Maybank Championship Malaysia 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts

Marcus Fraser clinched the inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia on Sunday in dramatic circumstances, with overnight leader Soomin Lee hitting two double-bogeys in the last three holes to hand the title to the Australian.

Fraser finished the tournament on 15-under par after a final round of 68, with Lee, who toiled to a 73 on Sunday, eventually two shots back alongside the Philippines' Miguel Tabuena on 13-under par for the championship.

Here’s a look at the moment Fraser clinched his third win on the European Tour and first for six years, per the European Tour Twitter feed:

Read on for the final leaderboard, the payouts to the top players and a recap of how the action came to a dramatic conclusion at the Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Player	Player	Final Score	Day 4 Score
1	Marcus Fraser	-15	68
T2	Soomin Lee	-13	73
T2	Miguel Tabuena	-13	68
T4	Jorge Campillo	-12	69
T4	Julien Quesne	-12	68
T6	Richard Bland	-11	69
T6	Pablo Larrazabal	-11	69
8	Nathan Holman	-10	72
T9	Rahil Gangjee	-9	68
T9	Masahiro Kawamura	-9	72
T9	Peter Uihlein	-9	66

For the full final leaderboard, check out the European Tour website. Fraser won €439,459 for his victory, while Tabuena and Lee took €229,015 for their second-place finishes, per the European Tour website.

Fraser Wins After Lee Crumbles Late On

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Remarkable sequences can occur in the final stages of prestigious tournaments such as this one, and as the players began their final rounds on Sunday, the big question on everyone’s lips was whether Lee, ranked 221 in the world, would be able to hold his nerve and preserve his three-shot lead.

There were some early signs of tension, as he bogeyed the second and sixth holes. However, interspersed with those lapses were birdies at three, five and seven, and when the South Korean picked up another shot at the 13th to move up to 17-under, the tournament seemed done for the chasing pack.

As noted by the Asian Tour Twitter feed, with just five holes to play, he was in possession of a three-shot lead:

To the credit of the rest of the players in the upper echelons, they continued to put pressure on the 22-year-old, who was chasing his first professional win.

Tabuena was enduring an inconsistent day for the most part, but regular birdies kept him around the top three. Fraser was also going about his work meticulously, playing sensible golf, not letting shots slip and just doing enough to stay in contention; it was a functional style of golf that would eventually wear down the leader.

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The Australian cut Lee’s lead to two with a birdie at 14, although as both men stood on the 16th tee, with a two-shot lead for the South Korean, we seemed set for a routine finish.

But as noted by the European Tour Twitter feed, these finishing holes are some of the most difficult on the golf course:

Sadly for Lee, the pressure told and things unravelled. His tee shot was poor at the 16th, and he wasn’t able to recover quickly, with some scrambled approach play and a subsequent missed putt. It meant he had to take a double-bogey six and suddenly, with two to play, he and Fraser were level.

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The 37-year-old showed his experience with a brilliant save at the 17th, rattling in a testing putt for par. Lee also recovered to shoot par, and on the 18th, it was all to play for.

However, as we can see here, things turned bad quickly for the South Korean, and he was left with a horrible approach shot:

Meanwhile, Fraser was imperious, keeping it together to get on the green in three and leave himself with a putt for par and the title. It was a difficult putt, but one he rolled home superbly; with Lee having already played four as he lined up his effort, which was subsequently missed, it meant the title would be heading Down Under.

Having put together 40 holes without a bogey to finish, Fraser’s steely nerve and exceptional short game were testaments to what can be achieved by playing solid golf. Lee never looked settled on the final day, and while he wobbled in the latter stages of the round, the Aussie deserves credit for keeping it together and clinching an overdue triumph on the European Tour.

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