European Tour

Alfred Dunhill Championship 2018

December 13-16

Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa

€1,500,000

Co-sanction: Sunshine Tour

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December 13-16

Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa

€1,500,000

Co-sanction: Sunshine Tour

Live Leaderboard

Round 4

David Lipsky ends a 50-month title drought by winning in South Africa

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

December 16, 2018

David Lipsky held his nerve during a tense final nine holes Sunday to end a 50-month title drought by winning the EPGA Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

That winning feeling 🏆#dunhillChamps pic.twitter.com/cUe0yvqHcc
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) December 16, 2018

The 30-year-old from Los Angeles closed with a four-under-par 68 at Leopard Creek Country Club for a total of 274 and a two-shot victory over Scot David Drysdale, who carded a 67.

Overnight leader Scott Jamieson (72) of Scotland and Zander Lombard (69) of South Africa shared third place in the last 2018/2019 European Tour event of the year.

Lipsky, the first non-South African Dunhill champion since Spaniard Pablo Martin in 2010, achieved his only previous EPGA victory at the 2014 European Masters in Switzerland.

"My short game was a huge factor here," he said after cautiously lifting the Dunhill trophy, one of the heaviest in professional golf.

"Throughout the tournament my chipping and putting were excellent on a tough course that I was playing for the first time.

"This is a beautiful part of the world, that I had heard so much about, and I plan to be back next year."

Lipsky had a five-stroke lead after 11 holes slashed to just one by the 14th as Lombard carded five consecutive threes from the 10th.

But the title race took a decisive turn on the par-three 16th as Lombard twice found water from the tee and carded a triple-bogey six.

With the South African falling five behind Lipsky again, Drysdale became the new threat to the American as he birdied the final hole to take the clubhouse lead.

Lipsky teed off at the 18th knowing a par five would suffice and went one better with a brave second shot leading to a birdie.

A long drive created a dilemma for the American ranked 305 in the world: did he lay up his second and then chip over water or go for the green.

