AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

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AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
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Tournament information
LocationBel-Ombre, Mauritius
Established2015
Course(s)Heritage Golf Club
Par72
Length7,106 yards (6,498 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund1,000,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Arjun Atwal (2017)
268 Dylan Frittelli (2017)
268 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
To par−20 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
Final champion
Denmark Rasmus Højgaard
Location Map
Heritage GC is located in Mauritius
Heritage GC
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
2019 AFR, ASA, EUR Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 269 −19 Playoff Italy Renato Paratore
France Antoine Rozner
Heritage
2018 AFR, ASA, EUR United States Kurt Kitayama 268 −20 2 strokes India
France Matthieu Pavon
Four Seasons
2017 AFR, ASA, EUR South Africa Dylan Frittelli 268 −16 Playoff India Arjun Atwal Heritage
2016 AFR, ASA, EUR South Korea Wang Jeung-hun 282 −6 1 stroke Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman Four Seasons
2015 AFR, ASA, EUR South Africa George Coetzee 271 −13 Playoff Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen Heritage
  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References[]

  1. ^ "Magnificent Mauritius Welcomes Three Tours". PGA European Tour. 4 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Historic Colomo delighted with perfect finish". PGA European Tour. 8 May 2015.

External links[]

Coordinates: 20°30′11″S 57°24′29″E / 20.503°S 57.408°E / -20.503; 57.408


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