The Alfred Dunhill Championship is a co-sanctioned event on the Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour, played in South Africa, with the event having been conducted since 2000.
The event has been sanctioned by multiple tours, typically serving as one of the final events of the calendar year.
After not being played for two years, the event returned to the schedule in 2022 and has since been a co-sanctioned event with 156 players.
Charl Schwartzel has dominated in this event, winning it four times. Pablo Martin is the only other player to have won the event multiple times.
The Alfred Dunhill Championship has seen an increase in prestige in recent years.
Alfred Dunhill Championship format
Alfred Dunhill Championship is played over four days, and there is a cut for the qualifying field.
The field, which is 156 players, is reduced to the top 65 players and ties for the final two rounds of the event. At the end of the 72-hole event, the lowest score wins. In the event of a sudden-death playoff is conducted to determine a winner.
Alfred Dunhill Championship hosts
There have been two host courses so far: Houghton from 2000-2004 before moving to Leopard Creek since 2005.
Alfred Dunhill Championship past sponsors
Alfred Dunhill Championship has had variations on the same name over the years:
- 2000-2001, 2006-present: Alfred Dunhill Championship
- 2002-2005: Dunhill Championship
Alfred Dunhill Championship history & results
Stroke-play results
| YEAR | WINNER | TOT | TO PAR | BY |
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| 2023 | Louis Oosthuizen | 270 | −18 | 2 |
| 2022 | Ockie Strydom | 270 | −18 | 2 |
| 2021 | Not Played | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 274 | −14 | 4 |
| 2019 | Pablo Larrazábal | 280 | −8 | 1 |
| 2018 | David Lipsky | 274 | −14 | 2 |
| 2017 | Not Played | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2016 | Brandon Stone | 267 | −21 | 6 |
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| 2015 | Charl Schwartzel (4) | 273 | −15 | 4 |
| 2014 | Branden Grace | 268 | −20 | 7 |
| 2013 | Charl Schwartzel (3) | 271 | −17 | 4 |
| 2012 | Charl Schwartzel (2) | 264 | −24 | 12 |
| 2011 | Garth Mulroy | 269 | −19 | 2 |
| 2010 | Pablo Martín (2) | 277 | −11 | 2 |
| 2009 | Pablo Martín | 271 | −17 | 1 |
| 2008 | Richard Sterne | 271 | −17 | 1 |
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| 2007 | John Bickerton | 275 | −13 | 1 |
| 2006 | Álvaro Quirós | 275 | −13 | 1 |
| 2005 | Ernie Els | 274 | −14 | 3 |
| 2004 (Dec) | Charl Schwartzel | 281 | −7 | PO |
| 2004 (Jan) | Marcel Siem | 266 | −22 | PO |
| 2003 | Mark Foster | 273 | −15 | PO |
| 2002 | Justin Rose | 268 | −20 | 2 |
| 2001 | Adam Scott | 267 | −21 | 1 |
| 2000 | Anthony Wall | 204[b] | −12 | 2 |
