rankings
on the
move
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 30 September, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
66
Aldrich Potgieter (up 1)
68
Thriston
Lawrence (up 26)
81
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (down 9)
92 Erik van Rooyen (down 3)
105 Shaun Norris (up 9)
137 Garrick Higgo (up 9)
145 Christo Lamprecht (down 1)
155 JC Ritchie (up 174)
158 Jacques Kruyswijk (up 12)
191 Jayden Schaper (up 1)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (up 4)
25
Daniel Bennett (up 1)
2o7
Milan Potgieter
(up 87)
389 Stefan Jacobs (down 34)
405 Jack Buchanan (up 19)
523 Astin Wade Arthur (down 88)
561 Johan Bredenkamp (down 5)
619 JL Dewan de Bruin (down 6)
645 Charl Barnard (down 53)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
660 Bryan Newman (down 6)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
3
Ernie Els (up 1)
4
Retief Goosen (up 6)
78
Keith Horne (down 4)
88 James Kingston (up 12)
99 Darren Fichardt (unchanged)
183 David Frost (up 5)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
21
Daniel Slabbert (up 1)
28
David Watts (down 1)
59
Iglin Grobbelaar (up 4)
153 Justin Cowley (down 1)
158 Gerhard Smith (down 3)
216 Robin Singh (down 10)
236 Ignation Douries (down 5)
327 Johan Swart (down 28)
344 Curtley Ernald Roberts (down 18)
344 Wilhelm Combrink (down 49)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
75
Casandra Alexander (up 1)
1o8
Ashleigh Buhai (down 17)
173
Paula Reto
(down 17)
223 Lee-Anne Pace (down 21)
467 Nicola Garcia (down 35)
337 Kiera Floyd (down 17)
546 Kaleigh Telfer (up 107)
918 Stacy Bregman (down 31)
929 Danielle du Toit (down 18)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1013 Bonita Bredenhann (down 7)
woMEN’S amateur
27
Caitlyn Macnab (down 1)
52
Megan Streicher (down 1)
179
Kyra van Kan
(up 28)
196 Samantha Whateley (up 120)
279 Bobbi Brown (up 31)
288 Olivia Wood (down 56)
368 Kaylah Williams (up 29)
372 Gia Raad (down 8)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
479 Lisa Coetzer (up 13)
500 Kesha Louw (down 2)
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?
Louis Oosthuizen was the lowest-ranked of all South African Major champions the week before they won a Major. Oosthuizen was No 54 in the world heading into the 2010 Open Championship. The highest-ranked was Ernie Els, No 3 in the world going into the 2002 Open Championship.
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
Herman
Loubser
2
Austin
Bautista
3
Luis
Carrera
4 Jonathan Broomhead
5 Samuel Simpson
6 Pieter Moolman
7 Michael Hollick
8 Lyle Rowe
9 Louis Albertse
10 Yurav Premlall
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)
SHAUN ROY/CARL FOURIE/SUNSHINE TOUR
