Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel locked in thrilling battle for 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship title
Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel will square off in the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship's final round on Sunday, December 10. The South African golfers tied for first place on Saturday.
Oosthuizen shot 63 in the third round to top the leaderboard while Schwartzel joined him after shooting a round of 65. They both have a five-stroke lead over Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Andy Sullivan, who finished in a tie for third place.
Although the tournament is scheduled to have its final on Sunday, December 10, the play has been suspended due to a dangerous situation (lightning). Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen will tee off together for the final alongside Bezuidenhout on the first tee of the golf course.
Schwartzel and Oosthuizen have been playing together since their junior days. Schwartzel recently opened up about Oosthuizen in an interview with the media and said they have been playing golf together for a long time and would try to do their best to get the best outcome at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Schwartzel said (via TheSouth African.Com):
“We’ve been friends for a long time and we’ve played this game for a long time. I don’t think we’ll treat it any other way than just trying our best and let the outcome be what it will."
Meanwhile, Louis Oosthuizen spoke about the golf course and said that the venue has an amazing setting which helped him play a good round. He said (via TheSouth African.Com):
"You know, this golf course can bite you and I’ve been on the bad side of this course a few times. There are certain holes where you can’t back down and you just need to make a good swing – I stuck with that today and didn’t back off on tough shots.
"It was pretty cool to tie the course record. The golf course is in such good shape that you feel like you have to play well because it’s such a beautiful setting."
Noticeably, Schwartzel has won the Alfred Dunhill Championship four times in his career while Oosthuizen is looking for his maiden victory.
2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship leaderboard
Oosthuizen and Schwartzel topped the leaderboard of the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship followed by Christiaan Bezuidenhout in a tie with Andy Sullivan. Marco Penge settled for fifth place in a tie with Ashun Wu followed by Robin Williams, Casey Jarvis, Matti Schmid, Johannes Veerman, Wynand Dingle, and Jayden Schaper.
Here is the leaderboard of the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Championship:
- T1 Louis Oosthuizen
- T1 Charl Schwartzel
- T3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- T3 Andy Sullivan
- T5 Ashun Wu
- T5 Marco Penge
- T7 Johannes Veerman
- T7 Matti Schmid
- T7 Wynand Dingle
- T7 Jayden Schaper
- T7 Robin Williams
- T7 Casey Jarvis
- T13 Alejandro Del Rey
- T13 Kristian Krogh Johannessen
- T13 Christiaan Maas
- T13 Luca Filippi
- T13 Sam Bairstow
- T18 Pieter Moolman
- T18 Andrea Pavan
- T18 JC Ritchie
- T18 Renato Paratore
- T18 Erik van Rooyen
- T18 Paul Waring
- T24 Will Enefer
- T24 Darius van Driel
- T24 Ugo Coussaud
- T24 Dylan Naidoo
- T24 Matthias Schwab
- T24 Dale Whitnell
- T30 Samuel Jones
- T30 Thriston Lawrence
- T30 Matthew Baldwin
- T30 Antoine Rozner
- T30 Matthis Besard
- T30 Espen Kofstad
- T30 Aaron Cockerill
- T30 Keenan Davidse
- T30 Manuel Elvira
- T30 Christo Lamprecht
- T40 Anthony Michael
- T40 Jaco Prinsloo
- T40 Adrien Saddier
- T40 Thomas Aiken
- T44 Dylan Frittelli
- T44 Alexander Levy
- T44 Scott Jamieson
- T44 James Morrison
- T44 Jaco Van Zyl
- T44 Joakim Lagergren
- T50 Jean Hugo
- T50 Edoardo Molinari
- T50 Neil Schietekat
- T50 Louis de Jager
- T51 Daniel van Tonder
- T51 Mike Lorenzo-Vera
- T51 Nikhil Rama
- T51 Wilco Nienaber
- T51 Soren Kjeldsen
- T51 Francesco Laporta
- T51 Jamie Donaldson
- T54 Joshua Berry
- T54 Jeff Winther
- T54 Dean Burmester
- T54 Kyle Barker
- T65 Chase Hanna
- T65 Darren Fichardt
- T67 Zander Lombard
- T67 Andrew Johnston
- 69 Doug McGuigan
- 70 Malcolm Mitchell