Alfred Dunhill Championship

The Alfred Dunhill Championship is a men's professional golf tournament which is played in South Africa. It is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour and is one of several events in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the more prestigious European Tour.

This article is about the European and Sunshine Tour golf tournament held in South Africa. For the European Tour golf tournament held in Scotland, see Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Tournament information
LocationMalalane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Established2000
Course(s)Leopard Creek Country Club
Par72
Length7,287 yards (6,663 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€1,500,000
Month playedNovember/December
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Charl Schwartzel (2012)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Leopard Creek Country Club
Leopard Creek Country Club

The tournament was founded in 2000, but its origins lie in Dunhill's sponsorship of the South African PGA Championship between 1995 and 1999. Following the 1999 Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship, the company decided to discontinue their association with the South African PGA, and create their own stand alone tournament. The first event was held in January 2000 at the Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg, and replaced the South African PGA Championship on the European Tour calendar.

In 2004, the tournament was rescheduled to December, resulting in two events being staged that year. Following this change, the Alfred Dunhill Championship has formed part of the following year's European Tour season. In addition, the event was moved to the Leopard Creek Country Club, just south of the Kruger National Park in Malalane, Mpumalanga.

In 2016, the Alfred Dunhill Championship replaced the South African Open as the tour's flagship event by the Official World Golf Ranking governing board. The winner was awarded 32 OWGR points. The change only lasted for one edition before reverting to the South African Open the following year as no tournament was held.[1] In 2020, the Alfred Dunhill Championship once again became the tour's flagship event.[2]

Winners
Sunshine Tour flagship event 2016, 2020
Sunshine Tour regular event 2000–2015, 2017–2018
#YearTours[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
Alfred Dunhill Championship
21st2020EUR, AFR Christiaan Bezuidenhout274−144 strokes Richard Bland
Sean Crocker
Adrian Meronk
Jayden Schaper		Leopard Creek CC
20th2019EUR, AFR Pablo Larrazábal280−81 stroke Joel SjöholmLeopard Creek CC
19th2018EUR, AFR David Lipsky274−142 strokes David DrysdaleLeopard Creek CC
2017No tournament due to course renovation
18th2016EUR, AFR Brandon Stone267−216 strokes Richard SterneLeopard Creek CC
17th2015EUR, AFR Charl Schwartzel (4)273−154 strokes Grégory BourdyLeopard Creek CC
16th2014EUR, AFR Branden Grace268−207 strokes Louis OosthuizenLeopard Creek CC
15th2013EUR, AFR Charl Schwartzel (3)271−174 strokes Richard FinchLeopard Creek CC
14th2012EUR, AFR Charl Schwartzel (2)264−2412 strokes Kristoffer BrobergLeopard Creek CC
13th2011EUR, AFR Garth Mulroy269−192 strokes George MurrayLeopard Creek CC
12th2010EUR, AFR Pablo Martín (2)277−112 strokes Anthony Michael
Thorbjørn Olesen
Charl Schwartzel		Leopard Creek CC
11th2009EUR, AFR Pablo Martín271−171 stroke Charl SchwartzelLeopard Creek CC
10th2008EUR, AFR Richard Sterne271−171 stroke Johan Edfors
Robert Rock		Leopard Creek CC
9th2007EUR, AFR John Bickerton275−131 stroke Ernie Els
Lee Slattery		Leopard Creek CC
8th2006EUR, AFR Álvaro Quirós275−131 stroke Charl SchwartzelLeopard Creek CC
Dunhill Championship
7th2005EUR, AFR Ernie Els274−143 strokes Louis Oosthuizen
Charl Schwartzel		Leopard Creek CC
6th2004[lower-alpha 2]EUR, AFR Charl Schwartzel281−7Playoff Neil CheethamHoughton GC
5th2004[lower-alpha 2]EUR, AFR Marcel Siem266−22Playoff Grégory Havret
Raphaël Jacquelin		Houghton GC
4th2003EUR, AFR Mark Foster273−15Playoff Anders Hansen
Trevor Immelman
Paul Lawrie
Doug McGuigan
Bradford Vaughan		Houghton GC
3rd2002EUR, AFR Justin Rose268−202 strokes Mark Foster
Retief Goosen
Martin Maritz		Houghton GC
Alfred Dunhill Championship
2nd2001EUR, AFR Adam Scott267−211 stroke Justin RoseHoughton GC
1st2000EUR, AFR Anthony Wall204[lower-alpha 3]−122 strokes Gary Orr
Phillip Price		Houghton GC
  1. AFR – Sunshine Tour, previously known as the Vodacom Tour; EUR – European Tour.
  2. There were two events in 2004 due to a change in scheduling from January to December.
  3. Tournament reduced to three rounds because of rain.

See also

References
  1. "SA Open receives world ranking flagship status". News 24. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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