His bold approach paid off as his eight-iron second shot landed in the heart of the green and he two putted for a two-stroke victory.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	David Lipsky	USA	-14	70	66	70	68	274
2	David Drysdale	SCO	-12	69	69	71	67	276
T3	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-11	71	66	68	72	277
T3	Zander Lombard	RSA	-11	71	69	68	69	277
T5	Ben Evans	ENG	-8	70	70	71	69	280
T5	Oliver Wilson	ENG	-8	70	69	72	69	280
T7	Louis Oosthuizen	RSA	-7	71	69	70	71	281
T7	Niklas Lemke	SWE	-7	72	68	70	71	281
T9	Adria Arnaus	ESP	-6	70	73	69	70	282
T9	Oliver Bekker	RSA	-6	66	73	75	68	282
T9	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-6	69	73	67	73	282
T12	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-5	69	70	73	71	283
T12	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-5	69	70	72	72	283
T12	Neil Schietekat	RSA	-5	72	72	70	69	283
T15	Brandon Stone	RSA	-4	69	70	69	76	284
T15	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	-4	70	71	72	71	284
T15	Romain Langasque	FRA	-4	74	68	69	73	284
T18	Chris Paisley	ENG	-3	75	70	70	70	285
T18	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-3	75	69	66	75	285
T18	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	-3	74	72	72	67	285
T18	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-3	72	71	72	70	285
T18	Matt Wallace	ENG	-3	74	71	70	70	285
T18	Max Orrin	ENG	-3	71	74	67	73	285
T18	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-3	68	75	66	76	285
T18	Sean Crocker	USA	-3	72	68	71	74	285
T26	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-2	75	67	71	73	286
T26	David Law	SCO	-2	72	73	72	69	286
T26	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-2	70	70	72	74	286
T26	Ernie Els	RSA	-2	73	67	73	73	286
T26	George Coetzee	RSA	-2	73	70	71	72	286
T26	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-2	73	70	74	69	286
T26	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	-2	73	70	72	71	286
T26	Marc Warren	SCO	-2	70	67	72	77	286
T34	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-1	71	71	69	76	287
T34	Branden Grace	RSA	-1	73	72	70	72	287
T34	Doug McGuigan	RSA	-1	72	66	76	73	287
T34	Jeff Winther	SWE	-1	72	69	73	73	287
T34	Justin Walters	RSA	-1	74	71	68	74	287
T34	Kalle Samooja	FIN	-1	74	68	71	74	287
T34	Matias Calderon	CHI	-1	72	69	75	71	287
T34	Richard Sterne	RSA	-1	74	69	73	71	287
T42	Espen Kofstad	NOR	Par	69	72	73	74	288
T42	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	Par	69	77	74	68	288
T42	Kim Koivu	FIN	Par	75	65	71	77	288
T42	Kristoffer Reitan	NOR	Par	73	73	70	72	288
T42	Victor Perez	FRA	Par	73	68	73	74	288
T47	Deyen Lawson	AUS	1	72	73	74	70	289
T47	JC Ritchie	RSA	1	78	68	68	75	289
T47	Robert Karlsson	SWE	1	69	72	73	75	289
T47	Steven Brown	ENG	1	72	73	72	72	289
T51	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT	2	70	72	70	78	290
T51	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	2	67	72	78	73	290
T51	Keenan Davidse	RSA	2	72	71	75	72	290
T51	Lyle Rowe	RSA	2	73	73	74	70	290
T51	Peter Hanson	SWE	2	75	71	74	70	290
T56	David Borda	ESP	3	72	74	68	77	291
T56	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	3	71	72	72	76	291
T56	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	3	73	71	74	73	291
T56	Ockie Strydom	RSA	3	70	74	71	76	291
T60	Daniel Greene	RSA	4	74	70	74	74	292
T60	Matthew Jordan	ENG	4	71	72	71	78	292
62	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	5	73	70	71	79	293
T63	Thomas Aiken	RSA	6	73	72	71	78	294
T63	Tom Murray	ENG	6	71	75	73	75	294
65	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	8	73	72	79	72	296
T66	Alex Haindl	RSA	9	76	69	75	77	297
T66	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	9	75	71	76	75	297
T66	Peter Karmis	RSA	9	76	70	78	73	297
69	Scott Vincent	ZIM	10	71	75	77	75	298
T70	Chase Koepka	USA	11	73	72	75	79	299
T70	Chris Swanepoel	RSA	11	72	74	74	79	299
72	Jean Hugo	RSA	15	73	73	78	79	303
73	Mark Williams	RSA	17	75	69	79	82	305
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	3	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	Colin Nel	RSA	3	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	3	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	Hennie Otto	RSA	3	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	Liam Johnston	SCO	3	69	78	-	-	147
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	3	77	70	-	-	147
CUT	Omar Sandys	RSA	3	79	68	-	-	147
CUT	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	3	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	Tyrone Ferreira	RSA	3	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	3	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	Allister De Kock	RSA	4	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	4	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	Gregory Havret	FRA	4	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	4	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	4	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	4	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	Morten Orum Madsen	DEN	4	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	4	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	4	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	Stuart Manley	WAL	4	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	5	78	71	-	-	149
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	5	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Chris Cannon	ENG	5	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Daniel Hammond	RSA	5	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	USA	5	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	Merrick Bremner	RSA	5	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	5	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	Riekus Nortje	RSA	5	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	RSA	5	78	71	-	-	149
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	6	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	Breyten Meyer	RSA	6	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	6	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	6	71	79	-	-	150
CUT	Haydn Porteous	RSA	6	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	6	74	76	-	-	150
CUT	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	6	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	6	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	6	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	6	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	7	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	Neil O'Briain	IRL	7	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	7	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	Sebastian Soederberg	SWE	7	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	Ulrich van den Berg	RSA	7	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	Wynand Dingle	RSA	7	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	8	75	77	-	-	152
CUT	Grant Forrest	SCO	8	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	8	79	73	-	-	152
CUT	Jacques Blaauw	RSA	8	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	8	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	Trevor Immelman	RSA	8	74	78	-	-	152
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	8	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	Dawie van der Walt	RSA	9	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	Jacquin Hess	RSA	9	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	Lindani Ndwandwe	RSA	9	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	Marc Cayeux	ZIM	9	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	9	77	76	-	-	153
CUT	Ryan Cairns	ZWE	9	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	Shaun Norris	RSA	9	74	79	-	-	153
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	10	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	Pieter Moolman	RSA	10	74	80	-	-	154
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	10	75	79	-	-	154
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	10	81	73	-	-	154
CUT	Theunis Bezuidenhout	RSA	10	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	11	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	11	74	81	-	-	155
CUT	Danie van Tonder	RSA	11	77	78	-	-	155
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	11	76	79	-	-	155
CUT	Heinrich Bruiners	RSA	11	77	78	-	-	155
CUT	Jared Harvey	RSA	11	75	80	-	-	155
CUT	Makgetha Mazibuko	RSA	11	82	73	-	-	155
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	11	81	74	-	-	155
CUT	Max Schmitt	GER	11	77	78	-	-	155
CUT	Scott Campbell	ENG	11	82	73	-	-	155
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	13	84	73	-	-	157
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	13	78	79	-	-	157
CUT	Anthony Michael	RSA	14	79	79	-	-	158
CUT	MJ Viljoen	RSA	14	78	80	-	-	158
CUT	Sipho Bujela	RSA	14	76	82	-	-	158
CUT	Thabang Simon	RSA	17	83	78	-	-	161
CUT	Cameron Moralee	RSA	18	81	81	-	-	162
CUT	Irvin Mazibuko	RSA	18	83	79	-	-	162
DSQ	Derick Petersen	RSA	Par	86	-	-	-	86

