On the tee: Maybank Championship

Defending champion<strong>Shubhankar Sharma</strong>leads the field at the fourth edition of the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur.

The Indian sealed a superb victory with a stunning final round 62 to claim his second European Tour crown at Saujana Golf & Country Club last year, pipping<strong>Jorge Campillo</strong>by two shots to the title.

<strong>Sharma</strong>will get his defence under way at the tenth hole alongside four time Major champion<strong>Ernie Els</strong>and Japan's<strong>Ryo Ishikawa</strong>at 8.20am.<strong>Campillo</strong>starts 15 minutes earlier with Italian<strong>Andrea Pavan</strong>and India's<strong> Khalin H Joshi</strong>.

Three time European Tour winner<strong>Thomas Pieters</strong>starts on the back nine at 8.00am, in the company of Australia's<strong>Marcus Fraser</strong>and Thai<strong>Poom Saksansin</strong>, while<strong>Ross Fisher</strong>begins at 12.45pm alongside Canadian<strong>Richard T. Lee</strong>and American<strong>Julian Suri</strong>.

Last week's winner at the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa,<strong>Guido Migliozzi</strong>, begins on the back nine five minutes later with Scotland's and<strong>Stephen Gallacher</strong>and Thai player<strong>Tirawat Kaewsiribandit</strong>.

Three time Major champion<strong>Padraig Harrington</strong>starts at 1.05pm and will be joined by home favourite<strong>Gavin Green</strong>and American<strong> Kurt Kitayama</strong>, who has already claimed two European Tour titles this season.

Europe’s winning captain from the 2018 Ryder Cup,<strong>Thomas Bjørn</strong>, starts on the back nine at 8.30am, playing with Indian<strong>Gaganjeet Bhullar</strong>and Thai<strong>Jazz Janewattananond</strong>, while<strong>Chris Wood</strong>is with another home favourite<strong>Ben Leong</strong>and Brazilian<strong>Adilson da Silva</strong>at 1.35pm.

For a full list of tee times clickhere.