KUALA LUMPUR: The prestigious Malaysia Open received a massive shot in the arm with Bandar Malaysia being named as the title sponsor for one of the most highly regarded events in the region, officials announced Wednesday.
The Bandar Malaysia Open is making its return to the Asian Tour Schedule after a four-year absence and will be sanctioned by the Asian Tour in partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).
The flagship event for the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) offers a lucrative prize purse of $1 million and will tee off at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club from March 5-8.
Bandar Malaysia takes on the sponsorship of one of Asia’s most historic golf tournaments, which was inaugurated in 1962 and has crowned many notable champions including former world number ones Vijay Singh (1992 and 2001) and Lee Westwood (1997 and 2014), who have both won the tournament twice.
The Bandar Malaysia Open 2020 also received backing with Tree Technologies and Tourism Malaysia as co-sponsors and Kota Permai Golf & Country Club as host venue. Other sponsors are Mazda (Official Car), Sunway Clio Hotel (Official Hotel), 100PLUS (Official Drinks), Callaway (Official Equipment), Titoni (Official Timekeeper), CrestLink (Official Apparel), Kenwood (Official Communications) and Luen Heng (Official Spirits). Meanwhile, Malay Mail and The Edge are media partners while Golf Malaysia is Official Magazine. The championship is also supported by TM Unifi, Red Crescent and Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam.
