Alfred Dunhill Championship

{{About|the European and Sunshine Tour golf tournament held in South Africa|the European Tour golf tournament held in Scotland|Alfred Dunhill Links Championship}}

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Alfred Dunhill Championship

| image =

| location = Malalane, Mpumalanga, South Africa

| establishment = 2000

| course = Leopard Creek Country Club

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|7112|yd|m}}

| tour = European Tour
Sunshine Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|1,500,000|EUR}}

| month_played = December

| aggregate = 264 Charl Schwartzel (2012)

| to-par = −24 as above

| current_champion = {{flagicon|ZAF}} Shaun Norris

| coordinates = {{coord|-25.444|31.534|type:event_region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| map = South Africa#South Africa Mpumalanga

| map_label = Leopard Creek CC

| map_caption = Location in South Africa##Location in Mpumalanga

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

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}}

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.

History

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.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In 2004, the tournament was rescheduled to December, resulting in two events being staged that year; one in January and one in December. 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The 2021 event was scheduled to take place at Leopard Creek Country Club from 9–12 December. It was to be a co-sanctioned event between the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. However, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in place in the UK from South Africa, the event was cancelled less than two weeks before the tournament was due to start.{{cite news |title=Irish golfers battling travel chaos to get back from South Africa after pulling out of Joburg Open |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/irish-golfers-battling-travel-chaos-to-get-back-from-south-africa-after-pulling-out-of-joburg-open/ar-AARaSRV?ocid=uxbndlbing |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=26 November 2021}}

Flagship event

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.news24.com/sport/Golf/SAOpen/sa-open-receives-world-ranking-flagship-status-20180104 |title=SA Open receives world ranking flagship status |website=News 24 |date=8 January 2018 |access-date=18 November 2020}} In 2020, the Alfred Dunhill Championship once again became the tour's flagship event.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/about |title=How the ranking evolved |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |access-date=18 November 2020}} The event was intended to be the flagship event again in 2021. However, due to the cancellation of the tournament, the flagship event status was passed onto the South African Open.{{cite web |url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/golf/sunshine-tour/sa-open-goes-ahead-without-co-sanctioned-status-for-first-time-in-25-years-924e89cd-985d-5724-af62-9f703900c07e |title=SA Open goes ahead without co-sanctioned status for first time in 25 years |website=IOL |first=Michael |surname=Sherman |date=1 December 2021 |access-date=2 December 2021}}

Winners

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|Sunshine Tour (Flagship event)

|2016, 2020

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| Sunshine Tour (Regular)

|2000–2015, 2017–2018, 2022–

colspan=10\|Alfred Dunhill Championship
class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !#!!Year!!Tours{{efn\|AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue
style="background:lightblue"\|24th	align=center\|2024	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Shaun Norris	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Marcus Kinhult {{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ryan van Velzen	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|23rd	align=center\|2023	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|22nd	align=center\|2022	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ockie Strydom	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Adrián Otaegui	Leopard Creek
align=center\|– \| align=center\|2021	AFR, EUR	colspan=6 align=center\|Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions{{cite web \|last1=Butler \|first1=Lynn \|title=Sunshine Tour confirm SA Open to go ahead in Sun City, Alfred Dunhill Championship cancelled \|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/golf/sunshinetour/sunshine-tour-confirm-sa-open-to-go-ahead-in-sun-city-alfred-dunhill-championship-cancelled-20211126 \|website=Sport24 \|publisher=News24 \|access-date=27 November 2021 \|date=26 November 2021}}
style="background:gold"\|21st	align=center\|2020	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Christiaan Bezuidenhout	align="center"\|274	align=center\|−14	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Richard Bland {{flagicon\|USA}} Sean Crocker {{flagicon\|POL}} Adrian Meronk {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Jayden Schaper	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|20th	align=center\|2019	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Larrazábal	align="center" \|280	align=center\|−8	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Joel Sjöholm	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|19th	align=center\|2018	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|USA}} David Lipsky	align="center" \|274	align=center\|−14	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} David Drysdale	Leopard Creek
colspan=9 align=center\|2017: No tournament due to course renovation
style="background:gold"\|18th	align=center\|2016	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brandon Stone	align="center" \|267	align=center\|−21	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Sterne	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|17th	align=center\|2015	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (4)	align="center" \|273	align=center\|−15	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Grégory Bourdy	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|16th	align=center\|2014	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Branden Grace	align="center" \|268	align=center\|−20	7 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|15th	align=center\|2013	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (3)	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Richard Finch	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|14th	align=center\|2012	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (2)	align="center" \|264	align=center\|−24	12 strokes	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Kristoffer Broberg	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|13th	align=center\|2011	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Garth Mulroy	align="center" \|269	align=center\|−19	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} George Murray	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|12th	align=center\|2010	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Martín (2)	align="center" \|277	align=center\|−11	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Anthony Michael {{flagicon\|DNK}} Thorbjørn Olesen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|11th	align=center\|2009	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Martín	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|10th	align=center\|2008	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Sterne	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Johan Edfors {{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Rock	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|9th	align=center\|2007	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Bickerton	align="center" \|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els {{flagicon\|ENG}} Lee Slattery	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|8th	align=center\|2006	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Álvaro Quirós	align="center" \|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
colspan=10\|Dunhill Championship
style="background:lightblue"\|7th	align=center\|2005	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els	align="center" \|274	align=center\|−14	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|6th	align=center\|2004 (Dec)	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	align="center" \|281	align=center\|−7	Playoff	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Neil Cheetham	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|5th	align=center\|2004 (Jan)	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|DEU}} Marcel Siem	align="center" \|266	align=center\|−22	Playoff	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Grégory Havret {{flagicon\|FRA}} Raphaël Jacquelin	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|4th	align=center\|2003	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Foster	align="center" \|273	align=center\|−15	Playoff	{{flagicon\|DNK}} Anders Hansen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Trevor Immelman {{flagicon\|SCO}} Paul Lawrie {{flagicon\|SCO}} Doug McGuigan {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Bradford Vaughan	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|3rd	align=center\|2002	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Justin Rose	align="center" \|268	align=center\|−20	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Foster {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Retief Goosen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Martin Maritz	Houghton
colspan=10\|Alfred Dunhill Championship
style="background:lightblue"\|2nd	align=center\|2001	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Adam Scott	align="center" \|267	align=center\|−21	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Justin Rose	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|1st	align=center\|2000	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Anthony Wall	align="center"\|204{{efn\|Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.}}	align=center\|−12	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Gary Orr {{flagicon\|WAL}} Phillip Price	Houghton

