MCB Tour Championship explained

MCB Tour Championship
Location:Praslin, Seychelles
Poste de Flacq, Mauritius
Establishment:2009
Par:70 (SEY)
72 (MUS)
Yardage:6135yd (SEY)
6018yd (MUS)
Tour:European Senior Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:December
Aggregate:193 Thaworn Wiratchant (2017)
193 Clark Dennis (2018)
To-Par:−23 as above
Current Champion: Peter Baker
Map:Mauritius
Map Label:Constance Belle Mare Plage
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-20.168°N 57.765°W

The MCB Tour Championship is a men's senior (over 50) professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It has been held every year, in December, since 2009.

In 2009 and 2010 it was called the Mauritius Commercial Bank Open and was played at the start of the season, while from 2011 to 2017 it was the final event of the season. It was played at the Constance Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius. In 2017, the prize fund was €450,000.

In 2018 the Tour Championship consisted of two tournaments. The MCB Tour Championship Mauritius was played at Constance Belle Mare Plage followed by MCB Tour Championship Seychelles the following week, played at Constance Lemuria, Praslin Island, Seychelles. The 2019 Tour Championship was extended to three tournaments with an extra tournament at International Golf Club Du Rova near Antananarivo, Madagascar. The event in Madagascar followed by events in Seychelles and Mauritius.

The MCB Tour Championship was a continuation of the Seniors Tour Championship, which started in 2000 and was held in a number of countries (Abu Dhabi, Spain, Portugal, Bahrain and England) before moving to Mauritius in 2011.

Winners

European Senior Tour (Tour Championship) 2011–
European Senior Tour (Regular) 2009–2010
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
MCB Tour Championship
13th201 −15 1 stroke Peter Fowler
Patrik Sjöland
12th2022
(Dec)
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
199 −11 4 strokes Adilson da Silva
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
196 −20 7 strokes Simon P. Brown
James Kingston
2022
(Apr)
Cancelled due to rain
No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020: No tournament
11th2019
MCB Tour Championship (Madagascar)
210 −3 1 stroke Juan Quirós
Jean-François Remésy
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
206 −4 1 stroke James Kingston
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
204 −12 3 strokes James Kingston
10th2018
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
193 −23 8 strokes
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
175 −6 Playoff
MCB Tour Championship
9th193 −23 8 strokes Mark McNulty
8th202 −14 1 stroke Paul Broadhurst
7th201 −15 3 strokes David Frost
6th Paul Wesselingh (2) 207 −9 Playoff Barry Lane
5th202 −14 5 strokes David Frost
Miguel Ángel Martín
4th David Frost (2) 205 −11 1 stroke Peter Fowler
Barry Lane
3rd204 −12 1 stroke David Frost
Mauritius Commercial Bank Open
2nd203 −13 Playoff Roger Chapman
1st210 −6 1 stroke Gordon J. Brand

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