Malaysian Dunlop Masters
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 |  Ted Ball Bobby Lim
|
A$1,340 | [2] |
| 1975 | Hsu Chi-san |  Taiwan
|
Subang | 289 (+1) | 1 stroke | Zainal Abidin Yusof
|
[3] | |
| 1976 | Yutaka Suzuki |  Japan
|
Royal Selengor Golf Club | 285 (−3) | 1 stroke |  Hal Underwood Bobby Lim
|
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| 1977 | Yutaka Suzuki | Japan
|
Tasek Utara Golf Club | 291 (+3) | 1 stroke | Zainal Abidin Yusof
|
[5][6] | |
| 1978 | Chen Tze-ming (a) | Taiwan
|
Subang National Golf Club | 267 (−21) | 15 strokes |  Simon Owen
|
US$1,600 | [1][7] |
| 1979 | Walter Godfrey | New Zealand
|
Subang National Golf Club | 283 (−5) | 2 strokes |  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 | Eleuterio Nival
|
[10] | |
| 1982 | Zainal Abidin Yusof |  Malaysia
|
Subang National Golf Club | 287 (−1) | Playoff | Ben Arda Hung Fa
|
[11] | |
| 1983 | Kyi Hla Han |  Burma
|
Seremban Golf Club | 283 (−5) | 2 strokes | Marimuthu Ramayah
|
[12] | |
| 1984 | Kyi Hla Han | Burma
|
Seremban International Golf Club | 274 (−14) | 4 strokes | Paterno Braza
|
[13] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wins Indians Open". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. Pennsylvania. 13 March 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Malaysian Open won by Thai". Canberra Times. 1 April 1974. p. 14. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Hsu cards a 79 but it's still good for title". The Straits Times. 31 March 1975. p. 23.
- ^ "Suzuki Is Golf Victor". The New York Times. 4 April 1976. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Steve Chalmers makes winning Glasgow debut". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Suzuki holds on". The Spokesman Review. 4 April 1977. p. 17.
- ^ "Top Man Puts 'Moresby' In Big Time". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 8 June 1978. p. 27. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Godfrey by two strokes". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 March 1979. p. 38. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Lavares and Suzuki are joint champions". The Straits Times. 17 March 1980. p. 29.
- ^ "Siodina talkes Dunlop Masters". The Straits Times. 25 May 1981. p. 31.
- ^ "Zainal wins three-way play-off..." The Straits Times. 21 March 1982. p. 28.
- ^ "Kyi to compete in Europe". Singapore Monitor. 9 May 1983. p. 30.
- ^ "Hla Han brings his game to new heights". Singapore Monitor. 7 May 1984. p. 29.