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Alfred Dunhill Championship Tournament information Location 
Malalane, Mpumalanga, South AfricaEstablished 2000 Course(s) Leopard Creek Golf Club Par 72 Length 7,326 yards (6,699 m) Tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine TourFormat Stroke play Prize fund €1,000,000 Month played November Tournament record score Aggregate 266 Marcel Siem (2004)
266 Grégory Havret (2004)
266 Raphaël Jacquelin (2004)To par −22 Marcel Siem (2004)
−22 Grégory Havret (2004)
−22 Raphaël Jacquelin (2004)Current champion Garth MulroyThe 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 Golf 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.
Winners
Year Season Venue Winner Country Score Margin of
victoryRunner(s)-up Country Sunshine European Alfred Dunhill Championship 2011 2011 2011 Leopard Creek GC Garth Mulroy South Africa269 (−19) 2 strokes George Murray 
Scotland2010 2010 2011 Leopard Creek GC Pablo Martín 
Spain277 (−11) 2 strokes Anthony Michael South AfricaThorbjørn Olesen 
DenmarkCharl Schwartzel South Africa2009 2009 2010 Leopard Creek GC Pablo Martín Spain271 (−17) 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel South Africa2008 2008 2009 Leopard Creek GC Richard Sterne South Africa271 (−17) 1 stroke Johan Edfors 
SwedenRobert Rock 
England2007 2007 2008 Leopard Creek GC John Bickerton England275 (−13) 1 stroke Ernie Els South AfricaLee Slattery England2006 2006–07 2007 Leopard Creek GC Álvaro Quirós Spain275 (−13) 1 stroke Charl Schwartzel South AfricaDunhill Championship 2005 2005–06 2006 Leopard Creek GC Ernie Els South Africa274 (−14) 3 strokes Louis Oosthuizen South AfricaCharl Schwartzel South Africa2004* 2004–05 2005 Leopard Creek GC Charl Schwartzel South Africa281 (−7) Playoff
(1st hole)Neil Cheetham England2004* 2003–04 2004 Houghton GC Marcel Siem 
Germany266 (−22) Playoff
(3rd hole)Grégory Havret 
FranceRaphaël Jacquelin France2003 2002–03 2003 Houghton GC Mark Foster England273 (−15) Playoff
(2nd hole)Anders Hansen DenmarkTrevor Immelman South AfricaPaul Lawrie ScotlandDoug McGuigan South AfricaBradford Vaughan South Africa2002 2001–02 2002 Houghton GC Justin Rose England268 (−20) 2 strokes Mark Foster EnglandRetief Goosen South AfricaMartin Maritz South AfricaAlfred Dunhill Championship 2001 2000–01 2001 Houghton GC Adam Scott 
Australia267 (−21) 1 stroke Justin Rose England2000+ 1999–00 2000 Houghton GC Anthony Wall England204 (−12) 2 strokes Gary Orr ScotlandPhillip Price 
Wales* Two events in 2004 due to change in scheduling from January to December.
+ 2000 event reduced to three rounds because of rain.See also
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