Mauritius Open 2025 Betting Tips: Six to shine in paradise

Following South African youngster Jayden Schaper’s sparkling breakthrough in last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship, we now head to the tropical island of Mauritius for the final event of 2025: the Mauritius Open at Heritage La Reserve Golf Links.

Our golf tipster Jamie Worsley is back with his usual long-read preview of the event. He's picked out six players he likes the look of this week, so check out Jamie's thoughts and his Mauritius Open 2025 Betting Tips below...

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TOURNAMENT HISTORY 

Debuting in 2015, the Mauritius Open is an event co-sanctioned between the DP World Tour (DPWT) and South Africa's Sunshine Tour. It has held this spot as the year-ending tournament since 2022.

We've had no repeat champions, but South Africans have enjoyed great success thus far, winning three of the eight renewals. George Coetzee was our inaugural champion in 2015, and he has been followed by Dylan Frittelli (2017) and Louis Oosthuizen (2023).

Last five winners:

• 2024 (Mont Choisy Le Golf)

Winner: John Parry (-14)

Runner-up: Christo Lamprecht, Dylan Naidoo (-12)

• 2023 (Heritage La Reserve Golf Links)

Winner: Louis Oosthuizen (-17)

Runner-up: Laurie Canter (-15)

• 2022 (Mont Choisy Le Golf)

Winner: Antoine Rozner (-19)

Runner-up: Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (-14)

• 2019 (Heritage Le Chateau Golf Course)

Winner: Rasmus Hojgaard (-19, playoff)

Runners-up: Renato Paratore, Antoine Rozner (-19)

• 2018 (Anahita Four Seasons Golf Course)

Winner: Kurt Kitayama (-20)

Runners-up: S. Chikkarangappa, Matthieu Pavon (-18)

John Parry ended his 14-year wait for a second DPWT title in last year's tournament at Mont Choisy Le Golf.

Entering the final round five shots off the lead, the Englishman shot a superb 64 to win by two over the South African duo of Christo Lamprecht and Dylan Naidoo. He returns to defend at Heritage La Reserve Golf Links.

THE COURSE

The Mauritius Open alternates between different courses year on year, and it returns to Heritage La Reserve Golf Links this week. The venue previously hosted the event in 2023, when course co-designer Louis Oosthuizen fired a 17-under-par winning total to beat Laurie Canter by two shots.

La Reserve Golf Links only opened in December 2023 and is located at Heritage Golf Club – the same golf resort where Le Chateau Golf Club is based, host of the 2015, 2017, and 2019 editions. Alongside Oosthuizen, it was designed by prolific South African architect Peter Matkovich, who also created Le Chateau Golf Club, and our 2022 and 2024 host Mont Choisy Le Golf.

The course is up 26 yards in length, with this par 72 now measuring 7357 yards. It contains 5x par 3s (170-215 yards), 8x par 4s (311-500 yards), and 5x par 5s (542-617 yards).

La Reserve Golf Links is an open and exposed links-like layout, which showcases spectacular views of the Indian Ocean at every turn. It's extremely undulating, and possesses elevation changes throughout, predominantly playing downhill through the striking manmade dunes.

The fairways are reasonably generous but are littered with pot bunkers, and alongside the sloping nature of them, they proved difficult to hit in 2023. Meanwhile, large sandy waste bunkers provide further punishment for wayward driving, as do the lengthy native grasses and unpredictable links-like rough that lines most holes.

Many of these same challenges await around the paspalum putting surfaces. These elevated 'infinity' greens are flanked by sharp drop-offs, from which saving par becomes a serious challenge, with La Reserve ranking among the 10 toughest scrambling tests on the DPWT in recent seasons.

This is a layout that offers substantial variety throughout. Clear birdie chances can be found on the abundance of par 5s and two potentially drivable par 4s (the 311-yard 6^th and 330-yard 13^th), but they are balanced out by a difficult collection of par 3s and several longer par 4s, including the 500-yard 16^th.

