Dates: Thursday, January 18th through Sunday, January 21st
Site: Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
Course Architect: A.M. Copland (1926), Matkovich and Hayes (1994), redesign
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,309
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 369 yds 10 - Par 4 430 yds
2 - Par 4 417 yds 11 - Par 4 429 yds
3 - Par 5 603 yds 12 - Par 3 160 yds
4 - Par 4 438 yds 13 - Par 4 469 yds
5 - Par 5 529 yds 14 - Par 4 498 yds
6 - Par 3 190 yds 15 - Par 3 225 yds
7 - Par 4 421 yds 16 - Par 5 523 yds
8 - Par 3 155 yds 17 - Par 4 405 yds
9 - Par 4 476 yds 18 - Par 5 572 yds
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36 3,598 Yds 36 3,711 Yds
Annual: 36th
Defending Champion: Anthony Wall
Runner-Up: Phillip Price, Gary Orr
Tournament Record: 269 (Nick Price, David Frost, 1997)
54-Hole Record: 198 (David Frost, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Ernie Els, 1996; David Frost, 1997; Tony Johnstone, 1998)
Course Record: 63 (Sven Struver, 1996; David Frost, 1997)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Wayne Westner, 1995)
Total Purse: $733,770
Shares: 1st Place - $115,935; 2nd Place - 84,390; 3rd Place - 50,850
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Anthony Wall 204 Tjaart Van Der Walt 208
Phillip Price 206 David Frost 208
Gary Orr 206 Paul McGinley 208
Retief Goosen 207 Trevor Dodds 208
David Lynn 208 Four players at 209
Past Alfred Dunhill Championship Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- #Anthony Wall (204) -- Phillip Price, Gary Orr
1999 -- Ernie Els (273) -- Richard Kaplan
1998 -- Tony Johnstone (271) -- Ernie Els
1997 -- *Nick Price (269) -- David Frost
1996 -- #Sven Struver (202) -- Ernie Els, David Feherty
1995 -- Ernie Els (271) -- Roger Wessels
1994 -- David Frost
1993 -- Mark McNulty
1992 -- Ernie Els
1991 -- Roger Wessels
1990 -- Fulton Allem
1989 -- Tony Johnstone
1988 -- David Feherty
1987 -- Fulton Allem
1986 -- Bobby Cole
1985 -- Chris Williams
1984 -- Gavin Levenson
1983 -- Corey Pavin
1982 -- Gary Player
1981 -- Not Held
1980 -- Hugh Baiocchi
1979 -- Gary Player
1978 -- Hale Irwin
1977 -- John Bland
1976 -- Dale Hayes
1975 -- Dale Hayes
1974 -- Dale Hayes
1973 -- Tom Weiskopf
1972 -- Harold Henning
1971 -- Tienie Britz
1971 -- Tienie Britz
1970 -- Denis Hutchinson
1969 -- Gary Player
1968 -- Not Held
1967 -- Harold Henning
1966 -- Harold Henning
1965 -- Harold Henning
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Lexington South African PGA Championship (1995).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Anthony Wall - Defending champion, made the cut in last six events
Paul Broadhurst - Best finish in 2000 was a tie for 11th in Portugal
Trevor Dodds - Finished fifth at this event last year
Nick Faldo - Had five top-15 finishes last year on European Tour
David Frost - Won this event in 1994 and runner-up in 1997
Retief Goosen - Made 20 of 24 cuts in 2000 with one win and 6 top-10's
Mathias Gronberg - Had one victory last year and five top-10 finishes
Tony Johnstone - Posted only one top-10 last year, won this event twice
Phillip Price - 8th on the 2000 Order of Merit with four runner-up finishes
Sven Struver - Made only two cuts in his last six events in 2000
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