MCB Tour Championship Pressbook December 2022

12/13/22, 8:49 AM

MCB Tour Championship preview: Who's in contention as the Legends Tour season comes to a close?

The venue

In his four visits to The Legend Course at Constance Belle Mare Plage Montgomerie never fnished outside the top six and it makes plenty of sense because the layout is like a tropical version of Woburn, the English club Monty adores.

The fairways are tree-lined and the greens small so it absolutely plays into the hands of a superb ball-striker which again makes you think of Monty. Why did he only convert on of those good eforts in a win? Probably because a Mauritian Christmas is gloriously hot and he tended to get a little over-heated.

The weather means that most of the feld enjoy fitting between the Indian Ocean, the resort’s swimming pools and the golf course so there is an end-of-school party feel. The greens are especially pretty at this time of year, framed by the red fowers of the fame trees – also known as Mauritian Christmas trees.

The 2022 season

South Africa’s James Kingston leads the rankings and looks well set to lift the John Jacobs Trophy not least because he’s a past runner-up in this event. Paul Lawrie has won twice this season and Phillip Price once. Adilson Da Silva, the Brazilian who relocated to South Africa and spent much of his career on the Asian Tour, is going to be the Rookie of the Year and he is also hot on the heels of Kingston in second place in the standings.

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The leading contenders

Kingston has played 12 times in regular Legends Tour events this season and fnished top 20 every time; his position at No 1 is no fuke. Price is a three-time top four fnisher in Mauritius and Lawrie would have contended in his debut in 2019 had he not carded a clumsy 74 in the second round. Former winner Lehman returns but he hasn’t had a good year in America (and has had a knee replacement) while Thomas Bjorn admits that his time on the course recently has been “non-existent”. DaSilva’s arrow straight long game looks a great ft for the course and he might fnd himself with a clean sweep of titles come Sunday evening. × ×

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