KUALA LUMPUR: Amateur golfers Nathan Hauser and Im Man O can look forward to rubbing shoulders with top professionals like Thongchai Jaidee and Padraig Harrington in the US$1.25mil Maybank Malaysian Open, which will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club from Feb 16-19.
Australian Hauser carded a sizzling five-under 67 at the venue yesterday to emerge as the winner of a special qualifying round to determine the two spots reserved for amateurs. Korean-born American Man O shot a three-under 69 to make the grade.