At 26, Kaymer is currently ranked the world number 1 with three individual titles next to his name in 2010 alone. Kaymer achieved this feat by recently finishing runner up in the WGC - Accenture Match Play. He had started 2011 by claiming his third Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship title in four years and simultaneously replacing Tiger Woods as number two in the Official World Golf Rankings. Kaymer started his 2010 season on a high with a win at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in January by a mere one-shot over England’s Ian Poulter. He continued his form by bagging the US PGA Championship trophy in August for his first major championship after defeating America’s Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff. Kaymer was also a member of the winning European Ryder Cup team and he subsequently went on to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews. Kaymer became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2006 to win three successive tournaments in a year and the first European to achieve this feat since Nick Faldo in 1989.

Alvaro Quiros (ESP) Six European Tour wins including the Dubai World Championship 2011 before his 29th birthday tell the story of this brilliant young golfer. Quiros is one of the star names at this year's Maybank Malaysian Open and he will surely attract plenty of followers and support as he plays the course at KLGCC.

Matteo Manassero (ITA) stunning performance at the 2011 Maybank Malaysian Open made him the youngest ever winner in the tournament's history. If he is to repeat his success this year he has another top class field to overcome but that will be of little fear to a young man who has enjoyed several sucesses on the European Tour already even though he is yet to celebrate his 22nd birthday. A firm crowd favourite, here is a player with a career in front of him where anything is possible.