# 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.

## 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– |
| # | Year | Tours | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| Alfred Dunhill Championship |||||||||
| 24th | 2024 | AFR, EUR | Shaun Norris | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Marcus Kinhult John Parry Ryan van Velzen | Leopard Creek |
| 23rd | 2023 | AFR, EUR | Louis Oosthuizen | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Charl Schwartzel | Leopard Creek |
| 22nd | 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 restrictions | Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions | Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions | Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions | Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions | Cancelled due to the effect of COVID-19 related travel restrictions |
| 21st | 2020 | AFR, EUR | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Richard Bland Sean Crocker Adrian Meronk Jayden Schaper | Leopard Creek |
| 20th | 2019 | AFR, EUR | Pablo Larrazábal | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Joel Sjöholm | Leopard Creek |
| 19th | 2018 | AFR, EUR | David Lipsky | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | David Drysdale | Leopard Creek |
| 2017: No tournament due to course renovation |||||||||
| 18th | 2016 | AFR, EUR | Brandon Stone | 267 | −21 | 6 strokes | Richard Sterne | Leopard Creek |
| 17th | 2015 | AFR, EUR | Charl Schwartzel (4) | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes | Grégory Bourdy | Leopard Creek |
| 16th | 2014 | AFR, EUR | Branden Grace | 268 | −20 | 7 strokes | Louis Oosthuizen | Leopard Creek |
| 15th | 2013 | AFR, EUR | Charl Schwartzel (3) | 271 | −17 | 4 strokes | Richard Finch | Leopard Creek |
| 14th | 2012 | AFR, EUR | Charl Schwartzel (2) | 264 | −24 | 12 strokes | Kristoffer Broberg | Leopard Creek |
| 13th | 2011 | AFR, EUR | Garth Mulroy | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | George Murray | Leopard Creek |
| 12th | 2010 | AFR, EUR | Pablo Martín (2) | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Anthony Michael Thorbjørn Olesen Charl Schwartzel | Leopard Creek |
| 11th | 2009 | AFR, EUR | Pablo Martín | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Charl Schwartzel | Leopard Creek |
| 10th | 2008 | AFR, EUR | Richard Sterne | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Johan Edfors Robert Rock | Leopard Creek |
| 9th | 2007 | AFR, EUR | John Bickerton | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Ernie Els Lee Slattery | Leopard Creek |
| 8th | 2006 | AFR, EUR | Álvaro Quirós | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Charl Schwartzel | Leopard Creek |
| Dunhill Championship |||||||||
| 7th | 2005 | AFR, EUR | Ernie Els | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Louis Oosthuizen Charl Schwartzel | Leopard Creek |
| 6th | 2004 (Dec) | AFR, EUR | Charl Schwartzel | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Neil Cheetham | Houghton |
| 5th | 2004 (Jan) | AFR, EUR | Marcel Siem | 266 | −22 | Playoff | Grégory Havret Raphaël Jacquelin | Houghton |
| 4th | 2003 | AFR, EUR | Mark Foster | 273 | −15 | Playoff | Anders Hansen Trevor Immelman Paul Lawrie Doug McGuigan Bradford Vaughan | Houghton |
| 3rd | 2002 | AFR, EUR | Justin Rose | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Mark Foster Retief Goosen Martin Maritz | Houghton |
| Alfred Dunhill Championship |||||||||
| 2nd | 2001 | AFR, EUR | Adam Scott | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Justin Rose | Houghton |
| 1st | 2000 | AFR, EUR | Anthony Wall | 204 | −12 | 2 strokes | Gary Orr Phillip Price | Houghton |