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Facts and Figures - Alfred Dunhill Championship
Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures - Alfred Dunhill Championship

Alfred Dunhill Championship      

First played: 2000

Past winners:  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 Benavides,

2011: Pabo Martin Benavides (December 2010), 2011: Garth Mulroy (November 2011),

2013: Charl Schwartzel, 2014: Charl Schwartzel, 2015: Branden Grace

Most wins: 3- Charl Schwartzel, 2005, 2013-14

Consecutive wins: Charl Schwartzel, 2013-2014

Youngest winner: Charl Schwartzel, 20 years  and 103 days, 2005

Oldest winner: John Bickerton, 37 years and 351 days, 2007

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

Lowest first 18 hole score: 62 (-10), Dean Robertson, 2001, Branden Grace, 2015

Lowest first 36 hole score: 126 (-18), Branden Grace, 2015

Lowest first 54 hole score: 195 (-21), Charl Schwartzel, 2013

Lowest 72 hole score: 264 (-24), Charl Schwartzel, 2013

Lowest under par winning score: 264 (-24), Charl Schwartzel, 2013

Lowest final round by a winner: 65 (-7), Adam Scott, 2001, Justin Rose, 2002

Wire-to-wire-winners: Branden Grace, 2015

Largest 18 hole lead: 3 shots, Dean Robertson, 2001, Branden Grace, 2015

Largest 36 hole lead: 4 shots, Pablo Martin Benavides 2010

Largest 54 hole lead: 10 shots, Charl Schwartzel, 2013

Largest winning margin: 12 shots, Charl Schwartzel, 2013

Biggest final round 5 shots, Richard Sterne, 2009

comeback by a winner:

Play-offs: Mark Foster beat Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman,

Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan and Bradford Vaughan, 2003

Marcel Siem beat Grégory Havret and Raphaël Jacquelin,  2004

Charl Schwartzel beat Neil Cheetham, 2005

Holes-in-one 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, Rnd 3, Hole 15 (Houghton GC)

Tobias Dier, 2004, Rnd 1, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)

Chris Davidson, 2004, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)

Steven Waltman, 2004, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Houghton GC)

Johan Skold, 2005, Rnd 2, Hole 17 (Leopard Creek)

Brendon 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)

Keith Horne, 2013, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Leopard Creek)

Keith Horne, 2013, Rnd 3, Hole 12 (Leopard Creek)

Magnus A Carlsson, 2013, Rnd 4, Hole 12 (Leopard Creek)

Emiliano Grillo, 2014, Rnd 2, Hole 12 (Leopard Creek)

Michael Hollick, 2015, Rnd 2, Hole 5 (Leopard Creek)

Kristoffer Broberg, 2015, Rnd 3, Hole 15 (Leopard Creek)

Albatrosses: Andrew Richter, 2001, Rnd 1, Hole 16 (Houghton GC)

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

Low cut: 141 (-3), 2001, 04, 15

High cut: 148 (+4), 2005

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