Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
Tournament information
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established 2010
Course(s) Kuala Lumpur Golf
& Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,208 yards (5,677 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.8 million
Month played October
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Lexi Thompson (2014)
To par −19 Lexi Thompson (2014)
Current champion
China Shanshan Feng
Kuala Lumpur
Location in Malaysia

The Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2010 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The title sponsor is Sime Darby, Malaysia's leading multinational conglomerate involved in five core sectors: plantations, property, industrial, motors, and energy and utilities, with a growing presence in healthcare.

The debut tournament was a limited field event with 50 players invited from the official LPGA money list and an additional ten invited sponsor exemptions, including two ASEAN nations local qualifiers. A 54-hole event with no cut, all 60 players played for the entire tournament.[1] The purse was $1.8 million.

The event was increased to 72 holes in 2011, with a no-cut field of 72 players. The purse was increased to $1.9 million.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[2]
Yards3664093933481784711683884103,1313413934962863421365211573903,0626,193
Par444435344354454435343671

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2016 27–30 Oct Shanshan Feng  China 66-70-64-67=267 −17 3 strokes Norway Suzann Pettersen 1,800,000 270,000
2015 8–11 Oct Jessica Korda  United States 69-67-65-65=266 −18 4 strokes China Shanshan Feng
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Stacy Lewis
2,000,000 300,000
2014 9–12 Oct Shanshan Feng  China 67-67-69-63=266 −18 3 strokes Thailand Pornanong Phatlum 2,000,000 300,000
2013 10–13 Oct Lexi Thompson  United States 67-63-66-69=265 −19 4 strokes China Shanshan Feng 2,000,000 300,000
2012 11–14 Oct Inbee Park  South Korea 69-68-65-67=269 −15 2 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi 1,900,000 285,000
2011 13–16 Oct Na Yeon Choi  South Korea 66-68-67-68=269 −15 1 stroke Taiwan Yani Tseng 1,900,000 285,000
2010 22–24 Oct Jimin Kang  South Korea 70-69-65=204 −9 1 stroke United States Juli Inkster 1,800,000 270,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2013 Amy Yang 62 (−9) 2nd

References

  1. "Players' Criteria". Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. "Course details". Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

Coordinates: 3°08′20″N 101°38′24″E / 3.139°N 101.640°E / 3.139; 101.640

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