ANTHONY KANG WINS MALAYSIAN OPEN

"I told myself that I was playing great golf and not to put my head down. Fortunately, I hit a good shot in there to make bogey and hit some good shots on the 18th hole to win,"said Anthony Kang.

Anthony Kang with Maybank
Malaysian Open Championship Trophy

This afternoon was a great father and son outing. We witnessed a dramatic final round of Malaysian Open 2009 which was held at Saujana Golf & Country Club, Shah Alam, Selangor.

Adik at the entrance to Hole No 1

Anthony Kang, 36-years-old American -korean, is the winner of Maybank Malaysian Open. He received US$ 333,330 (RM 1.2 million) and a prestigous championship thropy from Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abd. Razak.

Scenery at fairway No.9 when Randhawa, Danny Chia and Kapur were playing

Kang became the ninth American to emerge as the champion after finishing the final round with the total score of 17 under 271. This victory ended an eight-year title drought. His previous wins were at the 1999 Philippine Open and the 2001 Myanmar Open.

Adik at the main score board

Following with one stroke behind Kang were four other golfers who shared second position with a four-day total of 16 under par 272. As this year's championship joint runners-up, they received US$133,055 each.

They are England's Miles Tunnicliff (71-70-63-68) and David Horsey (71-68-69-64), India's Jyoti Randhawa (71-69-66-66) and Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng (69 -70-65-78).

James Kamte of South Africa and I while having an amiable moment.
James won his maiden Asia Tour Title in Bangkok on 8 Feb. 2009.
He achieved No. 11 and received Euro 26,046 in this Championship.

The list of winners is as follows:

	Player (NAT)	SCORE
1	Anthony KANG (USA)	-17	(271)
2	Miles TUNNICLIFF (ENG)	-16	(272)
2	David HORSEY (ENG)	-16	(272)
2	Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND)	-16	(272)
2	Prayad MARKSAENG (THA)	-16	(272)
6	Gareth MAYBIN (NIR)	-15	(273)
7	Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA)	-14	(274)
7	LIANG Wen-chong (CHN)	-14	(274)
7	Alexander NOREN (SWE)	-14	(274)
10	Adam BLYTH (AUS)	-13	(275)