Thailand’s Suttijet tied-59th as flying 5 share lead at the Mauritius Open. The top of the leaderboard at the Mauritius Open is congested, with five players sharing the lead and another nine within one stroke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five players carded rounds of 66 to share the Mauritius Open lead after Thursday’s play. Rasmus Hojgaard, Benjamin Hebert, Romain Langasque, Brandon Stone and Grant Forrest all finished six under.

 

 

 

 

He and French duo Herbert and Langasque have never won on the European Tour, and the same applies to Forrest. The Scot made gains at each of the par-fives, including a three at the 14th, and acknowledged how important those holes will be this week.

 

“The par-fives are key, they are all reachable,” he told the European Tour website. “You get the tee shots away there and there are really good chances, so you need to make the most of them.” The top of the leaderboard at the Mauritius Open is congested, with five players sharing the lead and another nine within one stroke.

 

 

 

 

Did you know?

• Abhijit Chadha earned his Asian Tour card this season by finishing tied-35th at Qualifying School last December, the second time he has finished inside the top-40 since 2015. He is currently in 107th place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
• His best result this season came at the Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship in September where he finished tied-fifth.
• He enjoyed a tied-third finish at the Kensville Open presented by Tata Steel PGTI last week.
• Chadha was one of India’s top amateurs in 2010 and 2011, and a member of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
• He finished a career-high third in the Professional Golf Tour of India’s (PGTI) 2015 Ranking, having secured a win at the BILT Open along with three other top-10 finishes, including two top-three results in the season.  
• At 18, Rasmus Hojgaard is a Qualifying School graduate from the European Tour. He made his first European Tour cut at last week's Alfred Dunhill Championship where he finished tied-49th.