AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open R4

December 05-08
Heritage Golf Club, Heritage Bel Ombre, Mauritius
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Rasmus Højgaard became the third youngest winner in European Tour history with a dramatic play-off triumph at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

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“I’m lost for words. It’s amazing and I’m over the moon. This is a dream come true for me. I just kept telling myself to believe in yourself and trust the number. I did what I could and it was enough for me to win.

“I was obviously nervous, playing in my first play-off but I was in a situation where I had nothing to lose. So, I was confident especially with my shots coming in. It was pretty cool to close out the 18 th hole today.

“My approach shots were all very good there and I just managed to do what I had to do. It’s cool to win so early in my career and it’s something just very amazing and I’m looking forward to the next challenge.”

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The 18-year-old Dane birdied the 72nd hole to get to 19 under par alongside Italian Renato Paratore and Frenchman Antoine Rozner as the event went to a play-off for the third time in as many stagings at Heritage Golf Club.

Højgaard missed a 12 foot eagle putt for the title on the first trip back up the par five 18th hole but – after halving the hole in birdies with Rozner at the second attempt – made a three from similar range at the third time of asking to take the title.

At 18 years and 271 days old, only Italian Matteo Manassero – who won twice as a 17-year-old – and New Zealander Danny Lee have won on the European Tour at a younger age.

Højgaard came to prominence in 2018 as he won the Eisenhower Trophy for Denmark alongside identical twin Nicolai and John Axelsen and played with his brother at the Junior Ryder Cup.

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Nicolai finished second to Sergio Garcia at last season’s KLM Open but after becoming the first player born in the 21st century to graduate from the Qualifying School, Rasmus is now a European Tour winner in just his fifth event.

That makes him the fastest Dane to a European Tour win, beating 15 time winner and 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn’s record of 24 events.

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Belgian Thomas Detry, Scotland’s Grant Forrest, Benjamin Hebert of France and South African Louis de Jager finished one shot behind the leading trio on 18 under par, with another Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrest one shot further back in solo eighth position.

Julien Guerrier was the fourth player from France inside the top ten at 16 under par, alongside South African Oliver Bekker, Sihwan Kim of the United States and Scotland’s Connor Syme.

