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MCB Tour Championship

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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
England Peter Baker
Location map
Constance Belle Mare Plage is located in Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Location in Mauritius

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

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European Senior Tour (Tour Championship) 2011–
European Senior Tour (Regular) 2009–2010
# Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
MCB Tour Championship
13th 2023 England Peter Baker 201 −15 1 stroke Australia Peter Fowler
Sweden Patrik Sjöland
12th 2022
(Dec)[a]
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
Sweden Joakim Haeggman 199 −11 4 strokes Brazil Adilson da Silva
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
Denmark Thomas Bjørn 196 −20 7 strokes England Simon P. Brown
South Africa James Kingston
2022
(Apr)
Cancelled due to rain
2021 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020: No tournament
11th 2019[b]
MCB Tour Championship (Madagascar)
England Barry Lane 210 −3 1 stroke Spain Juan Quirós
France Jean-François Remésy
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
Australia Peter Fowler 206 −4 1 stroke South Africa James Kingston
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin 204 −12 3 strokes South Africa James Kingston
10th 2018[c]
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
United States Clark Dennis 193 −23 8 strokes Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
England Roger Chapman 175[d] −6 Playoff Wales Phillip Price
MCB Tour Championship
9th 2017 Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 193 −23 8 strokes Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty
8th 2016 England Barry Lane 202 −14 1 stroke England Paul Broadhurst
7th 2015 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 201 −15 3 strokes South Africa David Frost
6th 2014 England Paul Wesselingh (2) 207 −9 Playoff England Barry Lane
5th 2013 England Paul Wesselingh 202 −14 5 strokes South Africa David Frost
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín
4th 2012 South Africa David Frost (2) 205 −11 1 stroke Australia Peter Fowler
England Barry Lane
3rd 2011 United States Tom Lehman 204 −12 1 stroke South Africa David Frost
Mauritius Commercial Bank Open
2nd 2010 South Africa David Frost 203 −13 Playoff England Roger Chapman
1st 2009 England Kevin Spurgeon 210 −6 1 stroke England Gordon J. Brand

Notes

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  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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