KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank yesterday announced that legends of golf and Major title winners, Ernie Els from South Africa and Padraig Harrington of Ireland, are among the star attractions at the fourth edition of the Maybank Championship to be held at Saujana Golf & Country Club in Subang from March 21-24.
Defending champion Shubhankar Sharma of India and Malaysia’s top-ranked player Gavin Kyle Green will also be part of the formidable field that will have players drawn from the world Tour, including a contingent from the Asean region.
“The inclusion of the game’s most active global player Ernie ‘Big Easy’ Els, as well as three-time Major winner and recently appointed European Ryder Cup captain, Padraig Harrington, underscores our objective to feature some of the best players in the world at this premier golf tournament.
“Having our defending champion, Shubhankar Sharma, Maybank’s Asean ambassador Gavin Green, Japan’s prince of golf Ryo Ishikawa and ‘Babyface Assassin’ Poom Saksansin in the field, also reaffirms our objective of providing a platform for Asian stars to shine,” said Maybank Group President and Chief Executive Officer Datuk Abdul Farid Alias in a statement here yesterday.–Bernama
