rankings
around The
globe
A monthly snapshot of where South Africa’s leading professional and amateur golfers are when it comes to their standings on the world ladders
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 29 May, movement in the past month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
65
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(down 4)
73
Erik van Rooyen
(up 28)
90
Thriston Lawrence
(down 15)
108 Shaun Norris (down 11)
127 Aldrich Potgieter (up 2)
137 Garrick Higgo (unchanged)
162 Daniel van Tonder (down 11)
180 Jacques Kruyswijk (down 7)
182 Dean Burmester (down 16)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
MEN’S amateur
9
Christiaan Maas
(up 1)
61
Kieron van Wyk
(down 1)
64
Daniel Bennett
(down 2)
294 Astin Wade Arthur (up 23)
361 Stefan Jacobs (up 26)
371 Milan Potgieter (up 84)
481 Jack Buchanan (up 56)
487 Kian Rose (up 120)
525 Ivan Verster (up 60)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
560 Charl Barnard (up 26)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
5
Ernie Els
(down 3)
7
Retief Goosen
(up 14)
8o
Darren Fichardt
(new entry)
87 Keith Horne (up 3)
90 James Kingston (up 8)
180 Andrew McLardy (up 5)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(Net rankings)
8
Iglin Grobbelaar
(up 5)
15
Daniel Slabbert
(down 7)
28
28 Gerhard Smith
(up 33)
42 Robin Singh (down 7)
44 Lodewyk de Clercq (down 4)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
66
Ashleigh Buhai
(down 10)
95
Casandra Alexander
(down 5)
182
Paula Reto
(down 17)
216 Lee-Anne Pace (up 21)
317 Nicole Garcia (down 30)
466 Kiera Floyd (down 2)
539 Kaleigh Telfer (down 54)
808 Stacy Bregman (up 7)
851 Cara Gorlei (down 43)
931 Bonita Bredenhann (down 12)
woMEN’S amateur
25
Caitlyn Macnab
(down 2)
65
Megan Streicher
(down 6)
19o
Kyra van Kan
(up 7)
239 Bobbi Brown (up 21)
277 Olivia Wood (up 37)
331 Gia Raad (down 16)
446 Samantha Whateley (down 15)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
484 Zane Kleynhans (down 6)
514 Lisa Coetzer (down 2)
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?
There have been two South Africans who have reached the world No 1 ranking: Ernie Els and Christo Lamprecht. Els held the No 1 spot for nine weeks in 1998, while Lamprecht reached the summit of the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2023.
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 official rankings started in 1986. There have been 25 golfers to reach No 1, with Ernie Els the only South African to do so.
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