December 05-08
Heritage Golf Club, Heritage Bel Ombre, Mauritius
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Rasmus Højgaard became the third youngest winner in European Tour history with a dramatic play-off triumph at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

“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.”
He’s done it!! 🇩🇰🏆
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) December 8, 2019
18-year-old Rasmus Højgaard eagles the third play-off hole to win the #AfrAsiaOpen! pic.twitter.com/dOGBADtmNf
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.
Unreal performance from Rasmus Højgaard..
— Thomas Bjorn (@thomasbjorngolf) December 8, 2019
18 years old and performing like that.
Him and his twin brother Nicolai will be a force in European golf for many years to come.
Just Amazing!
🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
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.
The best of Rasmus Højgaard’s winning round in Mauritius 🎥 #AfrAsiaOpen pic.twitter.com/7Tovze3HKu
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) December 8, 2019
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.
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 |