Jayden Schaper arrived for this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open still revelling in his first DP World Tour victory and looking to achieve something only Louis Oosthuizen has managed to do in this event and on the La Réserve Golf Links that will host it.
Louis Oosthuizen is looking forward to rekindling his memories of a Royal Johannesburg East Course which he played early in his career before he became a Major champion, and where he starts his quest for a second Alfred Dunhill Championship title in Thursday’s first round.
Both Louis Oosthuizen, the co-designer of La Réserve Golf Links, and Marcel Siem, one of the few professionals to have played it before it hosts this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, have predicted that the newest golf course on the island will demand a variety of shots from the golfers gathered for the seventh edition of this Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour event.
Major winner Louis Oosthuizen arrives at this week’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in winning form as he joins a stellar field of Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour golfers for this year’s showpiece at the La Réserve Golf Links.
It took longer than expected but it was well worth the wait as Louis Oosthuizen won the Alfred Dunhill Championship by two strokes at Leopard Creek on Monday to finally claim a title he has sought for most of his career.
Double PGA Tour champion Erik van Rooyen, Major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, and a gallery of former Alfred Dunhill Championship winners will gather on the fairways of Leopard Creek Country Club this December as they head a strong field of Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour stars for this tournament.
Major winner Louis Oosthuizen has confirmed that he will tee it up in this year’s AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open and compete against a strong Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour field on La Réserve Golf Links, which he co-designed.
How South Africa’s overseas golfing contingent performed over the past week.
How South Africa’s large overseas golfing contingent performed over the past week.
South Africa’s top-ranked golfers Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace and Charl Schwartzel have resigned their membership from the PGA Tour to play in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf International Series.