AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Grand Baie, Mauritius |
| Established | 2015 |
| Course(s) | Mont Choisy Le Golf |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,051 yards (6,447 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour Sunshine Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,500,000 |
| 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 | |
| John Parry | |
| Location map | |
Mont Choisy Le Golf Location in Mauritius | |
The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is a men's professional golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Sunshine Tour, and formerly by the Asian Tour. It began in 2015 and was initially 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.
History
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
| Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | AFR, EUR | John Parry | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Christo Lamprecht Dylan Naidoo |
Mont Choisy |
| 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 |
See also
Notes
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References
- ^ "Magnificent Mauritius Welcomes Three Tours". European Tour. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Historic Colomo delighted with perfect finish". European Tour. 8 May 2015.
- ^ "World tours welcome back AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open". 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
- 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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