The MCB Tour Championship is a men's senior (over 50) professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It has been held every year, in December, since 2009.

MCB Tour Championship
Tournament information
LocationPraslin, Seychelles
Poste de Flacq, Mauritius
Established2009
Course(s)Constance Lemuria (SEY)
Constance Belle Mare Plage (MUS)
Par70 (SEY)
72 (MUS)
Length6,135 yards (5,610 m) (SEY)
6,018 yards (5,503 m) (MUS)
Tour(s)European Senior Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund470,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Thaworn Wiratchant (2017)
193 Clark Dennis (2018)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
England Peter Baker
Location map
Constance Belle Mare Plage is located in Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Location in Mauritius

In 2009 and 2010 it was called the Mauritius Commercial Bank Open and was played at the start of the season, while from 2011 to 2017 it was the final event of the season. It was played at the Constance Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius. In 2017, the prize fund was €450,000.

In 2018 the Tour Championship consisted of two tournaments. The MCB Tour Championship Mauritius was played at Constance Belle Mare Plage followed by MCB Tour Championship Seychelles the following week, played at Constance Lemuria, Praslin Island, Seychelles. The 2019 Tour Championship was extended to three tournaments with an extra tournament at International Golf Club Du Rova near Antananarivo, Madagascar. The event in Madagascar followed by events in Seychelles and Mauritius.

The MCB Tour Championship was a continuation of the Seniors Tour Championship, which started in 2000 and was held in a number of countries (Abu Dhabi, Spain, Portugal, Bahrain and England) before moving to Mauritius in 2011.

Winners

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European Senior Tour (Tour Championship) 2011–
European Senior Tour (Regular) 2009–2010
# Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
MCB Tour Championship
13th 2023   Peter Baker 201 −15 1 stroke   Peter Fowler
  Patrik Sjöland
12th 2022
(Dec)[a]
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
  Joakim Haeggman 199 −11 4 strokes   Adilson da Silva
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
  Thomas Bjørn 196 −20 7 strokes   Simon P. Brown
  James Kingston
2022
(Apr)
Cancelled due to rain
2021 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020: No tournament
11th 2019[b]
MCB Tour Championship (Madagascar)
  Barry Lane 210 −3 1 stroke   Juan Quirós
  Jean-François Remésy
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
  Peter Fowler 206 −4 1 stroke   James Kingston
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
  Jarmo Sandelin 204 −12 3 strokes   James Kingston
10th 2018[c]
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)
  Clark Dennis 193 −23 8 strokes   Magnus Persson Atlevi
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)
  Roger Chapman 175[d] −6 Playoff   Phillip Price
MCB Tour Championship
9th 2017   Thaworn Wiratchant 193 −23 8 strokes   Mark McNulty
8th 2016   Barry Lane 202 −14 1 stroke   Paul Broadhurst
7th 2015   Colin Montgomerie 201 −15 3 strokes   David Frost
6th 2014   Paul Wesselingh (2) 207 −9 Playoff   Barry Lane
5th 2013   Paul Wesselingh 202 −14 5 strokes   David Frost
  Miguel Ángel Martín
4th 2012   David Frost (2) 205 −11 1 stroke   Peter Fowler
  Barry Lane
3rd 2011   Tom Lehman 204 −12 1 stroke   David Frost
Mauritius Commercial Bank Open
2nd 2010   David Frost 203 −13 Playoff   Roger Chapman
1st 2009   Kevin Spurgeon 210 −6 1 stroke   Gordon J. Brand

Notes

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  1. ^ In 2022, the MCB Tour Championship was played over two events; in the Seychelles and Mauritius.
  2. ^ In 2019, the MCB Tour Championship was played over three events; in Madagascar, the Seychelles and Mauritius.
  3. ^ In 2018, the MCB Tour Championship was played over two events; in Mauritius and the Seychelles.
  4. ^ Shortened to 48 holes due to weather.
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