November 26-29
Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa
โฌ1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Making history 📜@AdrianMeronk is the 1st player from Poland to lead after any round on the European Tour.#DunhillChamps pic.twitter.com/Lf3IBNbo2H
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Adrian Meronk fired a 7-under 65 to join Robin Roussel in the lead of the Alfred Dunhill Championship becoming the first Polish player to lead a European Tour event at the end of a round.
"I played really solid today," said Meronk. "I actually had chances to go even lower but I'm very happy with how I played today.
"I made some good decisions with my caddie and I'm very pleased."
Signing off with a birdie at the last 👏 pic.twitter.com/9fksdj0YGy
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Meronk produced two eagles, four birdies and only one bogey at Leopard Creek Country Club while Roussel made five back-to-back birdies at the start of his back nine to post his lowest European Tour round.
Roussel was grateful to his caddie, local Army Nathi Mdluli, for helping him with his birdie run.
"I had a bunch of good birdies and good putts especially. I'm lucky to have Army on the bag, who is a local so he gets to read the greens pretty well.
"And he helped a lot. I had quality putts on the tenth, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th. I think without him I wouldn't have been able to put all these in.
"But yeah, good drives, good iron shots and good putts so I'm quite happy."
The best pictures from day one 📸#DunhillChamps
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Scott Jamieson carded four birdies in his last five holes to sign for a 66, one shot behind the leaders. Richard Bland lies a further shot back after a fantastic front nine that included six birdies, marred slightly by two bogeys on the back nine.
"I'm delighted," said Jamieson. "It was pretty tough out there this afternoon. We had some gusting winds and firm conditions.
"So a strong finish for a 66 is perfect as far as I'm concerned."
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
T1 |
Adrian Meronk | -7 |
65 |
T1 |
Robin Roussel | -7 |
65 |
3 |
Scott Jamieson | -6 |
66 |
4 |
Richard Bland | -5 |
67 |
T5 |
Gavin Kyle Green | -4 |
68 |
T5 |
Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez | -4 |
68 |
T5 |
Ockie Strydom | -4 |
68 |
T8 |
Marcel Siem | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Daniel van Tonder | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Jayden Trey Schaper | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Joost Luiten | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Matthew Jordan | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Masahiro Kawamura | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Jbe Kruger | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Benjamin Follett-Smith | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
James Hart du Preez | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
David Horsey | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Steven Brown | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Jacques Blaauw | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Christiaan Basson | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Oliver Wilson | -3 |
69 |
T8 |
Chris Wood | -3 |
69 |
T24 |
Dale Whitnell | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Adri Arnaus | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Ruan Conradie | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Sean Crocker | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Daniel Greene | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Joachim B. Hansen | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Ignacio Elvira Mijares | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Oliver Farr | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Alexander Levy | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Matthias Schwab | -2 |
70 |
T24 |
Jaco Van zyl | -2 |
70 |
T35 |
Johannes Veerman | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Richard Sterne | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Brandon Stone | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Julian Suri | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Jacques Kruyswijk | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
James Kingston | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Richard McEvoy | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Wilco Nienaber | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Eddie Pepperell | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Garrick Porteous | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Calum Hill | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Matias Calderon | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Marcus Armitage | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Fabrizio Zanotti | -1 |
71 |
T35 |
Lars van Meijel | -1 |
71 |
T50 |
Scott Vincent | E |
72 |
T50 |
Justin Walters | E |
72 |
T50 |
Sean Bradley | E |
72 |
T50 |
David Drysdale | E |
72 |
T50 |
Hennie du Plessis | E |
72 |
T50 |
Garrick Higgo | E |
72 |
T50 |
Julien Guerrier | E |
72 |
T50 |
Pedro Figueiredo | E |
72 |
T50 |
Riekus Nortje | E |
72 |
T50 |
David Law | E |
72 |
T50 |
Robert MacIntyre | E |
72 |
T50 |
Steve Surry | E |
72 |
T50 |
Cormac Sharvin | E |
72 |
T63 |
Shubhankar Sharma | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Matthieu Pavon | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Jean-Paul Strydom | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Zander Lombard | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Anton Karlsson | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Michael G. Palmer | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Darren Fichardt | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Trevor Fisher Jr | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Deon Germishuys | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Nicolai Højgaard | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
George Coetzee | 1 |
|
T63 |
Jaco Ahlers | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Louis Albertse | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Oliver Bekker | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Wil Besseling | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Mj Viljoen | 1 |
73 |
T63 |
Darius van Driel | 1 |
73 |
T80 |
Rourke van Der Spuy | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Keenan Davidse | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Cj du Plessis | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Chris Cannon | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Laurie Canter | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Adilson Da silva | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Casey Jarvis | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Scott Hend | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Anton Haig | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Lorenzo Gagli | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Philip Eriksson | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Stephen Ferreira | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Dylan Naidoo | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Pablo Larrazabal | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Toby Tree | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Martin Rohwer | 2 |
74 |
T80 |
Jake Roos | 2 |
74 |
T97 |
JC Ritchie | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Alvaro Quiros | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Ricardo Santos | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Albert Venter (a) | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Ruan Korb | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Adrian Otaegui | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Hennie Otto | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Keith Horne | 3 |
75 |
T97 |
Estiaan Conradie | 3 |
75 |
T106 |
Jamie Donaldson | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
MJ Daffue | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Aaron Cockerill | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Dean Burmester | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
David Howell | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Jean Hugo | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Jack Harrison | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Bryce Easton | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Shaun Norris | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Ross McGowan | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Carlos Pigem | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Jaco Prinsloo | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Benjamin Poke | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Thriston Lawrence | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Anthony Michael | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Callum Mowat | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Joel Stalter | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Jack Senior | 4 |
76 |
T106 |
Jake Redman | 4 |
76 |
T125 |
Adrien Saddier | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Jj Senekal | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Neil Schietekat | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Toto Thimba Jr. | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Andrew van Der Knaap | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Haydn Porteous | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Rhys Enoch | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Luke Jerling | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Heinrich Bruiners | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Lucas Bjerregaard | 5 |
77 |
T125 |
Stefan Wears-Taylor | 5 |
77 |
T137 |
Michael Hollick | 6 |
78 |
T137 |
Tristen Strydom | 6 |
78 |
T137 |
Connor Syme | 6 |
78 |
T137 |
Joel Sjoholm | 6 |
78 |
T141 |
Ben Stow | 7 |
79 |
T141 |
Musiwalo Nethunzwi | 7 |
79 |
T141 |
Joe Long | 7 |
79 |
T141 |
Jake Bolton | 7 |
79 |
T141 |
Jonathan Caldwell | 7 |
79 |
T141 |
Louis De Jager | 7 |
79 |
T147 |
Jorge Campillo | 8 |
80 |
T147 |
Merrick Bremner | 8 |
80 |
T147 |
Oliver Fisher | 8 |
80 |
150 |
Thanda Mavundla | 9 |
81 |
151 |
Teaghan Gauche | 10 |
82 |
T152 |
Ruan De Smidt | 11 |
83 |
T152 |
Siyanda Mwandla | 11 |
83 |
154 |
Andrea Pavan | 15 |
87 |
155 |
Thomas Plumb | 17 |
89 |
WD |
Alex Haindl | 8 |