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n e w s r epo r t FIRST TRI-SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT AFRASIABANK MAURITIUS OPEN LAUNCHED.
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he AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open was launched at the C Beach Club at Heritage Resorts on Domaine de Bel Ombre, becoming the first 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 performing golfers from each of the three Tours, will be played at the Heritage Golf Club from 7–10 May, 2015. The golf club, recently ranked among the top ten 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 €1million is the highest purse ever to be paid out for a tournament held in Mauritius.
Selwyn Nathan, Executive Director of the Sunshine Tour, said: “We are delighted to be joining the Asian and European Tours in staging the first tri-sanctioned event in Mauritius. We enjoy excellent relationships with both Tours, and are proud to already be a vital ‘swing’ on The European Tour, during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter months. This ground-breaking tournament in Mauritius will bring the three Tours ever closer and, importantly for us, offer our members
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another opportunity to compete at the highest levels on the world stage.” Heritage GC is an enterprise of the Rogers Group, a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius with more than 4000 employees and serving clients in various business domains. Rogers has been actively involved in the development of the tourism industry, and as such attractive travel packages will be available at Heritage Resorts for fans and golfers alike, to enjoy the splendour of 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.
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