Who was the 3rd longest reigning Malaysian-born to claim the 40th Tour Title in the British Open?”
avid this week moved into her 41st month as the world’s best player, surpassing her mentor Sarah Fitz-Gerald – the Australian who won five World Open titles – as the player with the third longest ever reign at the top of the women’s rankings. The Malaysian first topped the world rankings for three months from January 2006 before regaining pole position that August. With New Zealander Susan Devoy boasting a total of 105 months as world No 1, and Australian Michelle Martin holding second place in the all-time list with 58 months, David finally toppled her regular Australian training partner Fitz-Gerald, who achieved 40 months. David claimed her fifth Malaysian Open title last month and retained the Singapore Masters title for the third successive time six days later. She dropped only three games over both events.
