rankings
Climbing The
Ladder
A monthly snapshot of where South Africa’s leading golfers are when it comes to their placings on the global standings and the Sunshine Tour
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 31 July, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
57
Aldrich
Potgieter (down 8)
65
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (up 2)
78
Erik
van Rooyen (up 2)
89 Thriston Lawrence (down 12)
107 Shaun Norris (down 13)
145 Garrick Higgo (down 3)
167 Jacques Kruyswijk (up 27)
180 Jayden Schaper (down 12)
189 Daniel van Tonder (down 13)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
MEN’S amateur
7
Christiaan Maas (down 3)
28
Daniel Bennett (down 1)
295
Milan Potgieter
(up 31)
351 Stefan Jacobs (up 20)
409 Kian Rose (up 36)
410 Astin Wade Arthur (down 25)
423 Jack Buchanan (up 53)
551 Charl Barnard (up 69)
553 Johan Bredenkamp (up 47)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
586 Ivan Verster (up 2)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
8
Ernie Els (down 2)
12
Retief Goosen (down 5)
65
Keith Horne (up 14)
85 Darren Fichardt (down 5)
97 James Kingston (down 7)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(Net rankings)
14
Iglin Grobbelaar (down 4)
30
Gerhard Smith (down 1)
42
Robin Singh (up 3)
53 David Watts (up 6)
61 Daniel Slabbert (down 43)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
77
Casandra Alexander (up 4)
86
Ashleigh Buhai (down 13)
170
Paula Reto
(up 13)
215 Lee-Anne Pace (up 7)
395 Nicola Garcia (down 38)
492 Kiera Floyd (down 11)
598 Kaleigh Telfer (down 22)
853 Stacy Bregman (unchanged)
930 Cara Gorlei (down 34)
974 Bonita Bredenhann (down 14)
woMEN’S amateur
27
Caitlyn Macnab (unchanged)
54
Megan Streicher (up 3)
208
Kyra van Kan
(down 6)
243 Olivia Wood (up 14)
247 Bobbi Brown (up 9)
341 Samantha Whateley (up 37)
360 Gia Raad (down 21)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
461 Lisa Coetzer (up 10)
484 Kayla Williams (down 3)
489 Zane Kleynhans (down 29)
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?
While Ernie Els is the only South African to reach No 1 in the men’s World Ranking, Retief Goosen hit a career-high No 3, Louis Oosthuizen No 4, Charl Schwartzel No 6 and David Frost No 7.
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)
TRISTAN JONES/LET/LUKE WALKER/SUNSHINE TOUR
