rankings
on the
move
A monthly update of where South Africa’s leading golfers are placed globally and on the Sunshine Tour and Sunshine Ladies Tour
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 31st October, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
65
Thriston
Lawrence (up 3)
70
Aldrich Potgieter (down 4)
76
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (up 5)
79 Garrick Higgo (up 58)
103 Erik van Rooyen (down 11)
118 Shaun Norris (down 13)
139 Christo Lamprecht (up 6)
156 Jayden Schaper (up 35)
160 JC Ritchie (down 5)
163 Jacques Kruyswijk (down 5)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (unchanged)
24
Daniel Bennett (up 1)
2o1
Milan Potgieter
(up 6)
405 Jack Buchanan (up 11)
463 Stefan Jacobs (down 74)
491 Cilliers Craig (up 237)
591 Astin Wade Arthur (down 68)
646 Andries van der Vyver (up 26)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
647 Bryan Newman (up 13)
660Johan Bredenkamp (down 91)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
5
Ernie Els (down 2)
9
Retief Goosen (down 5)
81
Keith Horne (down 3)
87 James Kingston (up 1)
97 Darren Fichardt (up 2)
185 David Frost (down 2)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
24
Daniel Slabbert (down 3)
28
David Watts (unchanged)
59
Iglin Grobbelaar (unchanged)
162 Justin Cowley (down 9)
166 Gerhard Smith (down 8)
231 Robin Singh (down 15)
245 Ignation Douries (unchanged)
354 Curtley Ernald Roberts (down 10)
362 Johan Swart (down 35)
375 Gareth Dudgeon (up 35)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
67
Casandra Alexander (up 5)
117
Ashleigh Buhai (down 9)
180
Paula Reto
(down 7)
249 Lee-Anne Pace (down 26)
517 Nicola Garcia (down 54)
565 Kiera Floyd (down 21)
576 Kaleigh Telfer
(down 30)
898 Danielle du Toit (up 29)
941 Stacy Bregman (down 23)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1028 Bonita Bredenhann (down 15)
woMEN’S amateur
18
Caitlyn Macnab (up 9)
52
Megan Streicher (unchanged)
216
Samantha Whateley (down 20)
240 Kyra van Kan (down 61)
300 Olivia Wood (down 12)
319 Bobbi Brown (down 40)
326 Kayla Williams (up 42)
362 Gia Raad (up 10)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
430 Lisa Coetzer (up 39)
465 Kesha Louw (up 35)
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?
The Official World Golf Ranking for men only started in 1986, which means that by that stage
Gary Player was already 50 and a winner of one Senior Major (1986 PGA Seniors Championship). Therefore, the highest-ever ranking he achieved, as per the OWGR, was 365th, in April 1990
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
Luis
Carrera
3
Pieter
Moolman
4 Austin Bautista
5 Jonathan Broomhead
6 Samuel Simpson
7 Michael Hollick
8 Yurav Premlall
9 Lyle Rowe
10 Kyle Barker
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)
CARL FOURIE / TYRONE WINFIELD / SUNSHINE TOUR
