AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

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AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open logo.png
Tournament information
Location Grand Baie, Mauritius
Established2015
Course(s)Mont Choisy Le Golf
Par72
Length7,051 yards (6,447 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,500,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Arjun Atwal (2017)
268 Dylan Frittelli (2017)
268 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
To par−20 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
Current champion
Flag of England.svg John Parry
Location map
Mauritius relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
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.

Contents

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

YearTours [a] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
2024 AFR, EUR Flag of England.svg John Parry 274−142 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christo Lamprecht
Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Naidoo 		Mont Choisy
2023 AFR, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen 271−172 strokes Flag of England.svg Laurie Canter Heritage
(La Réserve)
2022 AFR, EUR Flag of France.svg Antoine Rozner 269−195 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo García-Heredia Mont Choisy
2020–21: No tournament
2019 AFR, ASA, EUR Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Højgaard 269−19Playoff Flag of Italy.svg Renato Paratore
Flag of France.svg Antoine Rozner 		Heritage
2018 AFR, ASA, EUR Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama 268−202 strokes Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Pavon 		Anahita
2017 AFR, ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli 268−16Playoff Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal Heritage
2016 AFR, ASA, EUR Flag of South Korea.svg Wang Jeung-hun 282−61 stroke Flag of Bangladesh.svg Siddikur Rahman Anahita
2015 AFR, ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee 271−13Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen Heritage

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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References

  1. ↑ "Magnificent Mauritius Welcomes Three Tours". European Tour. 4 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Historic Colomo delighted with perfect finish". European Tour. 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "World tours welcome back AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open". European Tour. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Heritage Golf Club to open dramatic new La Réserve Golf Links in December 2023!". Heritage Resorts. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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