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R4	Total
1	David Lipsky	USA	-14	68	274
2	David Drysdale	SCO	-12	67	276
T3	Scott Jamieson	SCO	-11	72	277
T3	Zander Lombard	RSA	-11	69	277
T5	Ben Evans	ENG	-8	69	280
T5	Oliver Wilson	ENG	-8	69	280
T7	Louis Oosthuizen	RSA	-7	71	281
T7	Niklas Lemke	SWE	-7	71	281
T9	Adria Arnaus	ESP	-6	70	282
T9	Oliver Bekker	RSA	-6	68	282
T9	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	-6	73	282
T12	Darren Fichardt	RSA	-5	71	283
T12	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-5	72	283
T12	Neil Schietekat	RSA	-5	69	283
T15	Brandon Stone	RSA	-4	76	284
T15	Robert MacIntyre	SCO	-4	71	284
T15	Romain Langasque	FRA	-4	73	284
T18	Chris Paisley	ENG	-3	70	285
T18	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	-3	75	285
T18	Jean-Paul Strydom	RSA	-3	67	285
T18	Masahiro Kawamura	JPN	-3	70	285
T18	Matt Wallace	ENG	-3	70	285
T18	Max Orrin	ENG	-3	73	285
T18	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	-3	76	285
T18	Sean Crocker	USA	-3	74	285
T26	Alejandro Canizares	ESP	-2	73	286
T26	David Law	SCO	-2	69	286
T26	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	-2	74	286
T26	Ernie Els	RSA	-2	73	286
T26	George Coetzee	RSA	-2	72	286
T26	Jack Singh-Brar	ENG	-2	69	286
T26	Jaco Prinsloo	RSA	-2	71	286
T26	Marc Warren	SCO	-2	77	286
T34	Adilson Da Silva	BRA	-1	76	287
T34	Branden Grace	RSA	-1	72	287
T34	Doug McGuigan	RSA	-1	73	287
T34	Jeff Winther	SWE	-1	73	287
T34	Justin Walters	RSA	-1	74	287
T34	Kalle Samooja	FIN	-1	74	287
T34	Matias Calderon	CHI	-1	71	287
T34	Richard Sterne	RSA	-1	71	287
T42	Espen Kofstad	NOR	Par	74	288
T42	Hyo-Won Park	KOR	Par	68	288
T42	Kim Koivu	FIN	Par	77	288
T42	Kristoffer Reitan	NOR	Par	72	288
T42	Victor Perez	FRA	Par	74	288
T47	Deyen Lawson	AUS	1	70	289
T47	JC Ritchie	RSA	1	75	289
T47	Robert Karlsson	SWE	1	75	289
T47	Steven Brown	ENG	1	72	289
T51	Bernd Wiesberger	AUT	2	78	290
T51	Dimitrios Papadatos	AUS	2	73	290
T51	Keenan Davidse	RSA	2	72	290
T51	Lyle Rowe	RSA	2	70	290
T51	Peter Hanson	SWE	2	70	290
T56	David Borda	ESP	3	77	291
T56	Guido Migliozzi	ITA	3	76	291
T56	Jaco Van Zyl	RSA	3	73	291
T56	Ockie Strydom	RSA	3	76	291
T60	Daniel Greene	RSA	4	74	292
T60	Matthew Jordan	ENG	4	78	292
62	Joachim B. Hansen	DEN	5	79	293
T63	Thomas Aiken	RSA	6	78	294
T63	Tom Murray	ENG	6	75	294
65	Bernd Ritthammer	GER	8	72	296
T66	Alex Haindl	RSA	9	77	297
T66	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	9	75	297
T66	Peter Karmis	RSA	9	73	297
69	Scott Vincent	ZIM	10	75	298
T70	Chase Koepka	USA	11	79	299
T70	Chris Swanepoel	RSA	11	79	299
72	Jean Hugo	RSA	15	79	303
73	Mark Williams	RSA	17	82	305
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Colin Nel	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Garth Mulroy	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Hennie Otto	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Liam Johnston	SCO	3	-	147
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	FRA	3	-	147
CUT	Omar Sandys	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Trevor Fisher Jnr	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Tyrone Ferreira	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Tyrone Ryan	RSA	3	-	147
CUT	Allister De Kock	RSA	4	-	148
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	IRL	4	-	148
CUT	Gregory Havret	FRA	4	-	148
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	4	-	148
