Moore, who won the prestigious event in 2013 and 2014, said he has nothing to prove when he defends his title against an elite field who includes Major winners Adam Scott of Australia and Ernie Els of South Africa, Spaniard Sergio Garcia and Lahiri at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, West course.
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Exciting younger skills Richard T. Lee of Canada, Paul Peterson of america and Cameron Smith of Australia, who completed tied fifth on the CIMB Classic final yr, may even function within the occasion sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour of the USA. He became the 17th golfer in the Tour’s history to accomplish it at the John Deere Classic in 2011.
Remarkably, Stricker is one of only three players to have three-peated since 1980. “It’s a dream come true, definitely and I’m looking forward to the whole week”, said Leong. If I win, I will be on a different level because I get to play on the PGA TOUR. I just managed to play well both years. “It’s hard to figure out why I’ve been so successful in this tournament… or on this course, particularly, but I hope it continues”.
American Ryan Moore is not feeling any pressure when he aims for a third straight victory here.
“I’ve won at the KLGCC course earlier this year so that will be a huge motivation for me”, said Lahiri, who is now the third player to earn more than $1 million in a single season on the Asian Tour. But you always go into tournaments wanting to win, wanting to play well… and that doesn’t change. “There are a lot of great and top players here and I’m glad to be among them”.
“Part of the reason that I’ve added this tournament to my schedule is because next year is going to be a busy year with the Olympics and Ryder Cup and everything else”, Stenson told a pre-tournament press conference. “I enjoy the enthusiasm of all the fans and I hope to have a little more success this week”, said Scott, former ranked number one in the world but now ranked 16th. The Australian tees it up again in the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur today, still tinkering with his new, traditional-length putter.
Woodland, Na and Garcia are back this year and ready to thwart Moore’s three-peat bid.
India’s Anirban Lahiri could wrap up the 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit with a win in Kuala Lumpur, but he has a double incentive with it being his first event as a rookie full member of the US PGA Tour.
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The victor on Sunday is set to pocket a cool US$1.26mil (RM5.39mil) and receive 500 FedExCup points.
