Domaine de Bel Ombre, Mauritius, August 28: The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open was today launched at the C Beach Club at Heritage Resorts on Domaine de Bel Ombre, becoming the first ever tri-sanctioned golf tournament endorsed by the Sunshine, European and Asian Tours, all of whom are founding members of the International Federation of PGA Tours.
The tournament, which is expected to draw top golfers from each of the three Tours, will be played at the Heritage Golf Club from May 7-10, 2015. The golf club, recently ranked amongst the top-10 golf courses in Africa by global news broadcaster CNN, was chosen as the perfect venue for the three Tours to come together. The total prize fund of €1 million available to the professional golfers is the highest prize purse ever to be paid out for a tournament held in Mauritius.
The 138-man field, made up of at least 40 professionals from each of the participating Tours plus qualifiers and local invitees, will compete in a 72-hole stroke play championship over four days. The results from this tournament count towards the individual Tours’ Orders of Merit and Official World Ranking points, Race to Dubai and Chase to the Investec Cup.
Keith Waters, The European Tour’s Chief Operating Officer, said: “We enjoy a strong relationship with both the Asian Tour and the Sunshine Tour, and we are delighted to bring these two partnerships together for the first time in Mauritius for this premiere tri-sanctioned event. The players will all enjoy playing the Heritage Golf Club course and visiting Mauritius, sampling the island’s renowned hospitality. Golf is a major part of Mauritius’ tourism strategy and through the support of the sponsors the tournament will showcase the island to a worldwide television audience as part of The 2015 Race to Dubai.”
Mike Kerr, CEO of the Asian Tour, added: “The Asian Tour is delighted to break new ground with the launch of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, which will be a milestone in the history of the Asian Tour as it will be the first time the Asian Tour, European Tour and Sunshine Tour are joining forces to sanction what is poised to be a truly exciting and historic golf tournament. It will be tremendous for Mauritius to play host to the finest golf stars from the three continents and through the Asian Tour to further promote the island and all of the partners to golf fans in Asia. On behalf of our talented players, I wish to thank all the sponsors for their support of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.”
Sponsors for the event include the AfrAsia Bank, Heritage Resorts, Rogers, Anahita Mauritius, Villas Valriche, Domaine de Bel Ombre, Air Mauritius and Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority.
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