GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 30: Aaron Cockerill plays his second shot during day two of the 2018 Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines Resort on November 30, 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images)
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Manitoba’s Aaron Cockerill opened his 2023/24 DP World Tour campaign this past week at the Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cockerill completed the 72-hole event at a 3-under par on rounds of 68-70-70-69 finishing T32. The finish earned Cockerill $7,707 euros and 24 Race to Dubai points.
For complete results of the Joburg Open, please click here.
Next up for Cockerill is the Investec South African Open Championship November 30-December 3 being played at the Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate, Lanseria, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Golf Manitoba Director of Communications Brian Munz catches up with Stony Mountain’s Aaron Cockerill at Golf Manitoba member course St. Charles Country Club to discuss his 2023 season and life on the DP World Tour.
Manitoba’s Aaron Cockerill lost on a second playoff hole to finish in second spot Sunday at the ISPS Handa Championship on the DP World Tour.
Shooting a final round two under par 68 to finish 72 holes at -15, Cockerill would go on to par both playoff holes, while Lucas Herbert of Australia birdied the second extra hole to win.
Cockerill’s landing spot on this week’s leaderboard earns him just shy of $300,000.
Cockerill finishes T4 in Alfred Dunhill Championship
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MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA – Manitoba’s Aaron Cockerill had four birdies and a bogey on the back nine to finish in a tie for fourth at the Alfred Dunhill Championship that was played December 8-11 at the Leopard Creek Country Club. Cockerill finished the event at 14-under par on scores of 70-65-70-69. It’s his first top 10 result in just his third start of the 2022/23 season. The result matches his third best career finish and it’s his third largest career paycheck on the European Tour. The finish also earned Cockerill 84.66 DP World Tour points moving him up 65 spots to 22nd place in the Race to Dubai Rankings.
Cockerill, a two-time winner of the Golf Manitoba Amateur Golfer of the Year award, retained his DP World Tour status for the 2022/23 season with a T27 finish at the Portugal Masters in late October.
