AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

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.

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
Prize fund€1,000,000
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
Rasmus Højgaard
Location Map
Heritage GC
Location in Mauritius

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]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
2019AFR, ASA, EUR Rasmus Højgaard269−19Playoff Renato Paratore
Antoine Rozner		Heritage
2018AFR, ASA, EUR Kurt Kitayama268−202 strokes S. Chikkarangappa
Matthieu Pavon		Four Seasons
2017AFR, ASA, EUR Dylan Frittelli268−16Playoff Arjun AtwalHeritage
2016AFR, ASA, EUR Wang Jeung-hun282−61 stroke Siddikur RahmanFour Seasons
2015AFR, ASA, EUR George Coetzee271−13Playoff Thorbjørn OlesenHeritage
  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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