rankings
ON The
MOVE
A monthly snapshot of where SA’s leading golfers are placed on the global standings and the Sunshine Tour and Sunshine Ladies Tour
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 30 June, movement in the past month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
49
Aldrich
Potgieter
(up 78)
67
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (down 2)
77
Thriston Lawrence
(up 13)
80 Erik van Rooyen (down 7)
94 Shaun Norris (up 14)
142 Garrick Higgo (down 5)
168 Jayden Schaper (up 55)
176 Daniel van Tonder (down 14)
194 Jacques Kruyswijk (down 15)
206 Dean Burmester (down 26)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas
(up 5)
27
Daniel Bennett
(up 37)
326
Milan Potgieter
(up 44)
371 Stefan Jacobs (down 10)
385 Astin Wade Arthur (down 91)
445 Kian Rose (up 42)
475 Jack Buchanan (up 6)
582 JL Dewan de Bruin (up 14)
588 Ivan Verster (down 63)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
620 Charl Barnard (down 60)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
6
Ernie Els
(down 1)
7
Retief Goosen (unchanged)
79
Keith Horne
(up 8)
80 Darren Fichardt (unchanged)
90 James Kingston (unchanged)
186 Andrew McLardy (down 5)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(Net rankings)
10
Iglin Grobbelaar (down 2)
18
Daniel Slabbert (down 3)
29
Gerhard Smith (down 1)
45 Robin Singh (down 3)
59 David Watts (up 2)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
79
Ashleigh Buhai (down 13)
81
Casandra
Alexander (up 16)
183
Paula Reto
(down 7)
222 Lee-Anne Pace (down 9)
357 Nicola Garcia (down 43)
483 Kiera Floyd (down 23)
576 Kaleigh Telfer (down 44)
853 Stacy Bregman (down 57)
896 Cara Gorlei (down 60)
960 Bonita Bredenhann (down 32)
woMEN’S amateur
27
Caitlyn Macnab (down 2)
57
Megan Streicher
(up 8)
202
Kyra van Kan
(down 12)
256 Bobbi Brown (down 17)
257 Olivia Wood (up 20)
339 Gia Raad (down 8)
378 Samatha Whateley (up 68)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
460 Zane Kleynhans (up 24)
471 Lisa Coetzer (up 43)
481 Kayla Williams (up 49)
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)
Ernie Els spent 29 consecutive weeks as world No1 on the Seniors rankings. Only Bernhard Langer, Steve Stricker and Fred Couples have spent longer periods at top. Els’ 40 weeks in total as No1 are only bettered by Langer (334), Stricker (132), Steven Alker (53) and Couples (44).
DID YOU KNOW?
The women’s Rolex Rankings, the official world rankings for women, were only introduced in February 2006. There have been 18 different women to reach the No1 spot in that period. Ashleigh Buhai is South Africa’s highest-ever ranked player, peaking at No12
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Luis Carrera
2
Samuel Simpson
3
Malcolm Mitchell
4 Jonathan Broomhead
5 Austin Bautista
6 Herman Loubser
7 Trevor Fisher Jnr
8 Fredrick From
9 Graham van der Merwe
10 Gerhard Pepler
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR
1
Casandra Alexander
2
Kiera Floyd
3
Lee-Anne Pace
4 Danielle du Toit
5 Nadia van der Westhuizen
6 Kaiyuree Moodley
7 Thalia Martin
8 Nobuhle Dlamini
9 Anne-Charlotte Mora
10 Lucie Malchirand
550 Kesha Louw (518)
Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour/JALAL MORCHIDI/EPA/BACKPAGEPIX
