Mauritius Open preview and best bets

Golf betting tips: Mauritius Open

3pts e.w. Antoine Rozner at 18/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

2pts e.w. Renato Paratore at 35/1 (bet365 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

1.5pts e.w. Julien Brun at 40/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

1.5pts e.w. Matthieu Pavon at 50/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

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The DP World Tour has managed to cram 48 events into 2022 and the last of them comes in the shape of the Mauritius Open, returning to the schedule for the first time in three years.

For tournament favourites Thomas Detry and Dean Burmester, plus 18/1 chance ANTOINE ROZNER, the fact that it’s moved to Mont Choisy Le Golf is probably no bad thing. Detry and Rozner will both feel they should’ve won a title which went instead to Rasmus Hojgaard back in 2019, while Burmester is an ambassador for this venue, one who has walked the walk as well as talking the talk by spending plenty of time here.

After another good performance at Leopard Creek, historically not a course he’s enjoyed, and with a Masters place up for grabs, Burmester might be the one to beat. The trouble is he’s just got a bit of a habit of playing well without winning and the same of course goes for Detry, who I’ve high hopes for in 2023. Victory for either would be no surprise, nor would it be something to regret at 6/1 apiece.

Rozner on the other hand is a two-time DP World Tour champion who made a habit of winning during his sole Challenge Tour campaign, and with a Hero Cup place potentially up for grabs, not to mention a far superior strike-rate to anyone else in the field, he looks worth backing to gain redemption for that near-miss last time he came to Mauritius.

Part of the case for putting him up at 100/1 back then was that he’d played the event on an invite once before and finished seventh, and that as a Frenchman he ought to find comfort on the island. In each of the last three renewals, three Frenchmen have finished in the top 10, while before that French-speaking Nicolas Colsaerts was bang in the mix at a course he knew well.

So many of the French contingent are attached to clubs in Mauritius, an island where French-based Mauritian Creole is the language of the vast majority of the population, and I suspect we’ll see a number of them in the mix again, including Rozner.

One of the form players of the last four months, Rozner’s missed cut last week doesn’t worry me at all. It came by a single shot on his return from a month off, and when last he missed the cut on the number on the DP World Tour, he was third the following week.

As for coping with the switch in golf course, I suspect we’re looking at a similar test, with resort conditions allowing for low scoring providing the wind doesn’t blow too strong. At the moment it is forecast to play a part which will help Rozner, a fabulous ball-striker who…