December golf bonanza: all you need to know
South Africa’s golf fans can look forward to a bumper December with back-to-back action.
The annual Nedbank Golf Challenge will kick start things for an exciting December with a strong line-up that includes European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald.
Max Homa will return to defend his title when ‘Africa’s Major’ moves back to its traditional December slot at Gary Player Country Club.
There is also a huge South African contingent led by the Olympic duo of Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Erik van Rooyen.
Catch all the action live on SuperSport
BROADCAST DETAILS
THURSDAY, 5 December, Day 1 | SS Golf | 11am - 4pm
FRIDAY, 6 December, Day 2 | SS Golf | 11am - 4:30pm
SATURDAY, 7 December Day 3 | SS Golf | 11am - 4:30pm
SUNDAY, 8 December Day 4 | SS Golf | 11am – 4:30pm
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OOSTHUIZEN BACK TO DEFEND HIS TITLE
Straight after the NGC, former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen will seek to become only the third player in the history of the Alfred Dunhill Championship to successfully defend his title when he returns to Leopard Creek from 12-15 December.
BROADCAST DETAILS
THURSDAY, 12 December, Day 1 | SS Golf | 10:30am – 3:30pm
FRIDAY, 13 December, Day 2 | SS Golf | 10:30am – 3:30pm
SATURDAY, 14 December Day 3 | SS Golf | 11am - 3:30pm
SUNDAY, 15 December Day 4 | SS Golf | 8am – 1pm
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, winner of the 2020 Alfred Dunhill Championship, as well as Erik van Rooyen and Dean Burmester will also be in the field at Leopard Creek.
SOUTH AFRICA YOUNG GUNS HEAD TO MAURITIUS
South Africa’s Robin Williams and 21-year-old Yurav Premlall will lead an exciting group of young rising stars who will finish off their golf year in Mauritius at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, which represents an opportunity for all of them to make their next big breakthroughs in a co-sanctioned tournament.
BROADCAST DETAILS
THURSDAY, 19 December, Day 1 | SS Golf | 12pm – 5pm
FRIDAY, 20 December, Day 2 | SS Golf | 12pm – 5pm
SATURDAY, 21 December Day 3 | SS Golf | 11:30am - 4:30pm
SUNDAY, 22 December Day 4 | SS Golf | 11:30am – 4:30pm
Mont Choisy Le Golf in Grand Baie, Mauritius, will host the event from 19-22 December and it forms part of the DP World Tour’s “Opening Swing” for the new 2025 season and as such represents a key opportunity for Williams to make a fast start to his DP World Tour career.
SCHEFFLER HEADLINES HERO WORLD CHALLENGE
World No 1-ranked and defending champion Scottie Scheffler headlines the 2024 Hero World Challenge when the 20 player field will tee up at Albany, Bahamas on Thursday.
BROADCAST DETAILS
THURSDAY, 5 December, Day 1 | SS Golf | 8:30pm – 11:30pm
FRIDAY, 6 December, Day 2 | SS Golf | 8:30pm – 11:30pm
SATURDAY, 7 December Day 3 | SS Golf | 7pm - 00:00am
SUNDAY, 8 December Day 4 | SS Golf | 6:30pm – 11:30pm
He will be joined by eight members of the United States’ victorious 2024 Presidents Cup team (Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Russell Henley, Sam Burns and Brian Harman) and three members of the International team (Sungjae Im, Tom Kim and Jason Day).
Eight players will make their debuts – Ludvig Åberg, Theegala, Henley, Robert MacIntyre, Aaron Rai, Matthieu Pavon, Akshay Bhatia and Nick Dunlap.
The 2024 field represents golfers from eight different countries (US, Republic of Korea, Austria, Australia, England, Scotland, France and Sweden).
The field features six golfers who have combined to win eight major championships – 2022 and 2024 Masters champion Scheffler, 2023 US Open champ Clark, 2023 Open Championship winner Harman, 2017 and 2022 PGA Championship winner Thomas, 2015 PGA Championship winner Day, and 2011 PGA Championship winner Bradley.
COMPLETE FIELD
Scottie Scheffler (1), USA
Ludvig Åberg (5), Sweden
Wyndham Clark (6), USA
Patrick Cantlay (9) USA
Sahith Theegala (12), USA
Keegan Bradley (13), USA
Russell Henley (15), USA
Robert MacIntyre (16), Scotland
Sam Burns (17), USA
Brian Harman (19), USA
Sungjae Im (20), Republic of Korea
Tom Kim (23), Republic of Korea
Aaron Rai (24), England
Matthieu Pavon (26), France
Akshay Bhatia (28), USA
Cameron Young (29), USA
Justin Thomas (30), USA
Sepp Straka, exemption
Jason Day, exemption
Nick Dunlap, exemption
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