{"id":1248619,"date":"2023-12-14T18:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1248619"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:27:50","slug":"afrasia-bank-mauritius-open-2023-r1-antoine-rozner-matches-lowest-round-to-start-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/afrasia-bank-mauritius-open-2023-r1-antoine-rozner-matches-lowest-round-to-start-title-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Rozner matches lowest round to start title defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champion Antoine Rozner produced ten birdies, an eagle at the par-5 18th and two bogeys to take the lead with a 10-under 62 at AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.<\/p>\n<p>\"I just think I have good vibes here,\" said the Frenchman. \"Maybe the ocean helps me disconnect a little bit in the evening, I can go for a swim and relax a little bit more than usual.<\/p>\n<p>\"The atmosphere is amazing, the people here are very friendly, it's French-speaking. I feel just like at home and I'm enjoying myself a lot here.\"<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 1 Highlights | 2023 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rBMPsYLLKoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He matched his lowest round on the DP World Tour and opened with his lowest nine hole score with 29 from the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>\"I definitely thought about 59 after the birdie on number five that got me to 11 under with a few holes to go including a driveable par four and a par five,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"Unfortunately that bad tee-shot on number six cost me that magic score but it's golf, it's a phenomenal round, probably the hottest I've ever been on the course.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm really happy with my round, an amazing score - ten under is my lowest score ever - an amazing day.\"<\/p>\n<p>England's Paul Waring produced a bogey-free 63 and lies in second place at 9-under.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm made up to shoot nine under,\" said Waring<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/beyond-the-greens-the-mental-game-of-golf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> \"It's a really nice low opening round, it puts me into the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\"I saw Antoine Rozner going really deep early this morning so I knew there was a low one out there... I felt like I played nicely today and kept control of it.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was a little bit unexpected in total honesty but to be fair I felt like I was playing myself into form last week at Leopard Creek, I played a lot of good golf there<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>\"<\/p>\n<p>South Africa's Jayden Schaper eagled the par-5 5th but also made two bogeys and lies in solo third place at 7-under.<\/p>\n<p>England's Laurie Canter made two eagles at the par-5s 5th and 12th as well as two birdies for a 66 and a share of fourth place at 6-under alongside South Africans Darren Fichardt and Lyle Rowe as well as American Dan Erickson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open R1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[1874,3540,98,9849,373],"class_list":["post-1248619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-afrasia-bank-mauritius-open","tag-antoine-rozner","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-heritage-la-reserve-gc","tag-title-defence","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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