Alfred Dunhill Championship

Alfred Dunhill Championship
Tournament information
Location Malalane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Established 2000
Course(s) Leopard Creek Country Club
Par 72
Length 7,287 yards (6,663 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €1,500,000
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Charl Schwartzel (2012)
To par −24 Charl Schwartzel (2012)
Current champion
South Africa Brandon Stone
Leopard Creek
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Location in South Africa

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 four events in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the more prestigious European Tour.

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.

The Dunhill Championship should not be confused with the Dunhill Links Championship, a much richer European Tour event with the same sponsor which is played in Scotland.

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, starting in December 2016. The winner is awarded a minimum of 32 OWGR points.

Winners

YearSeasonWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
SunshineEuro
Alfred Dunhill Championship
2017No tournament due to course renovation
20162016–172017Brandon Stone South Africa267−216 strokesSouth Africa Richard Sterne
201520152016Charl Schwartzel (4) South Africa273−154 strokesFrance Grégory Bourdy
201420142015Branden Grace South Africa268−207 strokesSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen
201320132014Charl Schwartzel (3) South Africa271−174 strokesEngland Richard Finch
201220122013Charl Schwartzel (2) South Africa264−2412 strokesSweden Kristoffer Broberg
201120112011Garth Mulroy South Africa269−192 strokesScotland George Murray
201020102011Pablo Martín (2) Spain277−112 strokesSouth Africa Anthony Michael
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
200920092010Pablo Martín Spain271−171 strokeSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel
200820082009Richard Sterne South Africa271−171 strokeSweden Johan Edfors
England Robert Rock
200720072008John Bickerton England275−131 strokeSouth Africa Ernie Els
England Lee Slattery
20062006–072007Álvaro Quirós Spain275−131 strokeSouth Africa Charl Schwartzel
Dunhill Championship
20052005–062006Ernie Els South Africa274−143 strokesSouth Africa Louis Oosthuizen
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2004*2004–052005Charl Schwartzel South Africa281−7Playoff
(1st hole)		England Neil Cheetham
2004*2003–042004Marcel Siem Germany266−22Playoff
(3rd hole)		France Grégory Havret
France Raphaël Jacquelin
20032002–032003Mark Foster England273−15Playoff
(2nd hole)		Denmark Anders Hansen
South Africa Trevor Immelman
Scotland Paul Lawrie
South Africa Doug McGuigan
South Africa Bradford Vaughan
20022001–022002Justin Rose England268−202 strokesEngland Mark Foster
South Africa Retief Goosen
South Africa Martin Maritz
Alfred Dunhill Championship
20012000–012001Adam Scott Australia267−211 strokeEngland Justin Rose
2000+1999–002000Anthony Wall England204−122 strokesScotland Gary Orr
Wales Phillip Price

* Two events in 2004 due to change in scheduling from January to December.
+ 2000 event reduced to three rounds because of rain.

See also

Coordinates: 25°26′38″S 31°32′02″E / 25.444°S 31.534°E / -25.444; 31.534

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