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AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita

Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita, Coastal Road. Beau Champ

€1,000,000

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November 29 - December 02

Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita, Coastal Road. Beau Champ

€1,000,000

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Round 2

Kitayama takes the lead in Mauritius

Round 1

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Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

November 30, 2018

Kurt Kitayama produced a second successive round of 65 to open up a two-shot lead heading into the weekend at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita.

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Qualifying School graduate Kitayama of the United States fired nine birdies on a hot and humid morning at Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita to get to 14 under par, with a double bogey at the second the only blemish on his scorecard.

“I started with a birdie and then just had a little blunder at two. I got back on track right after so it was nice to bounce back after a double. Just a little pitching wedge on 17, hit it to about five or six feet and made that putt. Hit a good drive on 18, so that was short iron in and a two putt. Two stress-free birdies."

“I'm driving it well which is making it a lot easier. It's a pretty big advantage to be able to hit shorter irons in. I'm feeling pretty comfortable."

“I'll stay the same over the weekend, still be aggressive. It's gone well so far so don't want to switch things up too much.”

S Chikkarangappa is Kitayama's closest challenger on 12 under par, with the Indian recovering from back to back bogeys on his front nine thanks to a superb run of five birdies after the turn in his round of 68.

“I started the round well; a par followed by a birdie. I just got a bit of bad luck on holes 14 and 15, where my ball got plugged in the bunker."

“I told myself to hit more fairways and give myself birdie opportunities, and that was what I did from hole one. I birdied the first hole and made birdies until hole five. That was an important run for me to get back to where I was yesterday.”

Frenchman Victor Perez, who matched Chikkarangappa's round of 64 on Thursday, followed that up with a second round 69 to sit one shot further back, alongside his countryman Matthieu Pavon. Teeing off from the 10 th , Pavon recovered from an opening bogey with an eagle on the 13 th and a run of four birdies from the 18 th in his round of 66.

“It was definitely nice to back up the performance of yesterday with another solid round," said Perez. "Only one dropped shot early which could have been avoided but I don't think I was really in trouble, except at the 11th where I could have dropped a shot and I was able to make a nice par save. Definitely pleased moving into the weekend."

“I feel like the conditions are ideal. It's not windy, it's warm, the ball is travelling quite far. It helps some of those missed shots a little bit to still carry and get the distance.”

Another Qualifying School graduate in Ireland's Gavin Moynihan, who has only dropped two shots in the last two rounds – both at the par three eighth hole – is at 10 under par, with Trevor Fisher Jnr of South Africa one shot further back.

“I played one of my better ball-striking rounds of the year," said Moynihan. "I played lovely, holed a few nice putts. I played similar enough yesterday but just didn't hole as many putts. Very happy."

“The eighth is a tough par three, 215 or 220, and I missed in the left bunker both days. Tomorrow I'll be trying to put it up the right somewhere. I just missed my par putt today but no complaints. I holed a few nice putts so it all evened out."

“It's a very chilled week, almost a reward for getting through Q School. I'll just enjoy the week but you have to play well, just freewheel it a bit. Obviously looking forward to the next few days.”