CUT	Marcel Siem	GER	4	-	148
CUT	Michael Palmer	RSA	4	-	148
CUT	Morten Orum Madsen	DEN	4	-	148
CUT	Rourke Van Der Spuy	RSA	4	-	148
CUT	Steve Surry	ENG	4	-	148
CUT	Stuart Manley	WAL	4	-	148
CUT	Adrien Saddier	SCO	5	-	149
CUT	Bryce Easton	RSA	5	-	149
CUT	Chris Cannon	ENG	5	-	149
CUT	Daniel Hammond	RSA	5	-	149
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	USA	5	-	149
CUT	Merrick Bremner	RSA	5	-	149
CUT	Nick Cullen	AUS	5	-	149
CUT	Riekus Nortje	RSA	5	-	149
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	RSA	5	-	149
CUT	Andre de Decker	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	Breyten Meyer	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	6	-	150
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	6	-	150
CUT	Haydn Porteous	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	J. J. Senekal	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	Jaco Ahlers	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	Jake Roos	RSA	6	-	150
CUT	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	NOR	6	-	150
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	6	-	150
CUT	Ivan Cantero	ESP	7	-	151
CUT	Neil O'Briain	IRL	7	-	151
CUT	Ruan De Smidt	RSA	7	-	151
CUT	Sebastian Soederberg	SWE	7	-	151
CUT	Ulrich van den Berg	RSA	7	-	151
CUT	Wynand Dingle	RSA	7	-	151
CUT	Dean Burmester	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Grant Forrest	SCO	8	-	152
CUT	Hennie Du Plessis	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Jacques Blaauw	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Louis De Jager	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Trevor Immelman	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Vaughn Groenewald	RSA	8	-	152
CUT	Dawie van der Walt	RSA	9	-	153
CUT	Jacquin Hess	RSA	9	-	153
CUT	Lindani Ndwandwe	RSA	9	-	153
CUT	Marc Cayeux	ZIM	9	-	153
CUT	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	9	-	153
CUT	Ryan Cairns	ZWE	9	-	153
CUT	Shaun Norris	RSA	9	-	153
CUT	Per Laengfors	SWE	10	-	154
CUT	Pieter Moolman	RSA	10	-	154
CUT	Rhys Enoch	WAL	10	-	154
CUT	Scott Gregory	ENG	10	-	154
CUT	Theunis Bezuidenhout	RSA	10	-	154
CUT	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	11	-	155
CUT	Daniel Gavins	ENG	11	-	155
CUT	Danie van Tonder	RSA	11	-	155
CUT	Filippo Bergamaschi	ITA	11	-	155
CUT	Heinrich Bruiners	RSA	11	-	155
CUT	Jared Harvey	RSA	11	-	155
CUT	Makgetha Mazibuko	RSA	11	-	155
CUT	Matteo Manassero	ITA	11	-	155
CUT	Max Schmitt	GER	11	-	155
CUT	Scott Campbell	ENG	11	-	155
CUT	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	13	-	157
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	POR	13	-	157
CUT	Anthony Michael	RSA	14	-	158
CUT	MJ Viljoen	RSA	14	-	158
CUT	Sipho Bujela	RSA	14	-	158
CUT	Thabang Simon	RSA	17	-	161
CUT	Cameron Moralee	RSA	18	-	162
CUT	Irvin Mazibuko	RSA	18	-	162
DSQ	Derick Petersen	RSA	Par	-	86

Alfred Dunhill Championship 2018 - Round 4

Alfred Dunhill Championship 2018

December 13-16

Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa

€1,500,000

Co-sanction: Sunshine Tour

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December 13-16

Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa

€1,500,000

Co-sanction: Sunshine Tour

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Round 4

David Lipsky ends a 50-month title drought by winning in South Africa

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