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Sunday 14 December 2025DP World TourYear in Review
Schaper wins Alfred Dunhill Championship
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 December 2025 · Jayden Schaper’s win no. 1 on the DP World Tour · purse €1,500,000 EUR · Alfred Dunhill · shortened to 54 holes: Saturday play almost entirely washed out by rain
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 87° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/14°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 10.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 21 km/h ENE, gusts 44 · 5.5 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
- Shaun Norris RSA · 198defending champion shot a course-record 62 to set the target, then lost to Schaper's eagle on the first playoff hole SA's Jayden Schaper clinches first tour win in Alfred Dunhill playoff (Reuters via BusinessDay)
156 started · cut -3, 79 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
DP World Tour event
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jayden Schaper
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters (via BusinessDay)
14 December 2025
I’ve come close so many times so to now get it done at home is unreal and awesome.
OWGR news
15 December 2025
probably one of the shots of my career
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden Schaper | 67 · 64 · 67 | 198 | −16 |
| 2 | Shaun Norris | 67 · 69 · 62 | 198 | −16 |
| 3 | Eugenio Chacarra | 63 · 66 · 70 | 199 | −15 |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 67 · 68 · 66 | 201 | −13 |
| T4 | Christiaan Burke | 63 · 71 · 67 | 201 | −13 |
| T4 | Oliver Bekker | 66 · 67 · 68 | 201 | −13 |
| T7 | Martin Couvra | 70 · 69 · 63 | 202 | −12 |
| T7 | John Parry | 66 · 66 · 70 | 202 | −12 |
| T9 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 67 · 69 · 67 | 203 | −11 |
| T9 | Aldrich Potgieter | 67 · 69 · 67 | 203 | −11 |
| T9 | Samuel Simpson | 65 · 71 · 67 | 203 | −11 |
| T9 | Michael Hollick | 70 · 63 · 70 | 203 | −11 |
| T9 | Branden Grace | 65 · 67 · 71 | 203 | −11 |
The golfer
born 2001-03-15, Benoni, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2020; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 127 that week (OWGR as stated by OWGR news (World Number 127 - 94)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet