Chacarra leads as Schaper chases in Alfred Dunhill Championship

[Saturday, December 13, 2025 07:13:24]

Eugenio Chacarra. Credit: Getty

Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra will take a two-stroke lead into the weekend of the Alfred Dunhill Championship, with Jayden Schaper his nearest challenger as the young South African pushes for a DP World Tour title for the second week in a row.
 
Chacarra produced an entertaining 66 that included an eagle and birdie in his opening three holes, back-to-back bogeys in the middle of the round, and then two birdies in his final three holes to lead on 15 under par.
 
“I started out very well but the conditions were tricky with the wind. I didn’t have my best stuff on the back nine but overall it was good golf, and there is still plenty of golf to play,” he said.
 
“After my bogeys on 10 and 11 the round could’ve gone a little south so I was pleased with my bounce back and those birdies at the end.”
 
Chacarra is well aware that he’ll need to keep pushing against a quality lineup of players near the top of the leaderboard.
 
“This is a golf course where you can go low, and a lot of players can still win. But I know if I execute my gameplan with my caddie and play like I have these past two rounds, I’ll have a good chance come Sunday.”
 
Schaper is one of those hoping to put some pressure on the leader and he’s done so with a second round of 64 to climb to 13 under par overall. He finds himself in contention for the second week in succession after finishing runner-up in last week’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player.
 
“Last week was a good week for me and I just wanted to continue with that. I’ve had to adjust a little to the yardages here, but I’ve done that now. This is a very familiar golf course for me. I’m right where I want to be for the weekend,” he said.
 
Schaper came close to winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship in 2020 when he finished second to Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
 
England’s John Parry and South Africa’s Branden Grace head into the weekend on 12 under par after their respective second rounds of 66 and 67.
 
Former Alfred Dunhill Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen rounds out the current top 10 on nine under par following his second round of 68.


SCORES

129 - Eugenio Chacarra 63 66
131 - Jayden Schaper 67 64
132 - John Parry 66 66, Branden Grace 65 67
133 - Michael Hollick 70 63, Oliver Bekker 66 67, JC Ritchie 67 66
134 - Daniel van Tonder 65 69, Christiaan Burke 63 71
135 - Louis Oosthuizen 67 68, Joel Girrbach 69 66, Thriston Lawrence 64 71, Dylan Frittelli 68 67, Karabo Mokoena 66 69, Antoine Rozner 68 67, Andrea Pavan 68 67
136 - Marcel Schneider 70 66, Brandon Robinson Thompson 65 71, Shaun Norris 67 69, Oliver Lindell 70 66, Mikael Lindberg 67 69, Samuel Simpson 65 71, Pierre Viallaneix 68 68, Aldrich Potgieter 67 69, Dean Burmester 67 69, Christiaan Bezuidenhout 67 69
137 - Marcus Armitage 67 70, Calum Hill 68 69, Ockie Strydom 70 67, Jacob Olesen 69 68, Jonathan Broomhead 69 68, Haydn Porteous 69 68
138 - Justin Walters 69 69, James Morrison 70 68, Brandon Stone 64 74, Jamie Rutherford 71 67, Casey Jarvis 67 71, Romain Langasque 67 71
139 - Angel Ayora 68 71, Darius van Driel 67 72, Hennie du Plessis 69 70, Benjamin Follett-Smith 70 69, Niklas Lemke 68 71, Junghwan Lee 70 69, Herman Loubser 70 69, Jeff Winther 72 67, Martin Couvra 70 69, Nacho Elvira 71 68, Jaco Prinsloo 68 71, Luke Brown 69 70
140 - Daniel Young 69 71, Aaron Cockerill 68 72, David Ravetto 69 71, Kieran Vincent 72 68, MJ Viljoen 67 73, Hugo Townsend 70 70, Rocco Repetto 69 71, Ben Schmidt 66 74, Jorge Campillo 67 73, JJ Senekal 69 71, Marcel Siem 67 73, Ryggs Johnston 71 69, Yurav Premlall 73 67
141 - Manuel Elvira 72 69, Zander Lombard 71 70, Ruan Korb 68 73, Luis Carrera 70 71, Nathan Kimsey 69 72, Alejandro Del Rey 70 71, Pablo Larrazabal 67 74, Jaco Ahlers 70 71, Stuart Krog 72 69, Dan Bradbury 68 73, Deon Germishuys 71 70, Daniel Cronje 69 72, Oihan Guillamoundeguy 73 68, Daniel Bennett 69 72, Sebastian Garcia 70 71, Altin van der Merwe 74 67

 

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