The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is a men's professional golf tournament co-sanctioned by the
European Tour and
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the Southern Africa Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the F ...
, and formerly by the
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for Japan (which has its own Japan Golf Tour). It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on ...
. It began in 2015 and was initially played at Heritage Golf Club in
Bel-Ombre, Mauritius. 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.
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.
In August 2022, it was confirmed that the tournament would return that December after a two-year hiatus.
Heritage Golf Club in
Bel-Ombre opened a new course in December 2023; La Réserve Golf Links. It hosted the 2023 tournament.
Winners
See also
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Open golf tournament
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official siteCoverage on the Sunshine Tour's official siteCoverage on the Asian Tour's official site
European Tour events
Former Asian Tour events
Sunshine Tour events
Golf tournaments in Mauritius
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2019
2015 establishments in Mauritius
2019 disestablishments in Mauritius
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