Preview - Maybank Malaysian Open 2006

 Dates: February 16th through February 19th
 Site: Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 Course Architect: Neil Haworth
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,938
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 yds   10 - Par 5 535 yds
               2 - Par 4 445 yds   11 - Par 3 205 yds
               3 - Par 5 516 yds   12 - Par 4 473 yds
               4 - Par 3 146 yds   13 - Par 4 444 yds
               5 - Par 5 512 yds   14 - Par 4 381 yds
               6 - Par 4 429 yds   15 - Par 3 184 yds
               7 - Par 4 381 yds   16 - Par 4 335 yds
               8 - Par 3 182 yds   17 - Par 4 340 yds
               9 - Par 4 410 yds   18 - Par 5 615 yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,426 Yds         36 3,512 Yds
 
 Annual: 45th (8th under European Tour)
 Defending Champion: Thongchai Jaidee
 Runner-Up: Jyoti Randhawa
 Tournament Record: 260 (Arjun Atwal, 2003)
 54-Hole Record: 194 (Arjun Atwal, 2003)
 36-Hole Record: 127 (Arjun Atwal, 2003)
 18-Hole Record: 62 (Arjun Atwal, 2003; Fredrik Andersson, 2003)
 Total Purse: $1,235,345
 Shares: 1st Place - $207,980; 
         2nd Place - $138,645; 3rd Place - $78,117
 
                        2005 Finish
                        -----------
 
 Player           Score       Player                 Score
 ------           -----       ------                 -----
 Thongchai Jaidee  267        Miguel Angel Jimenez    277
 Jyoti Randhawa    270        Prom Meesawat           277
 Henrik Stenson    271        Padraig Harrington      278
 Niclas Fasth      276        Wen-Chong Liang         278
 Paul McGinley     276        Gary Orr                278
 
                       Past Carlsberg Malaysian Open Winners
                       -------------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Thongchai Jaidee (267) -- Jyoti Randhawa
 2004  Thongchai Jaidee (274) -- Brad Kennedy
 2003  Arjun Atwal (260) -- Retief Goosen, Brad Kennedy
 2002  *Alastair Forsyth (267) -- Stephen Leaney
 2001  *Vijay Singh (274) -- Padraig Harrington
 2000  Wei-tze Yeh (278) -- Padraig Harrington, Des Terblanche,
                            Craig Hainline
 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
 1994  *Joakim Haeggman -- Periasamy Gunasegaran, Frank Nobilo
 1992  Vijay Singh
 1991  Rick Gibson
 1990  Glen Day
 1989  Jeff Maggert
 1988  Tray Tyner
 1987  Terry Gale
 1986  Stewart Ginn
 1985  Terry Gale
 1984  Lu Chien-soon
 1983  Terry Gale
 1982  Denny Hepler
 1981  Lu Hsi-chuen
 1980  Mark McNulty
 1979  Lu Hsi-chuen
 1978  Brian Jones
 1977  Stewart Ginn
 1976  Hsu Sheng-san
 1975  Graham Marsh
 1974  Graham Marsh
 1973  Hideyo Sugimoto
 1972  Yakashi Murakami
 1971  Takaaki Kono
 1970  Ben Arda
 1969  Takaaki Kono
 1968  Kenji Hoishi
 1967  Ireneo Legaspi
 1966  Harold Henning
 1965  Tomoo Ishii
 1964  Tomoo Ishii
 1963  Bill Dunk
 1962  Frank Phillips
 
 * - won in playoff.
 
 Note: Formerly called Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2000),
       Carlsberg Malaysian Open (2001-05).