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2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship - Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures

2011 Alfred Dunhill Championship - Facts and Figures

First played
1995

Past winners
1995: Ernie Els
1996: Sven Strüver
1997: Nick Price
1998: Tony Johnstone
1999: Ernie Els
2000: Anthony Wall
2001: Adam Scott
2002: Justin Rose
2003: Mark Foster
2004: Marcel Siem
2005: Charl Schwartzel
2006: Ernie Els
2007: Alvaro Quiros
2008: John Bickerton
2009: Richard Sterne
2010: Pablo Martin

Most wins
3, Ernie Els, 1995, 1999, 2006

Consecutive wins
None

Youngest winner
Charl Schwartzel, 20 and 103 days, 2005

Oldest winner
Tony Johnstone, 41 and 289 days, 1998

Lowest 18 hole score
61 (-11), Thomas Aiken, 2009

Lowest first 18 hole score
62 (-10), Dean Robertson, 2001

Lowest first 36 hole score
131 (-13), Retief Goosen, 1997, Pablo Martin, 2010

Lowest first 54 hole score
198 (-18), David Frost, 1997, Adam Scott, 2001, Thomas Aiken, 2009

Lowest 72 hole score
267 (-21), Adam Scott, 2001

Lowest under par winning score
267 (-21), Adam Scott, 2001

Lowest final round by a winner
63 (-9), Sven Strüver, 1996

Wire-to-wire-winners
None

Largest 18 hole lead
3 shots, Dean Robertson, 2001

Largest 36 hole lead
4 shots, Pablo Martin, 2010

Largest 54 hole lead
5 shots, Tony Johnstone, 1998

Largest winning margin
4 shots, Ernie Els, 1999

Biggest final round comeback by a winner
7 shots, Sven Strüver, 1996

Play-offs
Nick Price beat David Frost, 1997
Mark Foster beat Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman,
Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan and Bradford Vaughan, 2003
Charl Schwartzel beat Neil Cheetham, 2005

Holes-in-one
Des Terblanche, 1998, Rnd 2, Hole 15 (Houghton GC)
Wimpie Botha, 1999, Rnd 4, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)
Jonathan Lomas, 2000, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)
Des Terblanche, 2001, Rnd 1, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)
Michael Hoey, 2002, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)
Jaco van Zyl, 2002, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)
James Kingston, 2002, R3, Hole 15 (Houghton GC)
Johan Skold, 2005, Rnd 2, Hole 17 (Leopard Creek)
Brendo Pieters, 2007, Rnd 3, Hole 5, (Leopard Creek)
Joost Luiten, 2008, Rnd 3, Hole 12, (Leopard Creek)
Oliver Wilson, 2008, Rnd 3, Hole 16, Leopard Creek)
Thomas Aiken, 2010, Rnd 1, Hole 12, (Leopard Creek)
John Bickerton, 2010, Rnd 2, Hole 5, (Leopard Creek)

Albatrosses
Marcel Siem, 2006, Rnd 4, Hole 8 (Leopard Creek)

Low cut
140 (-4), 1997

High cut
148 (+4), 2005

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