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Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Rasmus Hoejgaard	DEN	-19	66	69	66	68	269
T2	Renato Paratore	ITA	-19	69	67	66	67	269
T2	Antoine Rozner	FRA	-19	67	67	66	69	269
T4	Louis De Jager	RSA	-18	72	65	69	64	270
T4	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	-18	66	68	70	66	270
T4	Grant Forrest	SCO	-18	66	71	67	66	270
T4	Thomas Detry	BEL	-18	67	66	67	70	270
8	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	-17	73	68	65	65	271
T9	Julien Guerrier	FRA	-16	71	67	68	66	272
T9	Oliver Bekker	RSA	-16	69	70	66	67	272
T9	Connor Syme	SCO	-16	68	66	69	69	272
T9	Sihwan Kim	KOR	-16	67	67	67	71	272
T13	Thomas Pieters	BEL	-15	74	66	67	66	273
T13	Ashun Wu	CHI	-15	71	65	68	69	273
T13	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	-15	68	67	69	69	273
T13	Brandon Stone	RSA	-15	66	67	69	71	273
T17	Jyoti Randhawa	IND	-14	70	69	70	65	274
T17	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	-14	67	66	75	66	274
T17	Thriston Lawrence	RSA	-14	69	70	66	69	274
T17	Calum Hill	SCO	-14	68	64	68	74	274
T21	Garrick Higgo	RSA	-13	70	67	71	67	275
T21	Johannes Veerman	USA	-13	70	71	67	67	275
T21	George Coetzee	RSA	-13	71	70	66	68	275
T21	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-13	67	68	68	72	275
25	Marcel Siem	GER	-12	69	71	69	67	276
T26	Joel Sjoeholm	SWE	-11	71	66	75	65	277
T26	Zander Lombard	RSA	-11	67	71	73	66	277
T26	Romain Langasque	FRA	-11	66	74	71	66	277
T26	Ashley Chesters	ENG	-11	71	67	71	68	277
T26	Haydn Porteous	RSA	-11	69	69	70	69	277
T26	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	-11	71	67	70	69	277
T26	William Liu	CHN	-11	70	70	68	69	277
T33	Justin Walters	RSA	-10	74	67	69	68	278
T33	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	-10	67	72	69	70	278
T33	Danie van Tonder	RSA	-10	70	71	67	70	278
T33	Travis Smyth	AUS	-10	70	66	71	71	278
T33	Thomas Linard	FRA	-10	72	68	67	71	278
T38	Ockie Strydom	RSA	-9	68	72	72	67	279
T38	Rhys Enoch	WAL	-9	70	70	71	68	279
T38	Neil Schietekat	RSA	-9	70	68	71	70	279
T38	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	-9	69	69	70	71	279
T38	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-9	69	71	68	71	279
T43	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	-8	70	71	71	68	280
T43	Bryce Easton	RSA	-8	72	64	75	69	280
T43	John Catlin	USA	-8	70	69	72	69	280
T43	David Law	SCO	-8	68	71	71	70	280
T43	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	-8	72	68	70	70	280
T43	Lee Slattery	ENG	-8	70	70	66	74	280
T49	Carlos Pigem	ESP	-7	72	65	73	71	281
T49	Sebastian Garcia	ESP	-7	70	67	72	72	281
T49	Paul Lawrie	SCO	-7	71	69	68	73	281
T52	Seung-Jae Maeng	USA	-6	72	69	72	69	282
T52	JC Ritchie	RSA	-6	70	68	71	73	282
T54	Udayan Mane	IND	-5	73	68	74	68	283
T54	Keith Horne	RSA	-5	67	71	74	71	283
T54	Jake Higginbottom	AUS	-5	70	70	72	71	283
T54	Hennie Otto	RSA	-5	70	68	73	72	283
T54	Gregory Havret	FRA	-5	70	71	70	72	283
T54	Abhijit Chadha	IND	-5	69	70	71	73	283
T60	Jack Senior	ENG	-4	69	71	72	72	284
T60	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-4	68	69	73	74	284
T60	Richard Bland	ENG	-4	70	71	69	74	284
T63	Keenan Davidse	RSA	-3	70	71	74	70	285
T63	Oliver Farr	WAL	-3	72	68	73	72	285
T65	Ricardo Santos	POR	-2	67	74	74	71	286
T65	Christiaan Basson	RSA	-2	71	70	73	72	286
T67	Sutijet Kooratanapisan	THA	1	71	70	75	73	289
T67	Settee Prakongvech	THA	1	74	67	74	74	289
T69	Doug McGuigan	RSA	2	73	68	74	75	290
T69	Anthony Michael	RSA	2	74	64	75	77	290
71	Viraj Madappa	IND	3	71	70	75	75	291
72	Estiaan Conradie	RSA	4	69	69	79	75	292
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	-2	70	72	–	–	142
CUT	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-2	73	69	–	–	142
CUT	Aman Raj	IND	-2	72	70	–	–	142
CUT	Ben Geyer	USA	-2	72	70	–	–	142
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	-2	73	69	–	–	142
CUT	Dylan Naidoo	RSA	-2	71	71	–	–	142
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	-2	74	68	–	–	142
CUT	Mohammad Siddikur Rahman	BAN	-2	73	69	–	–	142
CUT	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-2	70	72	–	–	142
CUT	Richard McEvoy	ENG	-2	73	69	–	–	142
CUT	Richard T. Lee	CAN	-2	71	71	–	–	142
CUT	Thomas Aiken	RSA	-2	72	70	–	–	142
CUT	Casey O’Toole	USA	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	David Drysdale	SCO	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	David Howell	ENG	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Hong-Taek Kim	KOR	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Justin Harding	RSA	-1	68	75	–	–	143
CUT	Merrick Bremner	RSA	-1	71	72	–	–	143
CUT	Nicholas Latimer	USA	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Poom Pattaropong	THA	-1	75	68	–	–	143
CUT	Riekus Nortje	RSA	-1	75	68	–	–	143
CUT	Shinichi Mizuno	HKG	-1	70	73	–	–	143
CUT	Teemu Putkonen	FIN	-1	72	71	–	–	143
CUT	Toto Thimba Jr.	RSA	-1	74	69	–	–	143
CUT	Adrian Meronk	POL	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Alex Haindl	RSA	Par	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	Par	69	75	–	–	144
CUT	Jack Harrison	ENG	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	Par	74	70	–	–	144
CUT	Jean Hugo	RSA	Par	75	69	–	–	144
CUT	Khalin Joshi	IND	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Matthew Jordan	ENG	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	Par	69	75	–	–	144
CUT	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Taehee Lee	KOR	Par	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Clement Sordet	FRA	1	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Daniel Fox	AUS	1	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	1	69	76	–	–	145
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	1	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	Jeff Winther	SWE	1	74	71	–	–	145
CUT	Jeremy Wendelken	USA	1	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	Kyle Barker	RSA	1	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	Miguel Tabuena	PHL	1	74	71	–	–	145
CUT	Peter Karmis	RSA	1	70	75	–	–	145
CUT	Philip Eriksson	SWE	1	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	Robin Roussel	FRA	1	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Seenappa Chikkarangappa	IND	1	72	73	–	–	145
CUT	Aaron Cockerill	CAN	2	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Benjamin Follett-Smith	ZIM	2	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	2	73	73	–	–	146
CUT	Jarin Todd	USA	2	71	75	–	–	146
CUT	Karandeep Kochhar	IND	2	76	70	–	–	146
CUT	Rahil Gangjee	IND	2	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	2	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	3	72	75	–	–	147
CUT	Benjamin Poke	DNK	3	75	72	–	–	147
CUT	Chiragh Kumar	IND	3	75	72	–	–	147
CUT	David Gleeson	AUS	3	76	71	–	–	147
CUT	Mardan Mamat	SGP	3	71	76	–	–	147
CUT	Ruan Conradie	RSA	3	78	69	–	–	147
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	4	76	72	–	–	148
CUT	Gaganjeet Bhullar	IND	4	72	76	–	–	148
CUT	Gerrit Foster	RSA	4	70	78	–	–	148
CUT	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	4	74	74	–	–	148
CUT	Matias Calderon	CHI	4	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	Matthias Schmid	GER	4	77	71	–	–	148
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	4	78	70	–	–	148
CUT	Pierre Pellegrin	MRI	4	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	4	74	74	–	–	148
CUT	Janne Kaske	FIN	5	75	74	–	–	149
CUT	Lyle Rowe	RSA	5	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	Aadil Bedi	IND	6	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	6	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	Jake Redman	RSA	6	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	Malcolm Kokocinski	SWE	6	79	71	–	–	150
CUT	Martin Rohwer	RSA	6	76	74	–	–	150
CUT	Shiv Kapur	IND	6	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	James Du Preez	RSA	7	75	76	–	–	151
CUT	Jeev Milkha Singh	IND	7	75	76	–	–	151
CUT	Lloyd Jefferson Go	PHI	7	76	75	–	–	151
CUT	Naras Luangphetcharaporn	THA	7	75	76	–	–	151
CUT	Daniel James Masrin	INA	11	78	77	–	–	155
CUT	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	11	82	73	–	–	155
CUT	Arjun Prasad	IND	13	81	76	–	–	157