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2022 Alfred Dunhill Championship
Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Leopard Creek Country Club
Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
8-11 December 2022
Ernie Els will be determined to win the
Alfred Dunhill Championship for the second time in his illustrious career.
The South African golf icon won this tournament in 2005 as he marked his return from a five-month enforced injury break with a victory.
His compatriots Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel finished joint second behind Els who secured a three-stroke victory at the Leopard Creek Country Club.
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Els, who is nicknamed 'The Big Easy' due to his imposing physical stature (he stands at 1.91 m) along with his fluid golf swing, has won 28 events on the European Tour.
However, the last time the Big Easy won a professional tournament was in 2013 when he clinched the BMW International Open in Munich, Germany.
A former world number one, Els claimed a wire-to-wire victory with a one-stroke win over Thomas Bjørn for his 28th European Tour title.
The 53-year-old, who is one of six golfers to twice win both the US Open and The Open Championship, will be looking to end his trophy drought
Els explained why he is committed to playing on the Sunshine Tour, European Tour and PGA sanctioned events and not interested in competing in the LIV Golf Series.
“Just because you are playing for 20 million US dollars a week doesn’t change anything,” Els said
“It’s still 54 holes. There’s no basis to it, there’s no substance to it. My view – and I discussed this with the Saudi people a long time ago – was always to do things with the major tours.
“And play it in the dead season (September to December). That wouldn’t interfere with any of the main tours. It wouldn’t interfere with real golf as we know it.”
Schwartzel is the most decorated golfer in the history of Alfred Dunhill Championship with four titles.
Last five Alfred Dunhill Championship winners
2015 - Charl Schwartzel - South Africa
2016 - Brandon Grace - South Africa
2018 - David Lipsky - USA
2019 - Pablo Larrazábal - Spain
2020 - Christiaan Bezuidenhout - South Africa
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