England's Lee Slattery, South African trio Oliver Bekker, Merrick Bremner and Justin Harding, and Japan's Masahiro Kawamura, who also secured his 2019 European Tour card through Qualifying School, are in a tie for seventh place at eight under par.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Kurt Kitayama	USA	-14	65	65	130
2	Seenappa Chikkarangappa	IND	-12	64	68	132
T3	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-11	67	66	133
T3	Victor Perez	FRA	-11	64	69	133
5	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-10	69	65	134
6	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	-9	69	66	135
T7	Justin Harding	RSA	-8	67	69	136
T7	Lee Slattery	ENG	-8	67	69	136
T7	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-8	65	71	136
T7	Merrick Bremner	RSA	-8	68	68	136
T7	Oliver Bekker	RSA	-8	67	69	136
T12	Jbe Kruger	RSA	-7	70	67	137
T12	Max Schmitt	GER	-7	71	66	137
T12	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-7	70	67	137
T15	Adria Arnaus	ESP	-6	72	66	138
T15	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-6	70	68	138
T15	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-6	70	68	138
T15	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	-6	70	68	138
T15	Clement Sordet	FRA	-6	71	67	138
T15	Jean Hugo	RSA	-6	71	67	138
T15	Lionel Weber	FRA	-6	69	69	138
T15	Malcolm Kokocinski	SWE	-6	67	71	138
T15	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-6	67	71	138
T15	William Liu	CHN	-6	71	67	138
T25	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-5	69	70	139
T25	Alex Haindl	RSA	-5	67	72	139
T25	David Drysdale	SCO	-5	69	70	139
T25	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-5	69	70	139
T25	Ernie Els	RSA	-5	69	70	139
T25	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-5	71	68	139
T25	Keith Horne	RSA	-5	68	71	139
T25	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	-5	71	68	139
T25	Yi-Keun Chang	KOR	-5	71	68	139
T34	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-4	73	67	140
T34	Berry Henson	USA	-4	69	71	140
T34	Bowen Xiao	CHN	-4	73	67	140
T34	Estiaan Conradie	RSA	-4	70	70	140
T34	Gregory Havret	FRA	-4	72	68	140
T34	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	-4	70	70	140
T34	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-4	65	75	140
T34	Jordan Smith	ENG	-4	68	72	140
T34	Mohammad Siddikur Rahman	BAN	-4	70	70	140
T34	Paul Peterson	USA	-4	68	72	140
T34	Philip Eriksson	SWE	-4	68	72	140
T34	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	-4	68	72	140
T46	Dawie van der Walt	RSA	-3	72	69	141
T46	George Coetzee	RSA	-3	69	72	141
T46	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-3	72	69	141
T46	Grant Forrest	SCO	-3	70	71	141
T46	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	-3	68	73	141
T46	Jack Harrison	ENG	-3	71	70	141
T46	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-3	76	65	141
T46	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-3	71	70	141
T46	Kim Koivu	FIN	-3	70	71	141
T46	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-3	72	69	141
T46	Stuart Manley	WAL	-3	71	70	141
T46	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-3	70	71	141
T46	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	-3	69	72	141
T59	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-2	76	66	142
T59	Hennie Otto	RSA	-2	74	68	142
T59	Joel Girrbach	SWE	-2	70	72	142
T59	Julien Brun	FRA	-2	70	72	142
T59	Romain Langasque	FRA	-2	70	72	142
T59	Udayan Mane	IND	-2	70	72	142
T59	Viraj Madappa	IND	-2	68	74	142
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-1	72	71	143
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	76	67	143
CUT	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	-1	73	70	143
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	-1	72	71	143
CUT	James Kamte	RSA	-1	72	71	143
CUT	Madalitso Muthiya	ZAM	-1	71	72	143
CUT	Marc Cayeux	ZIM	-1	75	68	143
CUT	Niall Turner	IRL	-1	70	73	143
