Tom Lehman wins in Mauritius

So you ask where is Mauritius and why is Tom Lehman there??

Mauritius is a paradise of an island in the south Pacific, southeast from Africa and the big island if Madagascar and someone in the European tour office said " where is the most beautiful spot on earth we can hold our season finale on our Senior Tour" ???

Ah yes, Mauritius !!

So Tom Lehman and family packed their bags, sunscreen and passports and with all the rest of the travelling Euro Senior Tour greats headed for paradise and the season-ending MCB Tour Championship.

Lehman led from the start and carded a final round 71 for a -12, 204 to hold off South African David Frost by a single stroke, and in addition Australian Peter Fowler sealed the Senior Tour Order of Merit.

It was Lehman's debut in a regular Euro Senior Tour event, his 4th win of the year, remember he won 3 times early in the season on the Champions tour, and eventually won that money title, so a nice finish all round for the Lehman's.

“This is a special win for me,” said Lehman. When you come somewhere like Mauritius and they make you feel so welcome you feel a sense of urgency to play well to say thank you. I had a great desire to play the best I could to say thank you to everyone. But on top of that, to play in the Senior Tour’s Tour Championship against so many great players, so many friends, and to win really does mean a lot to me.”

They were playing at Constance Belle Mare Plage and Frost was the defending champion.

“This was my 29th tournament of the year – the most I’ve ever played since I was on the mini-Tours – so to come here and finish off this year with a victory is great for me.”

In the battle for the Order of Merit, Fowler ended his year with a round of 73 and record his 13th top ten finish of the season in seventh place, ten shots behind Lehman.
and his cheque of €14, 814 was enough to hold to give him the John Jacobs Trophy ahead of Englishman Barry Lane

Leading scores
204 T Lehman (USA)65 68 71
205 D Frost (RSA) 68 67 70,
211 N Job (Eng) 70 70 71,
212 G Brand (Eng) 74 72 66, S Torrance (Sco) 73 73 66,
213 G Wolstenholme (Eng) 70 69 74,
214 P Fowler (Aus) 73 68 73,
215 J Quiros (Esp) 75 70 70,
216 M Cunning (USA) 77 67 72, D Russell (Eng) 74 70 72, B Cameron (Eng) 70 74 72, M Mouland (Wal) 70 74 72, B Lane (Eng) 75 68 73, B Longmuir (Sco) 73 70 73, A Oldcorn (Sco) 76 67 73

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