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Monday 11 December 2023DP World TourYear in Review
Oosthuizen wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Leopard Creek Country Club, Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa · Thursday 7 to Monday 11 December 2023 · Louis Oosthuizen’s win no. 10 on the DP World Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Alfred Dunhill · weather: play suspended Sunday (lightning); final round completed Monday 11 December
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 88° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/21°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/21°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 33.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/20°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 43 · 32.5 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
- Charl Schwartzel RSA · 272finished two shots behind his LIV Golf teammate 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
156 started · cut -1, 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, Mpumalanga, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Louis Oosthuizen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (via ESPN)
11 December 2023
Just got lucky on this one.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
11 December 2023
I knew I needed to play well -- Charl plays really well around this place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 70 · 68 · 63 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Charl Schwartzel | 68 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 68 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Darius Van Driel | 70 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Matti Schmid | 72 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Marco Penge | 69 · 66 · 72 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Alejandro Del Rey | 72 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Jayden Schaper | 66 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Casey Jarvis | 67 · 67 · 74 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Andy Sullivan | 68 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-19, Mossel Bay, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 441 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Alfred Dunhill Championship week (OWGR player profile events table, 2023)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet