AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Bel-Ombre, Mauritius |
Established | 2015 |
Course(s) | Heritage Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,106 yards (6,498 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour Asian Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €1,000,000 |
Month played | December |
Final year | 2019 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Arjun Atwal (2017) 268 Dylan Frittelli (2017) 268 Kurt Kitayama (2018) |
To par | −20 Kurt Kitayama (2018) |
Final champion | |
Rasmus Højgaard | |
Location Map | |
Heritage GC Location in Mauritius |
The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open was a men's professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Sunshine Tour, and 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 the Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, 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.
In the second round of the inaugural tournament in 2015, Spain's 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]
Winners[]
Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
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2019 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Rasmus Højgaard | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Renato Paratore Antoine Rozner |
Heritage |
2018 | AFR, ASA, EUR | Kurt Kitayama | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Matthieu Pavon |
Four Seasons |
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 | Four Seasons |
2015 | AFR, ASA, EUR | George Coetzee | 271 | −13 | Playoff | Thorbjørn Olesen | Heritage |
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
References[]
- ^ "Magnificent Mauritius Welcomes Three Tours". PGA European Tour. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Historic Colomo delighted with perfect finish". PGA European Tour. 8 May 2015.
External links[]
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
- Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site
Coordinates: 20°30′11″S 57°24′29″E / 20.503°S 57.408°E
- Former European Tour events
- Former Asian Tour events
- Former Sunshine Tour events
- Golf tournaments in Mauritius
- Recurring sporting events established in 2015
- 2015 establishments in Mauritius
- Golf tournament stubs