Dates: Thursday, February 10th through Sunday, February 13th
Site: Templer Park Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course Architect: Jumbo Ozaki
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,176
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 yds 10 - Par 5 569 yds
2 - Par 3 200 yds 11 - Par 3 190 yds
3 - Par 5 560 yds 12 - Par 4 430 yds
4 - Par 4 420 yds 13 - Par 4 395 yds
5 - Par 4 400 yds 14 - Par 4 430 yds
6 - Par 5 575 yds 15 - Par 4 396 yds
7 - Par 3 160 yds 16 - Par 5 567 yds
8 - Par 4 440 yds 17 - Par 3 196 yds
9 - Par 4 415 yds 18 - Par 4 428 yds
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36 3,575 Yds 36 3,601 Yds
Defending Champion: Gerry Norquist
Runner-Up: Bob May, Alex Cejka
Total Purse: $828,329
Shares: 1st Place - 134,623; 2nd Place - 92,784; 3rd Place - 51,690
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Gerry Norquist 280 Padraig Harrington 284
Bob May 283 Chawalit Plaphol 284
Alex Cejka 283 Shaun Micheel 284
Andrew Coltart 284 Prayad Marksaeng 285
Tse-Peng Chang 284 Edward Fryatt 285
Past Malaysian Open Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Gerry Norquist (280) -- Bob May, Alex Cejka
1998 -- *Edward Fryatt -- Lee Westwood
1997 -- Lee Westwood (274) -- Larry Barber
1996 -- Steve Flesch (281) -- Craig Jones
* - won in playoff.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Gerry Norquist - Defending champion, has won this event twice
Thomas Bjorn - 10th on current money list with one top-10 finish
Alex Cejka - Was runner-up at this tournament last year
Andrew Coltart - Tied for 4th last year, six top-10's finishes in 1999
Retief Goosen - Has posted a pair of top-5's already this year
Mathias Gronberg - Shot back-to-back 67's to his South African Open
Kyi Hla Han - Won last year's China Open and claimed Asian Order of Merit
Padraig Harrington- Tied for 4th last year at this event, Ryder Cup member
Per-U Johansson - Tied for 3rd last week at Greg Norman's event
Bernhard Langer - 37 wins on European Tour, making 1st appearance in
Malaysia
David Park - Finished 5th last week after stumbling to a final round 74
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