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	-1	73	70	143
CUT	Toto Thimba Jr.	RSA	-1	74	69	143
CUT	Travis Smyth	AUS	-1	68	75	143
CUT	Aman Raj	IND	Par	75	69	144
CUT	Derick Petersen	RSA	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Doug McGuigan	RSA	Par	70	74	144
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	Par	73	71	144
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	Par	71	73	144
CUT	Oliver Wilson	ENG	Par	73	71	144
CUT	Steve Lewton	ENG	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Wenchong Liang	CHN	Par	73	71	144
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	Par	72	72	144
CUT	Arjun Atwal	IND	1	73	72	145
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	1	72	73	145
CUT	Casey O'Toole	USA	1	73	72	145
CUT	Danie van Tonder	RSA	1	73	72	145
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	1	70	75	145
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	1	73	72	145
CUT	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	1	73	72	145
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	1	72	73	145
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	1	69	76	145
CUT	Junya Kameshiro	JAP	1	72	73	145
CUT	Khalin Joshi	IND	1	77	68	145
CUT	Matias Calderon	CHI	1	74	71	145
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	1	74	71	145
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	1	72	73	145
CUT	Richard Sterne	RSA	1	71	74	145
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	2	70	76	146
CUT	Bae-Jong Park	KOR	2	71	75	146
CUT	Christoffer Baumann	SWE	2	75	71	146
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	2	74	72	146
CUT	Jarin Todd	USA	2	72	74	146
CUT	John Catlin	USA	2	70	76	146
CUT	Liam Johnston	SCO	2	73	73	146
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	2	70	76	146
CUT	Matthew Jordan	ENG	2	72	74	146
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	2	71	75	146
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	3	74	73	147
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	3	74	73	147
CUT	Jared Harvey	RSA	3	75	72	147
CUT	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	3	72	75	147
CUT	Jesse Yap	SGP	3	70	77	147
CUT	Karandeep Kochhar	IND	3	72	75	147
CUT	MJ Viljoen	RSA	3	71	76	147
CUT	Marc Ong	SIN	3	71	76	147
CUT	Rhys West	RSA	3	75	72	147
CUT	Settee Prakongvech	THA	3	75	72	147
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	3	74	73	147
CUT	Basil Wright	RSA	4	74	74	148
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT	4	72	76	148
CUT	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	4	77	71	148
CUT	Keenan Davidse	RSA	4	75	73	148
CUT	Mitchell Slorach	SGP	4	72	76	148
CUT	Neil Schietekat	RSA	4	76	72	148
CUT	Ockie Strydom	RSA	4	71	77	148
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	5	75	74	149
CUT	Lyle Rowe	RSA	5	75	74	149
CUT	Steven Lecuyer	CAN	5	76	73	149
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	6	70	80	150
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	POR	6	70	80	150
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	6	76	74	150
CUT	Paul Harris	USA	6	75	75	150
CUT	Samarth Dwivedi	IND	6	76	74	150
CUT	Shohei Hasegawa	JAP	6	78	72	150
CUT	Simon Griffiths	ENG	6	74	76	150
CUT	Abdul Hadi	SGP	7	78	73	151
CUT	Ulrich van den Berg	RSA	7	76	75	151
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	79	74	153
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	9	77	76	153
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	9	77	76	153
CUT	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	11	78	77	155
CUT	Khai Jie Low	MAL	12	75	81	156
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	13	75	82	157
CUT	David Gleeson	AUS	13	79	78	157
CUT	Espen Kofstad	NOR	13	81	76	157
CUT	Pierre Pellegrin	MUS	14	77	81	158
CUT	Adriel Poonan	RSA	21	85	80	165
RET	Anton Karlsson	SWE	Par	71	-	71
RET	Himmat Rai	IND	Par	-	-	0
RET	Jyoti Randhawa	IND	Par	77	-	77

