2026 Malaysia International Junior Open
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Malaysia International Junior Open is a 54 hole WAGR counting event and the premier junior event staged by the Malaysian Golf Association and attracts top players from around the region.
In 2026, the event will again be held on the signature championship “Straights Course” at the Tanjong Puteri Golf Resort (TPGR) in Johor Malaysia, a great location with onsite accommodation and a challenging layout.
This event attracts a top field reflected in the WAGR Event Power rankings, in 2025 both the boys and girls events exceeded the power ranking of any junior strokeplay event held in Australia. Both 2025 MIJO champions currently sit inside the WAGR top 500, with the girls champion (Prim Prachnakorn of Thailand) currently 33rd after making the cut and final rounds at the 2026 Augusta National Womens Amateur championship.
Let’s not forget our very own champion from our Vines event this year, Sahei Suh, netted herself a fantastic cash prize by making a hole in one on her second hole of the championship in 2024!!
After viewing the information below feel free to email us with any questions from our contact page. If you are interested in joining please complete the expression of interest form below by June 30th 2026.
Note: This date may change at any time if the organiser needs to confirm numbers earlier. This will be beyond our control.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This event booked out in a flash in 2025 and we currently have some reserved spots for 2026. The general field will be balloted based on best handicaps, as such we want to send the strongest players possible and we will apply a competitive selection process if we have more expressions of interest to attend that spots available to us.
Draft schedule:
Departure – Likely 25th August. (TBC based on flight schedules)
August 27th – Official practice round. Followed by official welcome, opening ceremony and player dinner.
August 28th – Round 1
August 29th – Round 2
August 30th – Round 3, followed by presentations and closing ceremony.
August 31st – Likely return flight to Perth (TBC based on flight schedules)
PRE-EVENT TRAINING
In 2025 we attended this event early and spent 3 days at a training camp with the players from the Malaysian Golf Association National Junior Development Program.
This was an excellent opportunity to get familiarised and acclimatised to the conditions before the WAGR event started. It consisted of a mix of fitness, information and skills work across three days. Each day also included 18 holes on course match-play.
We are considering this and discussign with the event organiser what this will look like for 2026.
ESTIMATED COSTS
Final costing can not be completed until bookings are made. There will be JNR representatives travelling with the group and we can facilitate parents attending but travelling at their own cost. (more details on request)
This estimation if for the event and a 6 night stay at the course and is inclusive of:
- Return Airfare (to Singapore Changi airport)
- Airport transfers by coach (Singapore to Johor Malaysia – approx 90 min drive)
- Accommodation onsite at TPGR
- Breakfast Daily
- Event Entry Fee including practice round
- Player gifts provided by the organisers
- Event welcome dinner
- Award ceremony meal
- Team shirts (3 per player)
