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The Leopard Creek Country Club in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is hosting the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Championship from December 8 to 11. The tournament is an official co-sanctioned Order of Merit event on the DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour.

It will be the third event being held in South Africa and the sixth event of the 2023 season on the DP World Tour. It will also be the first time the Tour will conduct the tournament since 2020, after being canceled for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, the competition will be fierce this year. 

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The total purse of the 72-hole tournament is €1.5 million. Notably, the winner will receive a massive 17% of it as prize money, whereas the rest of the players will get only 11% or less, according to their rankings. 

156 players are playing at the Leopard Creek Country Club this week. And like any other Dp World Tour event, a cut is made after the first 36 holes of the game. Nonetheless, only the players who finish all four rounds can win a part of the total purse. 

Top players playing on the DP World Tour co-sanctioned event

The PGA Tour has banned the LIV Golf players from attending its events and its co-sanctioned events. However, the DP World Tour has no such restrictions. Hence, many players like the South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace are part of the Alfred Dunhill Championship field

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The LIV defector Charl Schwartzel was crowned four times (a tournament record) at Leopard Creek, which has been the event host since 2004. Notably, he is also part of the field this week. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, the defending champion, is also competing to reclaim his throne. 

Moreover, players like David Ravetto, MJ Daffue, and Dean Burmester are all playing this week to claim the title too.

The winner’s benefits and the purse distribution for the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Championship

The €1.5 million is the entire purse money of the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Championship. And the golfer who claims the title will get a big share of the total purse, €255,000.

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Apart from the prize money, the winner will get 760 from the 4000 Order of Merit points. Furthermore, he will also get the biggest share of 2000 DPWTR points and 1500 Ryder Cup points allotted to the entire field

Here is the individual prize money for all the players who made the cut this year: 

POSITIONPRIZE MONEY
1st€255,000
2nd€165,000
3rd€94,500
4th€75,000
5th€63,600
6th€52,500
7th€45,000
8th€37,500
9th€33,600
10th€30,000
11th€27,600
12th€25,800
13th€24,150
14th€22,950
15th€22,050
16th€21,150
17th€20,250
18th€19,350
19th€18,600
20th€18,000
21st€17,400
22nd€16,950
23rd€16,500
24th€16.050
25th€15,600
26th€15,150
27th€14,700
28th€14,250
29th€13,800
30th€13,350
31st€12,800
32nd€12,450
33rd€12,000
34th€11,550
35th$11,000
36th€10,650
37th€10,350
38th€10,050
39th€9,750
40th€9,450
41st€9,150
42nd€9,000
43rd€8,850
44th€8,250
45th€7,950
46th€7,650
47th€7,350
48th€7,050
49th€6,750
50th€6,450
51st€6,150
52nd€5,850
53rd€5,500
54th€5,250
55th€5,150
56th€4,950
57th€4,800
58th€4,650
59th€4,500
60th€4,350
61st€4,200
62nd€4,050
63rd€3,900
64th€3,750
65th€3,600
66th€3,450
67th€3,300
68th€3,150
69th€3,000
70th€2,850

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Who do you think will win the championship this week in South Africa? 

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