Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 19: Singapore’s Johnson Poh cannot wait to tee up against some of the world’s best players after receiving one of the five special invitations given out to ASEAN golfers for this week’s Maybank Championship.

The Saujana Golf and Country Club is the host venue of the US$3 million event and Poh, who claimed his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title in Johor, Malaysia last year, is optimistic of a good showing here, having achieved notable results here during his prolific amateur career.

In this blog from Kuala Lumpur, Poh pens his thoughts about the week ahead and why he loves coming back to play at Saujana Golf and Country Club.

By Johnson Poh

“I’m really very excited to be teeing up in a US$3 million dollars event here in Malaysia, which is so close from home. I didn’t expected myself to get an invitation. I’m going to make the best of this opportunity.

I’m very grateful for this ASEAN invite. This is a very good opportunity for ASEAN players like myself to develop our game and prove ourselves on the world stage.

It’s always exciting to be playing in a huge event like this where the atmosphere and crowd is always a joy to watch.

I played here a couple of times as an amateur and had a couple of good results. I finished runner-up once here at the Bunga Raya course (MPI-Saujana Amateur Championship 2015).

Although I’m playing on a different course this week, I still have lots of great memories of Saujana.

I started the season well at the Singapore Open (tied-38th) and I’m looking forward to a great showing here. I just want to enjoy the tournament this week and play with no fear.”

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