Jayden Schaper what's in the bag 2025

Jayden Schaper won the rain-hit Alfred Dunhill Championship after a dramatic play-off against Shaun Norris at Royal Johannesburg.

The pair finished tied on 16 under par but it was Schaper who claimed a first DP World Tour win with an eagle at the first play-off hole.

He said: "It’s just so special, it’s been so close the last few weeks and probably the last couple of years. It’s a dream come true and it’s prayers answered."

It denied Norris a successful title defence after he had shot a magnificent 62 in the final round to come close to a repeat of last year's success at Leopard Creek.

Norris made a birdie-birdie start and then eagled the eighth for an outward nine of 31, four under the revised par of 35 after the waterlogged par-five sixth was modified into a par three on Saturday.

He dropped a shot at the tenth but bounced back immediately, and four straight birdies from the 13th took him ahead on his own.

"I wasn't thinking much back then," he said. "I was just trying to hit my spots and give myself the best opportunities, and luckily I made them all."

He had to settle for pars at the final two holes but said: "I'm just grateful to have played such a good round today, I hit ball nicely and made a lot of good putts. To put myself in this position again, I'm blessed and grateful."

Who is Jayden Schaper?

Jayden Schaper was born in Benoni, South Africa on March 14, 2001.

He had a successful amateur career and was the top ranked junior golfer in South Africa by age 15. In 2017, at the age of 16, he won both the South African Boys U17 Stroke Play Championship and the South African Boys U19 Championship, to become the first player to win the "grand slam" of junior titles in South Africa, having previously won the U13 and U15 championships.

In 2019, he won the All Africa Team Championship in Mauritius, and the Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

He was a member of the South African national team and represented his country at the 2017 Junior World Cup and played on the International Team in the 2017 and 2019 Junior Presidents Cup.

In January 2020, Schaper tied for sixth at the South African Open in Johannesburg, the best amateur finish in the tournament since Ernie Els in 1989.

Hw turned professional early 2020, at age 18 and joined the Sunshine Tour, where he finished runner-up at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December and won rookie of the year in 2020-21.

In 2021, he also joined the Challenge Tour and in 2023 the DP World Tour, where he tied for 16th at the Barbasol Championship, a PGA Tour co-sanctioned event.

In the 2024 season, Schaper finished top-10 in all four DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned events. He shared the lead heading into the final round of the South African Open and eventually finished tied fifth after a final round 74.

His victory at the Alfred Dunhill Championship is his first on the DP World Tour in his 95th start. He also has two runner-up finishes, one third and 17 other top-10s and has made 63 cuts.

He averages 307.63 yards from the tee, hits 71.43% of fairways and finds 80.56% of greens in regulation. He averages 28.50 putts per round, gets up and down from the sand 50% of the time and has a stroke average of 68.

What's in Justin Schaper's golf bag?

TaylorMade Qi4D LS 9.0 Driver

TaylorMade Qi35 15.0 Fairway Wood

TaylorMade Qi35 19.0 Hybrid

TaylorMade P·7MC 4-6 Irons

TaylorMade P·7MB 7-PW Irons

TaylorMade MG5 50.SB, 56.SB & 60.LB Wedges

TaylorMade Spider Tour Z Putter

TaylorMade TP5x Golf Ball