Record prize money for Leopard Creek

Golfers will be teeing off in the 2020 Alfred Dunhill Championship for record prize money of R29 million (€1.5 million approx).

The Championship, staged at Leopard Creek from November 26-29, will be the richest tournament on the Sunshine Tour this season, with the winner receiving a first prize of R4,579,120 (€238,000 approx).

“The Alfred Dunhill Championship is one of our flagship tournaments and we are extremely grateful to be able to announce it as part of our schedule, and with such a significant increase in prize money,” said Thomas Abt, Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour.

“I would like to thank our Chairman, Johann Rupert, for his unflinching support of our efforts to restart our Tour, and for Alfred Dunhill’s longstanding support of professional golf in South Africa.”