Charl Schwartzel wins

Charl Schwartzel won his fourth Alfred Dunhill Championship title when he finished 15 under par in South Africa on Sunday. This was also his 10th victory on the European Tour, six of which have been in his native South Africa.

The world number 50 shot a final-day two-under in Malelane to win by four shots from France's Gregory Bourdy. His fourth victory gives him an aggregate score of 122 under for the course, so clearly Leopard Creek suits him to the ground.

Schwartzel, 31, led Frenchman Benjamin Herbert, who slipped to third, by three strokes heading into the fourth round where he posted a second successive 70.

"It feels good," he said. "The way I've played the last few years, I've been down in quite a slump, I didn't really see myself coming out and winning. But we've put in so much hard work in the last 18 months and it's frustrating when week-in, week-out you're playing and it feels like it's never going to turn." Since winning his only major four years ago, Schwartzel has only managed to win in this event.

Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, shot 66, 67, 70 70 for a total of 273. He bogeyed on the eighth at Leopard Creek Country Club, but four birdies made sure he held off the challenge from Bourdy.

"It's an honour playing here," Schwartzel said. "I knew I was going to have to shoot at least two or three under on the back nine to give myself a good chance of winning and I'm very happy with that."

It means that Schwartzel has become the third South African to win 10 European Tour events, alongside Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, and the youngest to do so ahead of Els.

England's Matt Ford was the highest Briton, and came in tied fifth.

Believe it or not, but this competition marks the start of the 2016 European Tour season and the New Race to Dubai!