This demanding and exciting all-round test should again provide us with another fun finale to the year this week.

THE WEATHER

Over 10mm of rain is forecast to fall in the three days leading up to the start of the event, and with further rain expected during the tournament itself, the field will encounter a soft course in Mauritius. This rain, combined with strong, gusting winds during each round – reaching highs of 34mph on Thursday – could make things difficult despite the receptive conditions.

KEY STATS

• SG: Around-the-Greens (SG: ATG)/Scrambling

As with recent events in Australia and South Africa, detailed stats for the Mauritius Open are only recorded for players who hold a DPWT card. However, they still give us an insight into what's needed to contend at La Reserve.

With greens that were tough to hit, and displaying a collection of par 5s and short par 4s that require solid scrambling skills to take advantage of, it was no surprise to see quality short-game performances dominate the top of the leaderboard in 2023. Due to the forecasted wind, we should again expect this to be an area of importance.

There are no strokes-gained stats available for winner Louis Oosthuizen, but he is a player who has shown sharpness around the greens over the course of his career. Runner-up to him in 2023, Laurie Canter, ranked 2^nd in SG: ATG and 1^st in scrambling, while 3^rd-place finisher Sebastian Soderberg was 3^rd in SG: ATG.

• SG: Approach/Greens-in-Regulation (GIR)

In addition to the need for a strong short game, almost all of the top performers also shone with their iron play two years ago.

Laurie Canter ranked 9^th in SG: Approach and 11^th in GIR; 3^rd-place finisher Daniel Brown ranked 1^st in each statistic; and Sebastian Soderberg (3^rd) and Jayden Schaper (6^th) ranked inside the top 25 for both.

• Par 5 Scoring

To finish, with that unusually high volume of par 5s on the scorecard, competitors who excel in scoring on these holes should be respected. Fortunately, we do have rankings for all players in this regard.

Our winner and runner-up from 2023, Louis Oosthuizen and Laurie Canter, ranked 4^th in par 5 scoring for the week. Furthermore, Daniel Brown and Jacques de Villiers (who both finished 3^rd) ranked 3^rd and 6^th respectively.

CORRELATING EVENTS

I felt previous links form would work well at this modern links-like layout in 2023, and that certainly seemed to transpire. The champion that year, Louis Oosthuizen, is of course a former Open Championship winner, while Daniel Brown in 3^rd is a player who has often excelled at this brand of golf.

Aside from The Open, this means we can also look towards form in the Scottish Open, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the NEXO Championship, and the 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2015 renewals of the Irish Open.

With those paspalum surfaces and the linksy, open and exposed nature of this week's course, it also compares favourably to many events in the Middle East. Bahrain Championship host Royal Golf Club is a particularly promising match, with Laurie Canter and Daniel Brown finishing 1^st and 2^nd there earlier this year.

The more dramatic slopes of Abu Dhabi Championship host Yas Links is another to look out for, whilst the Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club and the Ras Al Khaimah Championship at Al Hamra Golf Club could too provide clues.

Other courses to consider are St Francis Links – a striking and undulating manufactured links that hosted the SDC Championship on the DPWT in 2023 and 2024; the Singapore Classic at Laguna National's Classic Course is wide open and hilly with paspalum greens; meanwhile, fellow Peter Matkovich design and Mauritius Open host Mont Choisy Le Golf is exposed, linksy, and uses paspalum from tee-to-green.

THE FIELD

World No. 57 Ryan Gerard takes advantage of his dual membership to finish the year in Mauritius, and this won't just be an end-of-season jolly for the American, with the top 50 in the world rankings at the end of 2025 earning an invite into next year's Masters. He is the top-ranked player in the field and is joined by just three more from inside the top 100: Daniel Brown (No. 72), defending champion John Parry (No. 86), and last week's Alfred Dunhill winner Jayden Schaper (No. 94).

