MCB Tour Championship

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.

MCB Tour Championship
Tournament information
LocationPraslin, Seychelles
Poste de Flacq, Mauritius
Established2009
Course(s)Constance Lemuria (SEY)
Constance Belle Mare Plage (MUS)
Par70 (SEY)
72 (MUS)
Length6,135 yards (5,610 m) (SEY)
6,018 yards (5,503 m) (MUS)
Tour(s)European Senior Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund470,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Thaworn Wiratchant (2017)
193 Clark Dennis (2018)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Denmark Thomas Bjørn
Location Map
Constance Belle Mare Plage is located in Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Location in Mauritius

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2022
(Dec)[lower-alpha 1]
MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles
Sweden Joakim Haeggman199−114 strokesBrazil Adilson da Silva
MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius
Denmark Thomas Bjørn196−207 strokesEngland Simon P. Brown
South Africa James Kingston
2022
(Apr)
Cancelled due to rain
2021No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020: No tournament
2019[lower-alpha 2]
MCB Tour Championship – Madagascar
England Barry Lane210−31 strokeSpain Juan Quirós
France Jean-François Remésy
MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles
Australia Peter Fowler206−41 strokeSouth Africa James Kingston
MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin204−123 strokesSouth Africa James Kingston
2018[lower-alpha 3]
MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius
United States Clark Dennis193−238 strokesSweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles
England Roger Chapman175[lower-alpha 4]−6PlayoffWales Phillip Price
MCB Tour Championship
2017Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant193−238 strokesRepublic of Ireland Mark McNulty
2016England Barry Lane202−141 strokeEngland Paul Broadhurst
2015Scotland Colin Montgomerie201−153 strokesSouth Africa David Frost
2014England Paul Wesselingh (2)207−9PlayoffEngland Barry Lane
2013England Paul Wesselingh202−145 strokesSouth Africa David Frost
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín
2012South Africa David Frost (2)205−111 strokeAustralia Peter Fowler
England Barry Lane
2011United States Tom Lehman204−121 strokeSouth Africa David Frost
Mauritius Commercial Bank Open
2010South Africa David Frost203−13PlayoffEngland Roger Chapman
2009England Kevin Spurgeon210−61 strokeEngland Gordon J. Brand

Notes

  1. In 2022, the MCB Tour Championship was played over two events; in the Seychelles and Mauritius.
  2. In 2019, the MCB Tour Championship was played over three events; in Madagascar, the Seychelles and Mauritius.
  3. In 2018, the MCB Tour Championship was played over two events; in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
  4. Shortened to 48 holes due to weather.
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