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Sunday 29 November 2020European TourYear in Review
Bezuidenhout wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, South Africa · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 November 2020 · Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse R29,000,000 ZAR · Alfred Dunhill · Second Alfred Dunhill Championship of the 2020 European Tour season (the first ended 1 December 2019); added on 21 October 2020. Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 87° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/20°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 42 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 44 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Sean Crocker USA · 278one shot behind with a hole to play, hit his ball out of bounds twice on the 18th and made eight Bezuidenhout claims Alfred Dunhill Championship in dramatic final round – ESPN (Reuters)
- Adrian Meronk POL · 278led from the start but dropped three shots on successive holes with seven to play Bezuidenhout claims Alfred Dunhill Championship in dramatic final round – ESPN (Reuters)
- Jayden Schaper RSA · 278three birdies and six dropped shots on the back nine Bezuidenhout claims Alfred Dunhill Championship in dramatic final round – ESPN (Reuters)
- Richard Bland ENG · 278within two of the lead at the turn; bogey on the 15th ended his hopes Bezuidenhout claims Alfred Dunhill Championship in dramatic final round – ESPN (Reuters)
156 started · cut E, 65 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sky Sports
29 November 2020
It's always been a tournament I wanted to win and to pull it off today is really, really special to me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 69 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Richard Bland | 67 · 67 · 74 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Sean Crocker | 70 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Adrian Meronk | 65 · 66 · 71 · 76 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Jayden Schaper | 69 · 67 · 67 · 75 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Marcus Armitage | 71 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Adri Arnaus | 70 · 67 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Scott Jamieson | 66 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Alexander Levy | 70 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Robert MacIntyre | 72 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1994-05-18, Delmas, Mpumalanga, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2015; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 61 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by owgr.com player profile).
What’s in the bag
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