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Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

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

The title sponsor was 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. 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

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 366 409 393 348 178 471 168 388 410 3,131 341 393 496 286 342 136 521 157 390 3,062 6,193
Par 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 35 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 36 71

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2017 26–29 Oct Cristie Kerr  United States 70-63-65-71=269 −15 1 stroke United States Jacqui Concolino
China Shanshan Feng
United States Danielle Kang
1,800,000 270,000
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

Year Player Score Round
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.

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