John Parry Wins Mauritius Open To Secure First DP World Tour Win in 14 Years

WITH just five tournaments completed in the DP World Tour’s 2025 season we have already seen some unlikely winners but surely none more so than Englishman John Parry, who claimed the Mauritius Open by two shots for his first success in 14 years after regaining his card through the Challenge Tour.

He struggled to keep his emotions in check afterwards, saying: "It's massive for me. I was back on the EuroPro Tour and was close to giving up golf after winning when I was 23 out here. So it's been a long battle back but worth every moment for this week."

Parry had an eagle at the 12th and said that was the turning point.

He said: "It was a bit of a challenging week all week but that chip-in on the 12th really just gave me a bit of momentum for the rest of the round. So that was a real key moment. That eagle just got me a little spark, with a couple of good chances coming up. And I just really didn't miss a shot coming in so that was really key."

Parry started the day five shots off the lead but had an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey to sign for a stunning 64 and set the clubhouse target at 14 under par.

Parry faced an anxious wait, but when South African Dylan Naidoo failed to make the eagle he required to force a play-off at the last, Parry was able to celebrate his return to the DP World Tour winner's circle.

Although his last victory at this level came at the Vivendi Cup 2010, he won three times on the European Challenge Tour this calendar year.

South Africans Naidoo and Christo Lamprecht finished in a tie for second, two shots behind Parry, on 12 under, one ahead of countryman Jovan Rebula.

After three birdies and one bogey on the front side saw him turn in 34, Parry's final round burst into life on the homeward nine as he chipped in for an eagle at the 12th to get within one shot of the lead.

The 38-year-old followed that up with back-to-back birdies on the 13th and 14th before an eight-foot putt on the 16th gave him the outright lead. He parred the tricky par-three 17th but then closed his round with another birdie to go two clear.

And with no-one in the final groups able to catch him, Parry secured a long-awaited DP World Tour victory and finished top of the Opening Swing Rankings, making him exempt into all 'Back 9' tournaments and earning him a $200,000 bonus.

Having won the Delhi Challenge in March, the Blot Open de Bretagne in June, the Italian Challenge Open in September and now the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, 2024 represents a real return to form for Parry.

Who Is Golfer John Parry

John Parry was born in Harrogate on November 17, 1986. He is just 5ft 6in tall.

He won several high-profile amateur tournaments including the Danish, Welsh and Spanish Amateur Championships and represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup before turning professional at the end of 2007. He also won the Under 21 Faldo Junior Series in 2005.

Parry won the 2009 Allianz Golf Open on the Challenge Tour.  He ended that season in 14th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to earn his card for the DP World Tour in 2010. During his rookie season he won the Vivendi Cup to secure a one-year exemption on the tour.

Parry was unable to follow up his win and lost his game. By 2021, he was playing on the third-tier EuroPro Tour.

But in 2024, Parry won three times on the Challenge Tour, securing automatic promotion to the DP World Tour.

He has made a superb start to the new campaign,  finishing tied eighth at The Australian PGA and tied second at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek before winning in Mauritius. His victory takes him to the top of the Race to Dubai.

He says that his dream fourball would comprise of Tiger Woods, Diego Maradona…..and comedian Peter Kay.

He averages 298.56 yards from the tee, hits 66.37% of fairways and finds 75% of greens in regulation. He averages 28.75 putts per round, gets up and down from the sand 69.3% of the time and has a stroke average of 69.23