THERE was an air of accomplishment at the end of the first Malaysian Open championship in five years, staged at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam, Selangor last weekend, and it was not one that was misplaced.
It also turned out to be a memorial one for American Trevor Simsby, who clinched his biggest career payday with a playoff triumph over Australian Andrew Dodt and American Jarin Todd in an enthralling last day that had the tournament reduced to 54 holes because of time lost to weather disruptions.