Parry is one of three former winners in attendance, alongside our first Mauritius Open champion George Coetzee, and the 2017 victor Dylan Frittelli.

Big-hitting South African Christo Lamprecht is among the tournament invites. The field also includes 15 of the 20 HotelPlanner Tour graduates, and each of the 20 players that gained their tour card at Q-School will also tee it up.

SELECTIONS 

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Jayden Schaper 9/1, Angel Ayora 10/1, John Parry 16/1, Daniel Brown 18/1, Ryan Gerard 20/1

1.5 pts Christo Lamprecht each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 33/1

After earning his professional breakthrough towards the end of the Korn Ferry Tour season, Christo Lamprecht is heading to the PGA Tour in 2026. The former No. 1 amateur was in solid form when we last saw him in the Nedbank Challenge, and as a winner of the prestigious Amateur Championship, he should relish the test that awaits in Mauritius.

Lamprecht was 2^nd in this event last year and carried that momentum into 2025, finishing 2^nd in the Astara Championship and 4^th in The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic across his first four appearances on the Korn Ferry Tour. He failed to build on that over the following few months but rediscovered his form at the end of the campaign, holing a bunker shot on the final hole of the Pinnacle Bank Championship to claim a first pro title.

Having signed off that season with an 8^th-place finish in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, it was two months before we saw him again in the Nedbank. That said, his game looked sharp, ranking inside the top 25 in SG: OTT, SG: ATG, and SG: Putting, helping him to a 33^rd-place finish.

Although Lamprecht hasn't played here before, he is one of the absolute longest hitters in the world, which should come in handy on those five par 5s and drivable par 4s. His runner-up finish at Mont Choisy Le Golf also bodes well and as the 2023 winner of the Amateur Championship, we can be certain that he appreciates links-like conditions.

1.5 pts Jacob Skov Olesen each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 35/1

Denmark’s Jacob Skov Olesen succeeded Lamprecht in the Amateur Championship, winning that title at Ballyliffin shortly before turning pro in 2024. He’s coming off a hugely promising rookie season on the DPWT, and this looks an ideal opportunity for him to win a first pro trophy.

Olesen had 11 top 25s and six top-10s on tour last campaign. The first of those came in this event, finishing 9^th at Mont Choisy and encouragingly in regard to this course, his two best results were on links layouts, finishing 3^rd in the NEXO Championship and 5^th in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Meanwhile, he ended the season with an impressive 11^th-place finish in the DP World Tour Championship on debut.

Despite not quite firing in South Africa in recent weeks, finishing 40^th in both the Nedbank Challenge and Alfred Dunhill Championship, I’m confident he can up his level at this suitable setup.

He’s a solid all-rounder, gaining strokes with each club last season. While he’s been particularly strong on the greens over his latest appearances, it’s with the irons that he’s excelled most in 2025, ranking 32^nd in GIR and 38^th in SG: Approach.

Olesen was only one off the lead in this event last year, before fading into 9^th due to a final-round 73. As a links specialist, with his Amateur Championship win and top-five finishes in Scotland this year enhanced by two made cuts in two Open Championship starts, I expect him to contend this week. With that year of experience now under his belt, he should be a completely different prospect if he again finds himself in the mix come Sunday.

1 pts Alex Fitzpatrick each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 45/1

Having gone off as a 40/1 shot in the Australian PGA Championship three weeks ago, Alex Fitzpatrick looks terrific value at a similar price in this weaker field. His superb short game will be a real asset at La Reserve, and with his approach play in much better shape than it’s been in all year, he has the tools for success in Mauritius.

Fitzpatrick has had 10 top-25 finishes this year, four of which have come across his last six starts. His standout performance came in the DP World India Championship in October, finishing 3^rd, and he’s remained in form since, hitting the top 20 in the Aussie PGA.

