Tag: 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship

Louis Oosthuizen claims DP World Tour event in South Africa, continues LIV Golf win streak

LIV players have now won the last four DP World Tour events.

The DP World Tour has hosted five events so far in its 2023-24 season. The last four have been won by players in the LIV Golf League.

Louis Oosthuizen kept the streak alive on Monday by winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club in Malelane, South Africa. The victory on the European-based circuit was the 10th of his career and first since the 2018 South African Open. Oosthuizen finished at 18 under, two shots clear of Stinger GC teammate, Charl Schwartzel.

Another Stinger, Dean Burmester, got the LIV party started three weeks ago with his victory at the Joburg Open and doubled down with a win last week at the Investec South African Open Championship. Also last week, Joaquin Niemann won the ISPS Handa Australian Open and Oosthuizen made it a fourth consecutive win on Monday after Sunday’s final round was delayed.

“This is one of the tournaments that I’ve always wanted to win,” the proud South African said of winning the event in his home country. “It took me a while. It’s always a great place coming back to.”

The DP World Tour’s “opening swing” ends this week with the 2023 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Heritage La Reserve Golf Club in Heritage Bel Ombre, Mauritius, before beginning its International Swing in Dubai in January.

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Pair of LIV golfers tied for lead on DP World Tour, looking for three-peat in South Africa

The former major champions have opened up a five-shot lead.

It has been a few good weeks on and off the course for LIV Golf.

Dean Burmester has won consecutive DP World Tour events in South Africa. Additionally, last week, Joaquin Niemann won on the DP World Tour in Australia.

This week, the Jon Rahm-to-LIV news shook the golf world and has given the league plenty of momentum in its second offseason.

And it seems as if LIV golfers aren’t done winning on the course, either.

Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel are tied for the lead at 15-under 201 after three rounds at the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa. Oosthuizen tied a course record with a 9-under 63 in the third round while Schwartzel, a four-time winner of the event, shot 65. The duo are five shots in front of the field with 18 holes to play.

Oosthuizen’s round included an eagle and seven birdies. Schwartzel had six birdies, an eagle and one bogey.

Andy Sullivan and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are the closest chasers at 10-under 206. Outside of Oosthuizen and Schwartzel, no other golfer shot better than 67 on Saturday.

6-foot-8 amateur Christo Lamprecht has a chance at history in South Africa

Lamprecht sits at 8 under heading to the weekend.

Remember Christo Lamprecht, the 6-foot-8 amateur who held a share of the first-round lead at the 151st Open Championship this summer?

Yeah, he’s still pretty good. And he has a chance at history this weekend in his native South Africa.

Lamprecht, a senior at Georgia Tech, sits at 8-under 136 after Friday’s second round at the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club in Malelane, South Africa. He’s two shots behind solo leader Casey Jarvis.

If Lamprecht were to find a way to win this weekend, he would be the first amateur to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship and the first amateur to win a DP World Tour event since Shane Lowry in 2009.

And he’s in this position without his A-game.

“Tee to green is probably not what I’ve wanted,” Lamprecht said. “I’ve hit a lot of good shots but I’ve hit some really bad ones and I’ve kind of got away with that a little bit. I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky on some holes for sure but I’ve used that luck, I’ve played really smart golf.

“My swing is not where I want it to be right now… but I’ve been scoring really good, making a lot of crucial putts and I’m just missing it in the right places fortunately.”

Lamprecht had six birdies and three bogeys in his second-round 69. During Thursday’s first round, he hit a 418-yard drive in a clip that went viral.

This summer, Lamprecht won the Amateur Championship and then earned low amateur honors at the Open Championship, his highlight that week coming after a 5-under opening round and holding a share of the lead.

This fall, he has two wins at Georgia Tech and sits No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

A win this weekend would be a big springboard into his final college semester. If he won, he would be only the fourth amateur to win a DP World Tour event.

“Last week at the (South African) Open I didn’t play too great, and I didn’t have a chance to play the weekend, so I’m looking forward to playing this weekend and putting a good showing in,” Lamprecht said.