Many of the world's best golfers have gathered in Malaysia this week for the inaugural CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia, the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event to be played in Southeast Asia.

The elite 40-player field includes Titleist Brand Ambassadors Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Michael Sim, Bill Haas, Kevin Na, D.J. Trahan, Ben Crane, Marc Leishman, Andrew Dodt, and Kiradech Aphibarnra.

Several of those players will also head to Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai next week for the WGC-HSBC Champions event.

"Golf is a global game now. People want to see the U.S. players playing in Malaysia, China or Japan," Pro V1x loyalist Luke Donald told PGATour.com. "New events like this tend to increase fan support for the game and create awareness that there are great places around the world to play golf in."

Our friends at Titleist Southeast Asia were on the scene earlier this week at Mines Resort and Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur and sent along some pictures for Team Titleist. Check them out in the slideshow below.