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19 Nov 2019, 17:42 GMT+10
Cape Town - Ernie Els will headline a strong field of South African stars at this year's Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club from November 28 to 1 December 1.
The former world No 1 and winner of this prestigious championship in 2005 will be joined in the field by countrymen and fellow former champions Brandon Stone (2016 champion), Garth Mulroy (2011 champion) and Richard Sterne (2008 champion).
South Africa's Zander Lombard, fresh off contending for the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Erik van Rooyen, Justin Harding and rookie professional Wilco Nienaber have also confirmed their places in this co-sanctioned tournament between the Sunshine Tour and European Tour.
And Jayden Schaper, the South African Stroke Play champion and winner of the Junior Players Championship in the United States this year, has been granted an invitation to play as one of the leading young stars of GolfRSA.
The strong local field makes for a thrilling finale to the South African golf year as the tournament follows the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player as the final tournament played on South African fairways in 2019, and also tees off the European Tour's new 2020 season.
Multiple major winner Els will feature at Leopard Creek shortly before he heads to Australia as the Captain of the International Team in The Presidents Cup, and is looking to add to his success in a tournament where he's had one victory and a second-place finish.
Van Rooyen and Harding are back at Leopard Creek at the end of a breakthrough year for both on the European Tour.
Van Rooyen claimed his maiden European Tour victory in the Scandinavian Invitation, while Harding broke through with a victory in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Lombard came close to the biggest victory of his career when he led the 2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge for two days before finishing tied eighth.
Both Nienaber and Schaper represent the new generation of South Africa's rising stars, with Nienaber embarking on his professional journey on the back of a glittering amateur career, and Schaper currently ranked the number one amateur in South Africa.
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