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R2	Total
1	Kurt Kitayama	USA	-14	65	130
2	Seenappa Chikkarangappa	IND	-12	68	132
T3	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-11	66	133
T3	Victor Perez	FRA	-11	69	133
5	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	-10	65	134
6	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	-9	66	135
T7	Justin Harding	RSA	-8	69	136
T7	Lee Slattery	ENG	-8	69	136
T7	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-8	71	136
T7	Merrick Bremner	RSA	-8	68	136
T7	Oliver Bekker	RSA	-8	69	136
T12	Jbe Kruger	RSA	-7	67	137
T12	Max Schmitt	GER	-7	66	137
T12	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-7	67	137
T15	Adria Arnaus	ESP	-6	66	138
T15	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-6	68	138
T15	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-6	68	138
T15	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	-6	68	138
T15	Clement Sordet	FRA	-6	67	138
T15	Jean Hugo	RSA	-6	67	138
T15	Lionel Weber	FRA	-6	69	138
T15	Malcolm Kokocinski	SWE	-6	71	138
T15	Matthias Schwab	AUT	-6	71	138
T15	William Liu	CHN	-6	67	138
T25	Ajeetesh Sandhu	IND	-5	70	139
T25	Alex Haindl	RSA	-5	72	139
T25	David Drysdale	SCO	-5	70	139
T25	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-5	70	139
T25	Ernie Els	RSA	-5	70	139
T25	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	-5	68	139
T25	Keith Horne	RSA	-5	71	139
T25	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	-5	68	139
T25	Yi-Keun Chang	KOR	-5	68	139
T34	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-4	67	140
T34	Berry Henson	USA	-4	71	140
T34	Bowen Xiao	CHN	-4	67	140
T34	Estiaan Conradie	RSA	-4	70	140
T34	Gregory Havret	FRA	-4	68	140
T34	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	-4	70	140
T34	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	-4	75	140
T34	Jordan Smith	ENG	-4	72	140
T34	Mohammad Siddikur Rahman	BAN	-4	70	140
T34	Paul Peterson	USA	-4	72	140
T34	Philip Eriksson	SWE	-4	72	140
T34	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	-4	72	140
T46	Dawie van der Walt	RSA	-3	69	141
T46	George Coetzee	RSA	-3	72	141
T46	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-3	69	141
T46	Grant Forrest	SCO	-3	71	141
T46	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	-3	73	141
T46	Jack Harrison	ENG	-3	70	141
T46	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	-3	65	141
T46	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	-3	70	141
T46	Kim Koivu	FIN	-3	71	141
T46	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	-3	69	141
T46	Stuart Manley	WAL	-3	70	141
T46	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-3	71	141
T46	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	-3	72	141
T59	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-2	66	142
T59	Hennie Otto	RSA	-2	68	142
T59	Joel Girrbach	SWE	-2	72	142
T59	Julien Brun	FRA	-2	72	142
T59	Romain Langasque	FRA	-2	72	142
T59	Udayan Mane	IND	-2	72	142
T59	Viraj Madappa	IND	-2	74	142
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-1	72	143
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	-1	71	143
CUT	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	-1	67	143
CUT	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	-1	70	143
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	-1	71	143
CUT	James Kamte	RSA	-1	71	143
CUT	Madalitso Muthiya	ZAM	-1	72	143
CUT	Marc Cayeux	ZIM	-1	68	143
CUT	Niall Turner	IRL	-1	73	143
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	-1	70	143
CUT	Toto Thimba Jr.	RSA	-1	69	143
CUT	Travis Smyth	AUS	-1	75	143
CUT	Aman Raj	IND	Par	69	144
CUT	Derick Petersen	RSA	Par	72	144
CUT	Doug McGuigan	RSA	Par	74	144
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	Par	72	144
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	Par	72	144
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	Par	71	144
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	Par	73	144
CUT	Oliver Wilson	ENG	Par	71	144
CUT	Steve Lewton	ENG	Par	72	144
CUT	Wenchong Liang	CHN	Par	71	144
CUT	Zander Lombard	RSA	Par	72	144
CUT	Arjun Atwal	IND	1	72	145
CUT	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	1	73	145
CUT	Casey O'Toole	USA	1	72	145
CUT	Danie van Tonder	RSA	1	72	145
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	1	75	145
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	1	72	145
CUT	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	1	72	145
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	1	73	145
CUT	Jens Dantorp	SWE	1	76	145
CUT	Junya Kameshiro	JAP	1	73	145
CUT	Khalin Joshi	IND	1	68	145
CUT	Matias Calderon	CHI	1	71	145
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	1	71	145
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	1	73	145
CUT	Richard Sterne	RSA	1	74	145
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	2	76	146
CUT	Bae-Jong Park	KOR	2	75	146
CUT	Christoffer Baumann	SWE	2	71	146
CUT	David Lipsky	USA	2	72	146
CUT	Jarin Todd	USA	2	74	146
CUT	John Catlin	USA	2	76	146
CUT	Liam Johnston	SCO	2	73	146
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	2	76	146
CUT	Matthew Jordan	ENG	2	74	146
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	2	75	146
CUT	Ben Evans	ENG	3	73	147
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	3	73	147
CUT	Jared Harvey	RSA	3	72	147
CUT	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	3	75	147
CUT	Jesse Yap	SGP	3	77	147
CUT	Karandeep Kochhar	IND	3	75	147
CUT	MJ Viljoen	RSA	3	76	147
CUT	Marc Ong	SIN	3	76	147
CUT	Rhys West	RSA	3	72	147
CUT	Settee Prakongvech	THA	3	72	147
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	3	73	147
CUT	Basil Wright	RSA	4	74	148
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT	4	76	148
CUT	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	4	71	148
CUT	Keenan Davidse	RSA	4	73	148
CUT	Mitchell Slorach	SGP	4	76	148
CUT	Neil Schietekat	RSA	4	72	148
CUT	Ockie Strydom	RSA	4	77	148
CUT	Justin Walters	RSA	5	74	149
CUT	Lyle Rowe	RSA	5	74	149
CUT	Steven Lecuyer	CAN	5	73	149
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	6	80	150
CUT	Jose-Filipe Lima	POR	6	80	150
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	6	74	150
CUT	Paul Harris	USA	6	75	150
CUT	Samarth Dwivedi	IND	6	74	150
CUT	Shohei Hasegawa	JAP	6	72	150
CUT	Simon Griffiths	ENG	6	76	150
CUT	Abdul Hadi	SGP	7	73	151
CUT	Ulrich van den Berg	RSA	7	75	151
CUT	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	74	153
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	9	76	153
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	9	76	153
CUT	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	11	77	155
CUT	Khai Jie Low	MAL	12	81	156
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	13	82	157
CUT	David Gleeson	AUS	13	78	157
CUT	Espen Kofstad	NOR	13	76	157
CUT	Pierre Pellegrin	MUS	14	81	158
CUT	Adriel Poonan	RSA	21	80	165
RET	Anton Karlsson	SWE	Par	-	71
RET	Himmat Rai	IND	Par	-	0
RET	Jyoti Randhawa	IND	Par	-	77

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 2018 - Round 2

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita

Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita, Coastal Road. Beau Champ

€1,000,000

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November 29 - December 02

Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita, Coastal Road. Beau Champ

€1,000,000

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Round 2

Kitayama takes the lead in Mauritius

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AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 2018 - Round 2

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita

Four Seasons Golf Club Mauritius at Anahita, Coastal Road. Beau Champ

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