Alfred Dunhill Championship to take place in December
The Alfred Dunhill Championship will take place at Leopard Creek Country Club from December 9 to 12 .
The Sunshine Tour has joined other sport organisations in South Africa by welcoming back a selected number of fully vaccinated spectators.
The Sunshine Tour has released its schedule which will kick off with PGA Championships that is currently under way at St Francis Links and will finish on November 7, this will be followed by the Johannesburg Open at Randpark Gold Club from November 25 to 28, the South African Open Championship at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City from December 2 to 5, and the well-known Alfred Dunhill Championship will be the final tournament taking place from December 9 to 12 at Leopard Creek Country Club.
The Sunshine Tour has further advised that all Covid-19 regulations will be adhered to.
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The Alfred Dunhill Championship will not be open to members of the public due to the maximum daily allowed limit on spectators already being at full capacity.
“We’re delighted that we can now begin the process of reintegrating our fans at our tournaments. But we will only do so in the strictest observance of the regulations presented to us by government,” said Thomas Abt, commissioner of the Sunshine Tour.
“Throughout this entire process our Covid-19 compliance team, led by Wimpie du Plessis, the Sunshine Tour’s Covid-19 chief compliance officer, has worked very closely with government to ensure that our tournaments are played safely and responsibility. It remains our priority to ensure the safety of our professionals and caddies, and our tournament staff, and now also the limited number of spectators who come to Sunshine Tour events.”
The Sunshine Tour recently embarked on a strong vaccination drive in which it has been offering vaccinations at its tournaments, starting on the Vodacom Origins of Golf series this year, to all the professionals and caddies. Du Plessis confirmed that more than 90% of all Tour professionals, caddies, staff and support personnel are vaccinated.
The Tour would also like to welcome back young golf fans and is now also encouraging the age group of 12-17 to get vaccinated so that they can start attending tournaments.
