Malaysian Dunlop Masters

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The Malaysian Dunlop Masters was a golf tournament in Malaysia in the 1970s and 1980s. Taiwanese golfer Chen Tze-ming won the 1978 event by a record 15 strokes. Despite his record-breaking win runner-up Simon Owen took the first prize money as Chen was still an amateur.[1]

Winners[edit]

This list may be incomplete

Date Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share
Ref
1974 Sukree Onsham  Thailand Ayer Keroh Golf Course, Malacca City 296 (+8) 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball
Malaysia Bobby Lim
A$1,340 [2]
1975 Hsu Chi-san  Taiwan Subang 289 (+1) 1 stroke Malaysia Zainal Abidin Yusof [3]
1976 Yutaka Suzuki  Japan Royal Selengor Golf Club 285 (−3) 1 stroke United States Hal Underwood
Malaysia Bobby Lim

[4]

1977 Yutaka Suzuki  Japan Tasek Utara Golf Club 291 (+3) 1 stroke Malaysia Zainal Abidin Yusof [5][6]
1978 Chen Tze-ming (a)  Taiwan Subang National Golf Club 267 (−21) 15 strokes New Zealand Simon Owen US$1,600 [1][7]
1979 Walter Godfrey  New Zealand Subang National Golf Club 283 (−5) 2 strokes Philippines Ireneo Legaspi [8]
1980 Rudy Lavares
Tomomi Suzuki
 Philippines
 Japan
Seremban Golf Club 290 (+2) Tied US$4,500 [9]
1981 Mario Siodina  Philippines Seremban Golf Club 286 (−2) 1 stroke Philippines Eleuterio Nival [10]
1982 Zainal Abidin Yusof  Malaysia Subang National Golf Club 287 (−1) Playoff Philippines Ben Arda
Taiwan Hung Fa
[11]
1983 Kyi Hla Han  Burma Seremban Golf Club 283 (−5) 2 strokes Malaysia Marimuthu Ramayah [12]
1984 Kyi Hla Han  Burma Seremban International Golf Club 274 (−14) 4 strokes Philippines Paterno Braza [13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wins Indians Open". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. Pennsylvania. 13 March 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Malaysian Open won by Thai". Canberra Times. 1 April 1974. p. 14. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Hsu cards a 79 but it's still good for title". The Straits Times. 31 March 1975. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Suzuki Is Golf Victor". The New York Times. 4 April 1976. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Steve Chalmers makes winning Glasgow debut". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Suzuki holds on". The Spokesman Review. 4 April 1977. p. 17.
  7. ^ "Top Man Puts 'Moresby' In Big Time". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 8 June 1978. p. 27. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Godfrey by two strokes". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 March 1979. p. 38. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Lavares and Suzuki are joint champions". The Straits Times. 17 March 1980. p. 29.
  10. ^ "Siodina talkes Dunlop Masters". The Straits Times. 25 May 1981. p. 31.
  11. ^ "Zainal wins three-way play-off..." The Straits Times. 21 March 1982. p. 28.
  12. ^ "Kyi to compete in Europe". Singapore Monitor. 9 May 1983. p. 30.
  13. ^ "Hla Han brings his game to new heights". Singapore Monitor. 7 May 1984. p. 29.