All three had finished the 72 regular holes of the tournament tied at -18. Yamashita was riding a wave of success, having delivered an impressive 65-stroke card […]

Carlota uncovers the jar of essences in Malaysia

Alejandro Rodríguez — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:01:46 +0000

Hye Jin Choi (-19) continues her charge at the Maybank Championship in pursuit of her first victory on the LPGA Tour. The Korean golfer, dominating the tournament from start to finish, carded a 67 this Saturday at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club and maintains a comfortable lead at the top. She is four […]

Hye Jin Choi intends to open the can with a machete

Alejandro Rodríguez — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:57 +0000

Iron hand Hye Jin Choi (-14). The South Korean golfer has opened a gap in the Maybank Championship in the best way possible. She delivered the lowest card of the tournament on the first day and has done it again on the second. Conclusion: absolute leadership and a five-shot advantage over the second position, shared […]

Julia and Carlota forced to shift gears in Malaysia

Alejandro Rodríguez — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:43:44 +0000

Full-throttle start at the Maybank Championship, the event that returns the LPGA Tour to cruising speed after the always-interesting International Crown interlude, which ended with Australia’s victory in South Korea. We’re at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Malaysia, and the cards are already on the table after round one: you have to pile […]

The exciting finale of the Maybank Championship in the LPGA, in detail

Alejandro Rodríguez — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 19:42:36 +0000

European Tour statement on Maybank Championship and Volvo China Open

Silvia Pereira — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:18:26 +0000

The Maybank Championship, due to take place at Saujana Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from April 16-19, 2020, and the Volvo China Open, scheduled for April 23-26, 2020 at Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen, have both been postponed due to the outbreak of Corona-virus (Covid-19). The European Tour and Asian Tour accepted […]

Pieters makes his move in Malaysia

Silvia Pereira — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:23:56 +0000

Thomas Pieters will take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Maybank Championship after the golf course showed its teeth on Friday. The big-hitting Belgian carded four birdies and a single bogey in his second round at Saujana Golf and Country Club to move to eight under par. It had seemed Pieters and his […]

Elvira and Fraser take control in Kuala Lumpur

Silvia Pereira — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:56:06 +0000

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. Australian Fraser, who won the first staging of the tournament in 2016 to seal his third European Tour title, and four-time Challenge […]

Sensational Sharma storms to victory in Malaysia

Silvia Pereira — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:08:17 +0000

Shubhankar Sharma carded a sensational closing 62 to win his second European Tour title of the season at the Maybank Championship. The Indian claimed his maiden victory in just his tenth event at the Joburg Open in December and made it two from 13 at Saujana Golf & Country Club as his bogey-free finish got […]

Frittelli and Campillo share halfway lead in Malaysia

Silvia Pereira — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 08:49:44 +0000

Dylan Frittelli and Jorge Campillo will share the lead heading into the final round of the Maybank Championship after another enthralling day at Saujana Golf & Country Club. It has been a tight affair in Kuala Lumpur all week and Saturday proved no different, with 13 different players holding a share of the lead at […]