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Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Established 2010
Course(s) Kuala Lumpur Golf
& Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,208 yards (5,677 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.8 million
Month played October
Aggregate 265 Lexi Thompson (2014)
To par −19 Lexi Thompson (2014)
China Shanshan Feng

The Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2010 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The title sponsor is Sime Darby, Malaysia's leading multinational conglomerate involved in five core sectors: plantations, property, industrial, motors, and energy and utilities, with a growing presence in healthcare.

The debut tournament was a limited field event with 50 players invited from the official LPGA money list and an additional ten invited sponsor exemptions, including two ASEAN nations local qualifiers. A 54-hole event with no cut, all 60 players played for the entire tournament. The purse was $1.8 million.

The event was increased to 72 holes in 2011, with a no-cut field of 72 players. The purse was increased to $1.9 million.

Coordinates: 3°08′20″N 101°38′24″E / 3.139°N 101.640°E / 3.139; 101.640


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