Notes

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.alfreddunhillchampionship.com/}}
[https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/alfred-dunhill-championship-2025/ Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
[https://sunshinetour.com/tournament?id=224S&code=ADCH Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site]

Category:Sunshine Tour events

Category:European Tour events

Category:Golf tournaments in South Africa

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2000

Category:2000 establishments in South Africa

colspan=10\|Alfred Dunhill Championship
class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !#!!Year!!Tours{{efn\|AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue
style="background:lightblue"\|24th	align=center\|2024	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Shaun Norris	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Marcus Kinhult {{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ryan van Velzen	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|23rd	align=center\|2023	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|22nd	align=center\|2022	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ockie Strydom	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Adrián Otaegui	Leopard Creek
align=center\|– \| align=center\|2021	AFR, EUR	colspan=6 align=center\|Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions{{cite web \|last1=Butler \|first1=Lynn \|title=Sunshine Tour confirm SA Open to go ahead in Sun City, Alfred Dunhill Championship cancelled \|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/golf/sunshinetour/sunshine-tour-confirm-sa-open-to-go-ahead-in-sun-city-alfred-dunhill-championship-cancelled-20211126 \|website=Sport24 \|publisher=News24 \|access-date=27 November 2021 \|date=26 November 2021}}
style="background:gold"\|21st	align=center\|2020	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Christiaan Bezuidenhout	align="center"\|274	align=center\|−14	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Richard Bland {{flagicon\|USA}} Sean Crocker {{flagicon\|POL}} Adrian Meronk {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Jayden Schaper	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|20th	align=center\|2019	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Larrazábal	align="center" \|280	align=center\|−8	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Joel Sjöholm	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|19th	align=center\|2018	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|USA}} David Lipsky	align="center" \|274	align=center\|−14	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} David Drysdale	Leopard Creek
colspan=9 align=center\|2017: No tournament due to course renovation
style="background:gold"\|18th	align=center\|2016	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Brandon Stone	align="center" \|267	align=center\|−21	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Sterne	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|17th	align=center\|2015	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (4)	align="center" \|273	align=center\|−15	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Grégory Bourdy	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|16th	align=center\|2014	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Branden Grace	align="center" \|268	align=center\|−20	7 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|15th	align=center\|2013	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (3)	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Richard Finch	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|14th	align=center\|2012	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (2)	align="center" \|264	align=center\|−24	12 strokes	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Kristoffer Broberg	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|13th	align=center\|2011	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Garth Mulroy	align="center" \|269	align=center\|−19	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} George Murray	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|12th	align=center\|2010	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Martín (2)	align="center" \|277	align=center\|−11	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Anthony Michael {{flagicon\|DNK}} Thorbjørn Olesen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|11th	align=center\|2009	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Pablo Martín	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|10th	align=center\|2008	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Richard Sterne	align="center" \|271	align=center\|−17	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Johan Edfors {{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Rock	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|9th	align=center\|2007	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Bickerton	align="center" \|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els {{flagicon\|ENG}} Lee Slattery	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|8th	align=center\|2006	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Álvaro Quirós	align="center" \|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
colspan=10\|Dunhill Championship
style="background:lightblue"\|7th	align=center\|2005	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els	align="center" \|274	align=center\|−14	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	Leopard Creek
style="background:lightblue"\|6th	align=center\|2004 (Dec)	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel	align="center" \|281	align=center\|−7	Playoff	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Neil Cheetham	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|5th	align=center\|2004 (Jan)	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|DEU}} Marcel Siem	align="center" \|266	align=center\|−22	Playoff	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Grégory Havret {{flagicon\|FRA}} Raphaël Jacquelin	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|4th	align=center\|2003	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Foster	align="center" \|273	align=center\|−15	Playoff	{{flagicon\|DNK}} Anders Hansen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Trevor Immelman {{flagicon\|SCO}} Paul Lawrie {{flagicon\|SCO}} Doug McGuigan {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Bradford Vaughan	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|3rd	align=center\|2002	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Justin Rose	align="center" \|268	align=center\|−20	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Foster {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Retief Goosen {{flagicon\|ZAF}} Martin Maritz	Houghton
colspan=10\|Alfred Dunhill Championship
style="background:lightblue"\|2nd	align=center\|2001	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Adam Scott	align="center" \|267	align=center\|−21	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Justin Rose	Houghton
style="background:lightblue"\|1st	align=center\|2000	AFR, EUR	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Anthony Wall	align="center"\|204{{efn\|Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.}}	align=center\|−12	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Gary Orr {{flagicon\|WAL}} Phillip Price	Houghton