Mauritius Open Fantasy Preview
The Euro Tour is splitting their talent pretty evenly across two events this week.
We talked about the Australian PGA Championship yesterday, but we also have a full field assembled on the island of Mauritius off the Eastern coast of Africa.
Playing this event for the fourth time, this will be the second time that Four Seasons GC at Anahita will host (2016). Jeunghun Wang won that event that features heavy winds.
The course itself is a par 72 that plays just over 7,400 yards. A pretty beefy test when you consider there are six par 4s over 450 yards. Unlike most events in Africa, they won’t get any aide from elevation, as this one is right near the coast.
This Ernie Els design features slow, Bermuda greens with overseeded rough. The field average was 74.92 last time around (+2.92 RTP) but like I mentioned, weather was a big problem that week.
Let’s dig through some past results to see who might like this layout…
Top Performers on Bermuda (since 2015)
Bernd Wiesberger
Dylan Frittelli
David Lipsky
Jeunghun Wang
George Coetzee
Romain Langasque
Thomas Aiken
Matthias Schwab
Paul Peterson
Haydn Porteous
Top Performers on Par 72s (since 2015)
Bernd Wiesberger
Dylan Frittelli
Richard Sterne
Matthias Schwab
Jordan Smith
Jeunghun Wang
Nicolas Colsaerts
Jaco Van Zyl
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Fabrizio Zanotti
Top Performers against Weak Fields (since 2015)
George Coetzee
Bernd Wiesberger
Dylan Frittelli
Richard Sterne
Matthias Schwab
Benjamin Hebert
Jordan Smith
Thomas Aiken
Jeunghun Wang
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Top Performers on Long Courses (since 2015)
Bernd Wiesberger
Jeunghun Wang
Jordan Smith
Dylan Frittelli
Jaco Van Zyl
Richard Sterne
Thomas Aiken
Matthias Schwab
Benjamin Hebert
Nicolas Colsaerts
Top Performers in the Fall (since 2015)
Dylan Frittelli
Bernd Wiesberger
Matthias Schwab
Nicolas Colsaerts
Richard Sterne
David Lipsky
Jordan Smith
Benjamin Hebert
David Drysdale
George Coetzee
Golfers that show up on all FIVE lists: Dylan Frittelli, Bernd Wiesberger, Matthias Schwab
Golfers that show up on 4-of-5 lists: Jordan Smith, Richard Sterne, Jeunghun Wang
Golfers that show up on 3-of-5 lists: George Coetzee, Thomas Aiken, Nicolas Colsaerts, Benjamin Hebert
My Top 25 for the 2019 Mauritius Open
1. Dylan Frittelli
2. Matthias Schwab
3. Jordan Smith
4. Nicolas Colsaerts
5. Thomas Aiken
6. Jeunghun Wang
7. Richard Sterne
8. George Coetzee
9. Adilson da Silva
10. David Drysdale
11. Benjamin Hebert
12. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
13. David Lipsky
14. Romain Langasque
15. Fabrizio Zanotti
16. Ernie Els
17. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
18. Trevor Fisher Jr.
19. Bernd Wiesberger
20. Jose-Filipe Lima
21. Jaco Van Zyl
22. Victor Perez
23. Haydn Porteous
24. Paul Peterson
25. Matthieu Pavon
