The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is a men's professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Sunshine Tour, as well as formerly being sanctioned by the Asian Tour. It began in 2015 and was played at Heritage Golf Club in Bel-Ombre, Mauritius.[1] In 2016 and 2018 the tournament was held at Anahita Golf Club, returning to Heritage Golf Club in 2017 and in 2019. The 2015 and 2016 events were played in May but in 2017 it was moved to December and was part of the 2018 European Tour schedule.
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Bel-Ombre, Mauritius |
Established | 2015 |
Course(s) | Heritage Golf Club (La Réserve Golf Links) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,111 yards (6,502 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour Sunshine Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$1,200,000 |
Month played | December |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Arjun Atwal (2017) 268 Dylan Frittelli (2017) 268 Kurt Kitayama (2018) |
To par | −20 Kurt Kitayama (2018) |
Current champion | |
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Location map | |
Location in Mauritius |
In the second round of the inaugural tournament in 2015, Spain's Javier Colomo made a hole-in-one the par-4 9th hole, the first par-four ace in the history of all three co-sanctioning tours. It was his final hole of the day, and he had needed birdie or better to make the cut.[2]
In August 2022, it was confirmed that the tournament would return that December after a two-year hiatus.[3]
Heritage Golf Club in Bel-Ombre opened a new course in December 2023; La Réserve Golf Links. It hosted the 2023 tournament.[4]
Winners
editYear | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
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2023 | AFR, EUR | Louis Oosthuizen | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Laurie Canter | Heritage (La Réserve) |
2022 | AFR, EUR | Antoine Rozner | 269 | −19 | 5 strokes | Alfredo García-Heredia | Mont Choisy |
2020–21: No tournament | |||||||
2019 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Rasmus Højgaard | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Renato Paratore Antoine Rozner |
Heritage |
2018 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Kurt Kitayama | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | S. Chikkarangappa Matthieu Pavon |
Anahita |
2017 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Dylan Frittelli | 268 | −16 | Playoff | Arjun Atwal | Heritage |
2016 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Wang Jeung-hun | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Siddikur Rahman | Anahita |
2015 | AFR, ASA, EUR | George Coetzee | 271 | −13 | Playoff | Thorbjørn Olesen | Heritage |
Notes
edit- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
edit- ^ "Magnificent Mauritius Welcomes Three Tours". PGA European Tour. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Historic Colomo delighted with perfect finish". PGA European Tour. 8 May 2015.
- ^ "World tours welcome back AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open". PGA European Tour. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Heritage Golf Club to open dramatic new La Réserve Golf Links in December 2023!". Heritage Resorts. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
External links
edit- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
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