AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is 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.

This article is about the current Mauritius Open tournament. For the previous version, see Mauritius Open.
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
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 – 72 holes
Prize fund€1,000,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Dylan Frittelli (2017)
268 Arjun Atwal (2017)
268 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
To par−20 Kurt Kitayama (2018)
Current champion
Rasmus Højgaard

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]

Winners
YearTours[lower-alpha 1]VenueWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2019EUR, ASA, AFRHeritage Golf Club Rasmus Højgaard269−19Playoff Renato Paratore
Antoine Rozner
2018EUR, ASA, AFRFour Seasons Resort Kurt Kitayama268−202 strokes S. Chikkarangappa
Matthieu Pavon
2017EUR, ASA, AFRHeritage Golf Club Dylan Frittelli268−16Playoff Arjun Atwal
2016EUR, ASA, AFRFour Seasons Resort Wang Jeung-hun282−61 stroke Siddikur Rahman
2015EUR, ASA, AFRHeritage Golf Club George Coetzee271−13Playoff Thorbjørn Olesen
  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.


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