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.
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.
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.
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. In 2020, the Alfred Dunhill Championship once again became the tour's flagship event. 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.
Winners Sunshine Tour (Flagship event)2016, 2020 Sunshine Tour (Regular)2000–2015, 2017–2018, 2022– #YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upVenueAlfred Dunhill Championship25th 2025 AFR, EUR Jayden Schaper 198 −16 Playoff Shaun Norris Royal Johannesburg24th 2024 AFR, EUR Shaun Norris 275 −13 1 stroke Marcus Kinhult John Parry Ryan van Velzen Leopard Creek23rd 2023 AFR, EUR Louis Oosthuizen 270 −18 2 strokes Charl Schwartzel Leopard Creek22nd 2022 AFR, EUR Ockie Strydom 270 −18 2 strokes Adrián Otaegui Leopard Creek–2021 AFR, EUR Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions21st 2020 AFR, EUR Christiaan Bezuidenhout 274 −14 4 strokes Richard Bland Sean Crocker Adrian Meronk Jayden Schaper Leopard Creek20th 2019 AFR, EUR Pablo Larrazábal 280 −8 1 stroke Joel Sjöholm Leopard Creek19th 2018 AFR, EUR David Lipsky 274 −14 2 strokes David Drysdale Leopard Creek2017: No tournament due to course renovation18th 2016 AFR, EUR Brandon Stone 267 −21 6 strokes Richard Sterne Leopard Creek17th 2015 AFR, EUR Charl Schwartzel (4) 273 −15 4 strokes Grégory Bourdy Leopard Creek16th 2014 AFR, EUR Branden Grace 268 −20 7 strokes Louis Oosthuizen Leopard Creek15th 2013 AFR, EUR Charl Schwartzel (3) 271 −17 4 strokes Richard Finch Leopard Creek14th 2012 AFR, EUR Charl Schwartzel (2) 264 −24 12 strokes Kristoffer Broberg Leopard Creek13th 2011 AFR, EUR Garth Mulroy 269 −19 2 strokes George Murray Leopard Creek12th 2010 AFR, EUR Pablo Martín (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Anthony Michael Thorbjørn Olesen Charl Schwartzel Leopard Creek11th 2009 AFR, EUR Pablo Martín 271 −17 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel Leopard Creek10th 2008 AFR, EUR Richard Sterne 271 −17 1 stroke Johan Edfors Robert Rock Leopard Creek9th 2007 AFR, EUR John Bickerton 275 −13 1 stroke Ernie Els Lee Slattery Leopard Creek8th 2006 AFR, EUR Álvaro Quirós 275 −13 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel Leopard CreekDunhill Championship7th 2005 AFR, EUR Ernie Els 274 −14 3 strokes Louis Oosthuizen Charl Schwartzel Leopard Creek6th 2004(Dec) AFR, EUR Charl Schwartzel 281 −7 Playoff Neil Cheetham Houghton5th 2004(Jan) AFR, EUR Marcel Siem 266 −22 Playoff Grégory Havret Raphaël Jacquelin Houghton4th 2003 AFR, EUR Mark Foster 273 −15 Playoff Anders Hansen Trevor Immelman Paul Lawrie Doug McGuigan Bradford Vaughan Houghton3rd 2002 AFR, EUR Justin Rose 268 −20 2 strokes Mark Foster Retief Goosen Martin Maritz HoughtonAlfred Dunhill Championship2nd 2001 AFR, EUR Adam Scott 267 −21 1 stroke Justin Rose Houghton1st 2000 AFR, EUR Anthony Wall 204 −12 2 strokes Gary Orr Phillip Price Houghton
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Coverage on the European Tour's official site Coverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site