{"id":1248548,"date":"2023-12-09T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1248548"},"modified":"2023-12-09T19:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T19:00:55","slug":"alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Oosthuizen &amp; Schwartzel take 5-shot lead into the final day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record with a 63 featuring an eagle at the par-4 6th to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the one event that I&#8217;ve really wanted on my CV,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve come close a few times and I&#8217;ve messed it up a lot of times so tomorrow if I can stay calm like I did today and do the same things and give myself opportunities on the greens I think I&#8217;ve got a good shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been on the bad side of this golf course for a long time. It&#8217;s such a good track, you just need to hit your shots, you can&#8217;t always just play away from trouble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are certain holes you need to take it on and make good swings and I stuck to that today and didn&#8217;t back off on tough shots and hopefully I can do the same tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 3 Highlights | 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fRs-q4xa7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Charl Schwartzel made six birdies, an eagle at the par-5 15th and a bogey for a 65 and his share of the lead at 15-under.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been friends for a long time and we\u2019ve played this game for a long time,&#8221; Schwartzel said of Oosthuizen. &#8220;I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll treat it any other way than just trying our best and let the outcome be what it will.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re both playing well so it probably comes down to the guy who makes the least mistakes tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just having so much fun being healthy. You don&#8217;t realise how much injuries hamper you when you&#8217;ve got them because you just sort of work around them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of a sudden, last week and this week there has been nothing and I can free flow and hit the ball like I used to<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/grant-thornton-invitational-2023-r1-tony-finau-nelly-korda-take-opening-lead-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout shot a 69 featuring four consecutive birdies from the 10th for a share of third place at 10-under<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Andy Sullivan carded four birdies, an eagle at the par-5 18th, a double bogey at the par-3 7th and a bogey for a 69 and his share of third place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred Dunhill Championship R3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[2014,124,98,5195,201],"class_list":["post-1248548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-alfred-dunhill-championship","tag-charl-schwartzel","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-leopard-creek-cc","tag-louis-oosthuizen","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alfred Dunhill Championship 2023 R3 - Golf Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oosthuizen &amp; Schwartzel take 5-shot lead into the final day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golf Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T19:00:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"618\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/\",\"name\":\"Alfred Dunhill Championship 2023 R3 - Golf Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-09T19:00:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189\"},\"description\":\"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":618,\"caption\":\"(Adam Davy\/PA Wire)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tours\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tours\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"DP World Tour\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tours\/dp-world-tour\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Oosthuizen &amp; Schwartzel take 5-shot lead into the final day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Golf Today\",\"description\":\"Golf News and Lifestyle\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189\",\"name\":\"The Editorial Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"The Editorial Team\"},\"description\":\"The editorial team at Golf Today strives to provide readers with captivating content that celebrates the rich heritage and exciting developments in the world of golf. Their collective expertise and dedication ensure that Golf Today remains a premier destination for golf enthusiasts seeking the latest news, insightful analysis, and engaging stories from the world of golf.\",\"jobTitle\":\"Editor\",\"worksFor\":\"Golf Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/author\/aurelie\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<meta property=\"og:video\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fRs-q4xa7Q\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:video:type\" content=\"text\/html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:video:duration\" content=\"684\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:video:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:video:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n<meta property=\"ya:ovs:adult\" content=\"false\" \/>\n<meta property=\"ya:ovs:upload_date\" content=\"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"ya:ovs:allow_embed\" content=\"true\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alfred Dunhill Championship 2023 R3 - Golf Today","description":"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oosthuizen &amp; Schwartzel take 5-shot lead into the final day","og_description":"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.","og_url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/","og_site_name":"Golf Today","article_published_time":"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-09T19:00:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":618,"url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Editorial Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Editorial Team","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/","name":"Alfred Dunhill Championship 2023 R3 - Golf Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-09T19:00:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189"},"description":"Louis Oosthuizen tied the course record to take a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship alongside Charl Schwartzel.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/english-championship2020-r2_armitage_thumb.jpg","width":1100,"height":618,"caption":"(Adam Davy\/PA Wire)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/alfred-dunhill-championship-2023-r3-oosthuizen-schwartzel-take-5-shot-lead\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tours","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tours\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DP World Tour","item":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/tours\/dp-world-tour\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Oosthuizen &amp; Schwartzel take 5-shot lead into the final day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/","name":"Golf Today","description":"Golf News and Lifestyle","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/2a5385905c87c8218d8da413c1616189","name":"The Editorial Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-the-editorial-team-avatar-96x96.jpg","caption":"The Editorial Team"},"description":"The editorial team at Golf Today strives to provide readers with captivating content that celebrates the rich heritage and exciting developments in the world of golf. Their collective expertise and dedication ensure that Golf Today remains a premier destination for golf enthusiasts seeking the latest news, insightful analysis, and engaging stories from the world of golf.","jobTitle":"Editor","worksFor":"Golf Today","url":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/author\/aurelie\/"}]},"og_video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fRs-q4xa7Q","og_video_type":"text\/html","og_video_duration":"684","og_video_width":"480","og_video_height":"270","ya_ovs_adult":"false","ya_ovs_upload_date":"2023-12-09T18:54:02+00:00","ya_ovs_allow_embed":"true"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}