The leading team in The Constance Hotels Pro-Am. Gross category - Left to right : Valerie Raffray, Razia Moollan, professional John Gould and Natalie Serret.

The two top players from the US Champions Tour and the European Senior Tour will be partners in the opening round of the MCB Tour Championship on the Belle Mare Plage Legend course on Friday.

For 16 years, Derrick Cooper earned a comfortable living as a player on the European Tour.

TALIAN Franco Tosi will start the final round of the Air Mauritius Amateur Tournament on Saturday with a two-point advantage at the top of the Gross section (0-9 handicap) after an exceptional round on The Links yesterday.

Much attention this week will be focussed on Paul Wesselingh, who has made quite an impression in his debut year on Tour. Ten months ago, Wesselingh was working as a club pro and dreaming of a future on the European Senior Tour.

DEFENDING champion Giuliana Colavito launched the defence of her crown in the Ladies' Gross section of the Air Mauritius Amateur Trophy yesterday in outstanding fashion as she ended the first round with a healthy six points lead.

It has raised a few eyebrows among golfers on The Legend course and diners at the Deerhunter Restaurant.

Englishman Marcus Lovett is a well-known character around the Constance Belle Mare Plage hotel and on the resort's two golf courses.

Top players from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean will be lining up for a shot at Tom Lehman's crown when the MCB Tour Championship gets under way at the Constance Belle Mare Plage Legend course next week.

Welshman Mark Mouland, the first player to win back-to-back Mauritius Golf Open titles, has earned himself a regular place on the lucrative USPGA Champions Tour next year.

Top players from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean will be lining up for a shot at Tom Lehman's crown when the MCB Tour Championship gets under way at the Constance Belle Mare Plage Legend course next month.

South African David Frost warmed up for this year's MCB Tour Championship at Constance Belle Mare Plage in December with victory on the USPGA Champions Tour at the weekend.
Frost came from six strokes off the pace on the final day of the AT&T Championship in San Antonio, Texas, to finish level with Bernhard Langer at the head of the leaderboard.

American Tim Thelen, already a double winner on the European Senior Tour this year, added a third victory to his collection at the weekend when he scored a five-stroke success in the Fubon Senior Open at the Miramar Golf and Country Club in Taiwan.

Steen Tinning is lucky to be alive. So the fact that he is about to make his debut on the European Senior Tour in Mauritius next month could be viewed as a minor miracle.

Tom Lehman has just ensured that there will be some sleepless nights among his challengers for the MCB Tour Championship next month as they strive to discover a way of overcoming him.

Phil Golding, winner of the Mauritius Open in 1994, long before the European Senior Tour arrived on the island, has secured his place in December's MCB Tour Championship by finishing runner-up in successive tournaments.