The 2025 Alfred Dunhill Championship will not finish on schedule, as severe weather has forced a Monday conclusion, leaving LIV-affiliated players in limbo. Thunderstorms and lightning brought Round 3 to a halt at Royal Johannesburg Club on Saturday, December 13.

Officials suspended play after most groups completed only a few holes, with dangerous conditions making continuation impossible. The tournament, co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour, now targets a Monday, December 15 finish. This is not a LIV Golf event, but several LIV players are competing this week, and the disruption hits them directly.

Branden Grace sits at T3 with a score of -12 after completing his second round. The Stinger GC member finds himself three shots off the co-leaders, well positioned for a weekend push that weather has now delayed. Louis Oosthuizen holds T10 at -9, while teammates Dean Burmester and Shaun Norris are tied at T17, both at -8. Four Stinger GC players, all South Africans, are now stuck waiting.

The $1.76M also has Eugenio Chacarra, a former LIV Golf player, playing. He is sharing the lead at -15 alongside Englishman Marcus Kinhult. Chacarra’s opening two rounds included an eagle and a near-albatross at the first hole on Friday, but the momentum is now lost because of the weather.

Norris carries additional weight into this delay. He won this title last year at Leopard Creek, coming from six shots back on the final day. The defending champion returns to a different venue, Royal Johannesburg, which is hosting for the first time since 2004 after Leopard Creek required recovery time, but his form remains sharp. A fifth-place finish at the Nedbank Golf Challenge last week suggested he was peaking at the right moment. Now, like everyone else, he waits.

The Stinger GC contingent represents an interesting subplot. Oosthuizen captains the all-South African LIV Golf franchise, with Grace and Burmester as teammates. Norris rounds out the quartet. All four are competing in their home country, on a course that rewards precision and local knowledge.

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Stinger GC golfers navigate the delay on home soil at the Alfred Dunhill Championship 2025

Royal Johannesburg’s East Course features water on seven holes and countless bunkers. The Kikuyu fairways and bentgrass greens demand accuracy. Players who grew up on similar surfaces have an advantage in terms of familiarity, but the weather has played spoilsport.

The logistical reality adds another layer. LIV Golf players manage schedules across multiple tours, balancing commitments and travel. A Monday finish pushes everything back: flights, preparation, and rest. What was a four-day event now stretches to five.

Grace remains the best-positioned LIV player to challenge for the title. At -12, he trails Chacarra and Kinhult by three strokes with 36 holes remaining. Oosthuizen, a former Alfred Dunhill Championship winner himself, lurks six back. Burmester and Norris will need strong finishes to climb into contention.

Weather permitting, play resumes to complete 54 holes by Monday. Notably, the lightning has passed for now.