Sabah Masters
Tournament information
LocationSabah, Malaysia
Established1982
Course(s)Sutera Harbour Golf and Country Club
Par71
Length6,932 yards (6,339 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Development Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
ASEAN PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$300,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Robert Huxtable (1999)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Thailand Pavit Tangkamolprasert
Location map
Sutera Harbour G&CC is located in Malaysia
Sutera Harbour G&CC
Sutera Harbour G&CC
Location in Malaysia

The Sabah Masters was a professional golf tournament that was held annually in Sabah, Malaysia.

History

First held in the 1982 as part of the Malaysian PGA circuit,[1] the Sabah Masters has formed part of several higher level professional tours. After a sanctioning arrangement with the PGA Tour of Australasia[2] fell through and resulted in no tournament in 1993, the Sabah Masters was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit schedule in 1994 and 1995 before switching to the then fledgling Asian PGA Tour between 1996 and 1999.

After the 1999 tournament, the Sabah Masters was not held again until 2011 when was revived as a fixture on the ASEAN PGA Tour;[3] in 2014 it became the season ending tour championship, with the season promoted as the "Road to Sabah Masters".[4] After a 20 year hiatus from the major tours, it returned as an event on the Asian Tour calendar in 2019.[5]

Venues

Sabah Golf and Country Club played host to the Sabah Masters until 1998 when the Asian PGA decided to inaugurate a rotation policy, with Shan Shui Golf and Country Club hosting that year.[6] Sutera Harbour Golf and Country hosted the tournament in 1999, and has remained as the venue for every renewal since then.

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Sabah Masters
2019 ASA Thailand Pavit Tangkamolprasert 271 −13 Playoff Australia David Gleeson
Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai
India Aman Raj 		Sutera Harbour [7]
2017–18: No tournament
Warisan Harta Sabah Masters
2016 ADT, ASEAN Thailand Namchok Tantipokhakul 277 −11 2 strokes United States Casey O'Toole Sutera Harbour [8]
Sabah Masters
2015 ASEAN Singapore Mardan Mamat 274 −10 4 strokes Malaysia Danny Chia
Malaysia Arie Irawan 		Sutera Harbour [9]
2014 ASEAN Thailand Wisut Artjanawat (2) 276 −8 2 strokes Thailand Sattaya Supupramai
Vietnam Michael Tran 		Sutera Harbour [10]
2013 ASEAN Philippines Antonio Lascuña 273 −11 Playoff[b] Singapore Mardan Mamat Sutera Harbour [11]
2012: No tournament due to rescheduling from November to January
2011 ASEAN Thailand Wisut Artjanawat 278 −2 1 stroke Philippines Anthony Fernando
Malaysia Nicholas Fung 		Sutera Harbour [12]
2000–2010: No tournament [3]
1999 ASA United States Robert Huxtable 267 −21 6 strokes Thailand Thongchai Jaidee Sutera Harbour [7]
1998 ASA Scotland Simon Yates 278 −10 1 stroke South Africa Des Terblanche Shan Shui [7]
1997 ASA South Africa Des Terblanche 281 −7 Playoff[c] Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj Sabah [7][13]
1996 ASA Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 282 −6 2 strokes Taiwan Lin Chih-chen
Australia Jeff Wagner 		Sabah [7]
1995 AGC United States Brandt Jobe 280 −8 3 strokes Malaysia Periasamy Gunasegaran Sabah [7]
1994 AGC United States Craig McClellan 284 −4 Playoff Myanmar Kyi Hla Han Sabah [7]
1993 ANZ Cancelled [2]
1992 Malaysia Sufian Tan 286 −2 3 strokes Taiwan Lin Keng-chi
New Zealand Stuart Thomson 		Sabah [14]
1991 Sri Lanka Nandasena Perera Sabah [7]
1990: No tournament
1989 Philippines Frankie Miñoza 278 −10 7 strokes Philippines Eddy Bagtas
Malaysia N. Ravi Chandran 		Sabah [15]
1988 Australia Jeff Senior 283 −5 10 strokes Malaysia Marimuthu Ramayah Sabah [16]
1987 Taiwan Chen Liang-hsi 284 −4 5 strokes Myanmar Kyi Hla Han Sabah [17]
1986 Philippines Mario Siodina Sabah [18]
1985 Philippines Eleuterio Nival Sabah
1984 Philippines Paterno Braza 291 1 stroke Taiwan Hung Weng-neng Sabah [19]
1983 Sabah
1982 Thailand Archin Sopon 290 +2 Playoff[d] Philippines Mario Siodina Sabah [20]

Notes

  1. ^ ADT − Asian Development Tour; AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; ASEAN − ASEAN PGA Tour.
  2. ^ Lascuña won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Terblanche won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. ^ Sopon won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "More cash at the fairways". Business Times. Singapore. 16 January 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ a b "Junior slicing better than one stroke a month off handicap". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b "Sabah Masters back on calendar". The Star. Malaysia. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (6 March 2014). "Road to Sabah Masters launched". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Sabah Masters back in Asian Tour calendar 2019". Tourism Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Sabah Masters shift to Shan Shui" (PDF). Asian PGA. 20 March 1998. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sabah Masters". where2golf.com.
  8. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (9 January 2016). "Namchok finds winning joy in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (17 January 2015). "Vintage Mardan seals solid Sabah win". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (11 January 2014). "Wisut reigns again in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  11. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (12 January 2013). "Nearly man Lascuna comes good in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. ^ Saminathanon, Edward (6 November 2011). "Silky Wisut reigns supreme in Sabah". The Clubhouse. Malaysia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  13. ^ Masuling, Jumin J (11 August 1997). "Terblanche in sudden-death". New Straits Times. p. 43. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  14. ^ Bangkuai, Joniston (12 October 1992). "Sufian breaks the foreign grip in Sabah Masters". New Straits Times. Malaysia. p. 45. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  15. ^ "Minoza wins Sabah Masters". Business Times. Singapore. 13 June 1989. p. 16. Retrieved 9 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  16. ^ "Faldo eagles last hole to win French Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 June 1988. p. 29. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  17. ^ "Joint-fifth for Swee Wah". Business Times. Singapore. 29 June 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  18. ^ "Siodina survives pressure to win Genting Classic". Business Times. Singapore. 18 July 1986. p. 11. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  19. ^ "Langer's St Cloud burst to victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 May 1984. p. 42. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  20. ^ "Sopon triumphs in sudden death". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 June 1982. p. 36. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

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