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Sunday 15 February 2009European TourYear in Review
Kang wins Maybank Malaysian Open
Saujana Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 February 2009 · Anthony Kang’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$2,000,000 USD · Maybank
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/25°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/24°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Prayad Marksaeng THA · 272
- David Horsey ENG · 272
- Jyoti Randhawa IND · 272
- Miles Tunnicliff ENG · 272
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Maybank Malaysian Open
Saujana Golf and Country Club (Palm Course), Saujana Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Anthony Kang
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Kang | 74 · 66 · 64 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | David Horsey | 71 · 68 · 69 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Jyoti Randhawa | 71 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Prayad Marksaeng | 69 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Miles Tunnicliff | 71 · 70 · 63 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Gareth Maybin | 69 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 70 · 71 · 68 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Alexander Noren | 63 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Liang Wen-chong | 65 · 71 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| 10 | Adam Blyth | 66 · 70 · 66 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1972-11-30, South Korea; USA; turned pro 1996; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 318 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 7, 2009) from OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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