He was the second-best player in the field around-the-greens there, which is in keeping with the quality he’s shown year-long, ranking 7^th in SG: ATG on the DPWT. However, it’s his improved iron play that was especially encouraging in Australia, ranking inside the top 20 in both SG: Approach and GIR in each event.

I’m hoping Fitzpatrick keeps progressing in this area this week, and as a player who finished 17^th on his Open Championship debut in 2023, the linksy conditions at La Reserve should be to his liking.

1 pt Daniel Van Tonder each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 45/1

A strong 2025 on the HotelPlanner Tour has earned Daniel Van Tonder a return to the DPWT this season. He’s begun the new campaign in fine form, finishing 10^th in the Nedbank and 14^th in the Alfred Dunhill, and performing as strongly as anyone from tee-to-green, he looks value to become a two-time DPWT winner this week.

Van Tonder only had 12 starts on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2025 but made them count, winning back-to-back events in South Africa at the start of the year and picking up a further four top-10s. The last of those came in the Grand Final, where he finished 3^rd and he’s of course brought that positivity into the first couple events of this new DPWT season.

The putter remains an issue but there is no such concern over the recent standard of his ball-striking. He ranked 4^th in SG: OTT, 5^th in SG: Approach and 7^th in GIR in the Nedbank, and he was 18^th in SG: OTT and 8^th in SG: Approach at Royal Johannesburg last week.

This is a world away from the form that Van Tonder brought to La Reserve in 2023, as he’d failed to hit the top 40 in eight previous DPWT starts that year. Despite that, he still managed a 40^th-place finish, and with his game now in a considerably better place, I see no reason why he can’t contend on return.

1 pt Deon Germishuys each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 55/1

Deon Germishuys has endured a difficult year on the DPWT, which has seen him lose full playing privileges for this season. He’s been a completely different player since returning to the Sunshine Tour, recording five top-10s in six starts, and having won on the latest of them on a windy week at St Francis Links, he can upgrade his 18^th-place finish here in 2023.

Germishuys actually started the year well, finishing 3^rd in the Kenya Open, but he picked up just one further top-20 and missed 16 of 19 cuts following that effort. Home comforts brought about major improvements, culminating in that win in the Sunshine Tour’s PGA Championship at St Francis Links.

He did disappoint with a 56^th-place finish last week, though I was encouraged by his ball-striking, ranking 2^nd in driving accuracy and 7^th in GIR. If he can maintain that whilst combining it with his top-50 quality around-the-greens, he’d have a likeable skillset to tackle the demands that await at La Reserve.

Germishuys took a liking to this layout in 2023, firing three rounds in the 60s to finish 18^th. That victory at St Francis Links should serve as excellent preparation for this week, and with his joint-best DPWT finish coming at the KLM Open in 2023 at Bernardus Golf – a similarly undulating links-like course – this looks the perfect spot for him to follow Schaper’s lead to break through at this level.

1 pt Joe Dean each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 125/1

Joe Dean’s bare form figures don’t inspire confidence, but there were positives to be found within the quality of his long game last week. He’s a great links performer, recording his best result of 2025 on an extremely blustery week at the NEXO Championship, and he can put those experiences to use in our year-ending event.

Dean’s second season on the DPWT hasn’t had the consistency of his rookie campaign in 2024, but positives are still easy to find. He was 5^th at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and 13^th in the Bahrain Championship during his first three appearances of the year, and he then halted a run of four straight missed cuts to finish an excellent 2^nd at the NEXO Championship.

The Englishman was solid if unspectacular at the end of the previous season, finishing inside the top 50 in the Genesis Championship and Abu Dhabi Championship. He returned from a five-week break to miss the cut in the Alfred Dunhill, but he did hit it straight over those first two rounds, ranking 5^th in driving accuracy and 12^th in GIR.

I’m expecting Dean to be all the sharper for that effort, and with each of his three best performances of the season coming in comp events, La Reserve should suit his game to a tee.

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