MCB Tour Championship

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Golf tournament

MCB Tour ChampionshipTournament information

Location| Poste de Flacq, Mauritius
Established| 2009
Course(s)| Constance Belle Mare Plage
Par| 72
Length| 6,018 yards (5,503 m)
Tour(s)| European Senior Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| US$1,275,000
Month played| December
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 193 Thaworn Wiratchant (2017)
193 Clark Dennis (2018)
To par| −23 as above
Current champion
Peter Baker
Location map

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–

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| European Senior Tour (Regular) | 2009–2010
# | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up

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MCB Tour Championship
14th  | 2024 |  Peter Baker (2) | 200 | −16 | Playoff |  Simon Griffiths
13th  | 2023 |  Peter Baker | 201 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Peter Fowler
Patrik Sjöland
12th  | 2022
(Dec)[a]
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
Joakim Haeggman | 199 | −11 | 4 strokes |  Adilson da Silva
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
Thomas Bjørn | 196 | −20 | 7 strokes |  Simon P. Brown
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)
Barry Lane | 210 | −3 | 1 stroke |  Juan Quirós
Jean-François Remésy
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
Peter Fowler | 206 | −4 | 1 stroke |  James Kingston
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
Jarmo Sandelin | 204 | −12 | 3 strokes |  James Kingston
10th  | 2018[c]
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
Clark Dennis | 193 | −23 | 8 strokes |  Magnus Persson Atlevi
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
Roger Chapman | 175[d] | −6 | Playoff |  Phillip Price
MCB Tour Championship
9th  | 2017 |  Thaworn Wiratchant | 193 | −23 | 8 strokes |  Mark McNulty
8th  | 2016 |  Barry Lane | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Paul Broadhurst
7th  | 2015 |  Colin Montgomerie | 201 | −15 | 3 strokes |  David Frost
6th  | 2014 |  Paul Wesselingh (2) | 207 | −9 | Playoff |  Barry Lane
5th  | 2013 |  Paul Wesselingh | 202 | −14 | 5 strokes |  David Frost
Miguel Ángel Martín
4th  | 2012 |  David Frost (2) | 205 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Peter Fowler
Barry Lane
3rd  | 2011 |  Tom Lehman | 204 | −12 | 1 stroke |  David Frost
Mauritius Commercial Bank Open
2nd  | 2010 |  David Frost | 203 | −13 | Playoff |  Roger Chapman
1st  | 2009 |  Kevin Spurgeon | 210 | −6 | 1 stroke |  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.

## External links

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* Coverage on the European Senior Tour's official site

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European Senior Tour events

Senior major championships|

* KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
* U.S. Senior Open
* The Senior Open Championship

Other tournaments in playing order|

* Riegler & Partner Legends
* Jersey Legends
* Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship
* Swiss Seniors Open
* WINSTONgolf Senior Open
* JCB Championship
* Irish Legends
* Staysure PGA Seniors Championship
* Legends Open de France
* Farmfoods European Senior Masters
* Italian Senior Open
* MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles
* MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius

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