Who is leading the 2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open after round 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open was played on Thursday, December 19 at the Mont Choisy Le Golf course. Eddie Pepperell carded seven birdies and one bogey to lead the tournament at 6-under.

Jacob Skov Olesen is in second place, one shot behind Pepperell. Fourteen other players are within three shots of the leader.

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2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open round 1 leaderboard

Here is the Mauritius Open leaderboard after the first round. Only the top 50 are included:

• 1 PEPPERELL, Eddie -6
• 2 OLESEN, Jacob Skov -5
• T3 HALVORSEN, Andreas -4
• T3 SCHAPER, Jayden -4
• T3 NIENABER, Wilco -4
• T3 BLAAUW, Jacques -4
• T3 PARATORE, Renato -4
• T3 BROWN, Hamish -4
• T9 HEBERT, Benjamin -3
• T9 PAVAN, Andrea -3
• T9 LAMPRECHT, Christo -3
• T9 SCHMIDT, Ben -3
• T9 JAMIESON, Scott -3
• T9 CANTERO, Ivan -3
• T9 BRYANT, Davis -3
• T9 SENEKAL, JJ -3
• T17 LEMKE, Niklas -2
• T17 MORRISON, James -2
• T17 LINDBERG, Mikael -2
• T17 NAIDOO, Dylan -2
• T17 DE JAGER, Louis -2
• T17 GERMISHUYS, Deon -2
• T17 MICHAEL, Anthony -2
• T17 BROWN, Luke -2
• T17 PARRY, John -2
• T17 GARCIA, Sebastian -2
• T27 SENIOR, Jack -1
• T27 PELLEGRIN, Pierre -1
• T27 VAN VELZEN, Ryan -1
• T27 SIEM, Marcel -1
• T27 MOSCATEL, Joel -1
• T27 FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin -1
• T27 PINEAU, Pierre -1
• T27 REBULA, Jovan -1
• T27 RAMA, Nikhil -1
• T27 CHRISTENSEN, Tiger -1
• T27 SCHNEIDER, Marcel -1
• T27 LINDELL, Oliver -1
• T27 FISHER JNR, Trevor -1
• T27 BROOMHEAD, Jonathan -1
• T27 HUGO, Jean -1
• T27 JARVIS, Casey -1
• T27 BONETA, Albert -1
• T27 KAMINSKI, Rupert -1
• T27 ALBERTSE, Louis -1
• T27 LAGERGREN, Joakim -1
• T47 DINGLE, Wynand PAR
• T47 KRISTENSEN, Nicolai PAR
• T47 JERLING, Luke PAR
• T47 VINCENT, Kieran PAR
• T47 CROCKER, Sean PAR
• T47 KINHULT, Marcus PAR
• T47 AYORA, Angel PAR
• T47 BURKE, Christiaan PAR
• T47 HENDLER, Ricky PAR
• T47 MOOLMAN, Pieter PAR
• T47 VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai PAR
• T47 VAN TONDER, Daniel PAR
• T47 WILLIAMS, Robin PAR
• T47 ARNAUS, Adri PAR
• T47 O'KENNEDY, Hennie PAR

Eddie Pepperell, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (Image via Getty).

The first round of the Mauritius Open did not start as Eddie Pepperell would have had hoped, with a par on the first and a bogey on the second. However, the Englishman stepped on the gas and carded seven birdies with no bogeys for the rest of the round.

After his performance at the Mauritius Open, Eddie Pepperell, who is seeking his third DP World Tour victory, had this to say to the Tour News Service:

"After bogeying the second hole I was worried it was going to be one of those Thursdays again, a bit like last week in the windy conditions. But I turned it around really nicely and played very well, to be honest, on the whole. So I'm very pleased."

The top-ranked golfer in the field, Antoine Rozner, carded two birdies and four bogeys (2-over) and is tied for 80th. Another top favorite, Angel Ayora, also had a slow start, carding two birdies and two bogeys (even par) and is tied for 47th.