The Debrief: Alfred Dunhill Championship

Everything you need to know from the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek

Oosthuizen wins tenth Tour title

Louis Oosthuizen held off Charl Schwartzel and overcame final-hole drama to end a five year wait for his tenth DP World Tour title at the weather-affected Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

After 12 previous appearances, Oosthuizen admitted that this event was one he "really, really wanted" as he closed out a two-stroke victory on Monday with a dramatic par save at the final hole.

The South African, who had been three ahead with three to play, missed a short putt at the 17th and then found the water off the tee at the 18th, which forced him to take a drop and lay up with his third.

On a day of excellent wedge play from the champion, Oosthuizen produced another masterful shot as his ball landed a few feet from the hole, but it rolled back more than 20 feet, leaving him to see in a brilliant but testing par chance to secure victory in the fifth event of the Opening Swing as playing partner Schwartzel was unable to capitalise.

"This is one of the tournaments that I've always wanted to win," said Oosthuizen.

Schwartzel's fifth runner-up

Charl Schwartzel, who is a four-time winner of the Alfred Dunhill Championship, finished two shots behind Oosthuizen to secure his fifth runner-up finish in this tournament.

The Major champion started Monday's final 11 holes tied at the top of the leaderboard, but an errant first approach shot left him scrambling for an opening bogey to drop one behind. It was a deficit he had made up by the 12th thanks to two lengthy putts for birdie on consecutive holes, but from there Oosthuizen pulled ahead for good.

Speaking about his good friend, Oosthuizen praised Schwartzel's performance following a recent shoulder injury.

"I had a good run there through 13 to 15 and I'm glad to see Charl with all the things he was going through with his shoulder with injuries that he's playing well and I just got lucky on this one."

Schaper continues to impress

Jayden Schaper continues to impress this season at Leopard Creek as the only player to record three consecutive top tens in the first three weeks of the Opening Swing on the DP World Tour.

Having begun the season with a tie for ninth at the Joburg Open, Schaper then held a share of the 54 hole lead and ended his week in a tie for fifth at the Investec South African Open Championship.

This week, the 22 year old DP World Tour player, who was a successful junior in South Africa, carded rounds of 66, 72, 70 and 71 to finish his week in a tie for seventh at Leopard Creek.

Two of the best shots of the week?

A HUGE drive from amateur Christo Lamprecht and a 'miracle' shot from Marco Penge.

Tying the course record

On his way to victory last season, Ockie Strydom tied the course record of 63 on Saturday - a day after it was set by Scott Jamieson.

This year, champion Louis Oosthuizen also matched the nine-under-par figure on his way to the title, making his big move up the leaderboard on Saturday to join Schwartzel at the top of the pack with 18 holes to go.