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Flying The
Flag
A monthly snapshot of where South Africa’s leading professional and amateur golfers are when it comes to their standings on the world ladders
(As at 30 April, symbol denotes movement in past month)
By MIKE GREEN
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
61
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(down 6)
75
Thriston Lawrence
(down 7)
97
Shaun Norris
(down 5)
101 Erik van Rooyen (down 12)
129 Aldrich Potgieter (down 7)
137 Garrick Higgo (up 170)
151 Daniel van Tonder (down 4)
166 Dean Burmester (down 23)
173 Jacques Kruyswijk (up 3)
230 Jayden Schaper (down 13)
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
MEN’S amateur
1o
Christiaan Maas
(unchanged)
6o
Kieron van Wyk
(up 9)
62
Daniel Bennett
(up 37)
234 Jordan Burnand (down 8)
317 Astin Wade Arthur (down 22)
387 Stefan Jacobs (up 9)
453 Milan Potgieter (up 7)
533 Roelof Craig (up 22)
537 Jack Buchanan (down 43)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
576 Ivan Verster (up 9)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
2
Ernie Els
(unchanged)
21
Retief Goosen
(up 2)
9o
Keith Horne
(down 2)
98 James Kingston (down 5)
169 David Frost (up 1)
185 Andrew McLardy (down 1)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(Net rankings)
8
Daniel Slabbert
(unchanged)
13
Iglin Grobbelaar
(down 1)
35
Robin Singh
(up 4)
58 David Watts (down 3)
61 Gerhard Smith (unchanged)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
56
Ashleigh Buhai
(down 1)
9o
Casandra Alexander
(up 51)
165
Paula Reto
(down 5)
237 Lee-Anne Pace (down 1)
287 Nicola Garcia (down 22)
464 Kiera Floyd (up 228)
485 Kaleigh Telfer (down 22)
808 Cara Gorlei (down 31)
815 Stacy Bregman (down 10)
998 Danielle du Toit (up 3)
woMEN’S amateur
23
Caitlyn Macnab
(up 6)
59
Megan Streicher
(down 12)
197
Kyra van Kan
(down 3)
260 Bobbi Brown (down 10)
314 Olivia Wood (up 109)
315 Gia Raad (down 2)
430 Jordan Rothman (down 35)
431 Samantha Whateley (up 126)
478 Zane Kleynhans (down 11)
512 Lisa Coetzer (up 19)
550 Kesha Louw (518)
WOMEN WITH A DISABILITY
1o
Christiaan
Maas (10)
55
Kieron
van Wyk (69)
73
Daniel
Bennett (99)
225 Jordan Burnard (226)
299 Astin Wade Arthur (295)
375 Stefan Jacobs (396)
DID YOU KNOW?
Christo Lamprecht was the first South African since the inception of the World Amateur Golf Ranking in January 1997 to reach the No 1 spot on the list. He became the third South African to win the Amateur Championship in England in July 2023, and ascended to the summit of world amateur golf.
DID YOU KNOW?
The men’s Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers, with players accumulating points over a two-year rolling period to determine their ranking. The rankings started in 1986, with Germany’s Bernhard Langer being the first world No 1.
Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour
