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Sunday 17 December 2023DP World TourYear in Review
Oosthuizen wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
Heritage La Réserve Golf Club, Bel Ombre, Mauritius · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 December 2023 · Louis Oosthuizen’s win no. 11 on the DP World Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · AfrAsia Bank
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 87° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/24°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 33 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/24°C · wind 20 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/24°C · wind 20 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/24°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 36 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Laurie Canter ENG · 273finished two shots behind 2023 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
156 started · cut -1, 65 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open
Heritage La Réserve Golf Club, Heritage La Réserve Golf Club, Bel Ombre, Mauritius
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Louis Oosthuizen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters (via ESPN)
17 December 2023
Coming here, it felt like a bit of a home play because I was co-designer on the course, but the last two weeks have been really special and I hope I can repeat it in the future.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 68 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Laurie Canter | 66 · 74 · 65 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Sebastian Söderberg | 69 · 65 · 77 · 63 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Daniel Brown | 68 · 68 · 73 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Jacques de Villiers | 68 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| 6 | Jayden Schaper | 65 · 74 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Thomas Aiken | 68 · 75 · 67 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Darren Fichardt | 66 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Lyle Rowe | 66 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 10 | John Catlin | 69 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-19, Mossel Bay, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 197 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open week (OWGR player profile events table, 2023)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet