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Facts and figures - Alfred Dunhill Championship
Facts and Figures

Facts and figures - Alfred Dunhill Championship

Alfred Dunhill Championship

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,

2011: Pabo Martin (December 2010)    , 2011: Garth Mulroy (Nov 2011)

Most wins: 3 – Ernie Els, 1995, 99, 06

Consecutive wins: None

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

Oldest winner: Tony Johnstone, 41 and 289 days in 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 7 shots, Sven Strüver, 1996

comeback by a winner:

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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