DP World Tour: Schaper beats Norris in play-off

South African Jayden Schaper won the Alfred Dunhill Championship with a shot of 198 (67, 64, 67, -16), beating compatriot Shaun Norris (198, 67, 69, 62) in a play-off, with whom he had drawn in the tournament jointly organized by the DP World Tour and the Sunshine Tour. The event, played at the Royal Johannesburg Club (East Course, par 72 and then par 70 in the third round), was shortened from 72 to 54 holes due to bad weather which prevented play on the third day.

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Jayden Schaper, a 24-year-old from Benoni who has turned pro since 2020, claimed his first DP World Tour victory, which also gave him his first on the Sunshine Tour, with a closing 67 (-3, five birdies, two bogeys), preventing Norris from overtaking him with a 62 (-8, one eagle, seven birdies, one bogey). Norris defended his title from last year with a remarkable comeback, climbing from 13th place. He attempted to repeat this feat from the 17th, but after the tie, despite making a birdie, he was helpless against his opponent’s Eagle Putt in the play-offs. Schaper was rewarded with €255,000 from a prize pool of €1,500,000.

In third place with a score of 199 (-15) was Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra, who had experience on the LIV golf course, and then in fourth place with a score of 201 (-13), completing the triumph of home players Oliver Bekker, Christiaan Burke and Louis Oosthuizen, another member of the Arab Super League. In seventh place with a score of 202 (-12) were England’s John Parry and France’s Martin Couvra.

Andrea Pavan fell in the third round, moving from tenth to 64th with a score of 211 (68 67 76, -3), and Guido Migliozzi, 89th with a score of 143 (69 74, -1), and Francesco Laporta, 139th with a score of 148 (77 71, +4), both dropped out of the cut after two rounds.

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