rankings
UPS
and downs
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 and Sunshine Ladies Tour
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 29th November, movement from last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
63
Thriston
Lawrence (up 2)
70
Garrick Higgo
(up 9)
78
Aldrich Potgieter (down 8)
85 Christiaan
Bezuidenhout (down 9)
110 Erik van Rooyen (down 7)
121 Shaun Norris (down 3)
138 JC Ritchie (up 22)
146 Christo Lamprecht (down 7)
152 Jayden Schaper (up 4)
177 Jacques Kruyswijk (down 14)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (unchanged)
17
Daniel Bennett (up 7)
183
Milan Potgieter
(up 18)
363 Jack Buchanan (up 41)
438 Stefan Jacobs (up 25)
536 Cilliers Craig (down 45)
609 Bryan Newman (up 38)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
647 Astin Wade Arthur (down 56)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
655 Johan Bredenkamp (up 5)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
4
Ernie Els (up 1)
10
Retief Goosen (down 1)
81
Keith Horne (unchanged)
90 James Kingston (down 3)
94 Darren Fichardt (up 3)
182 David Frost (up 3)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
27
Daniel Slabbert (down 3)
30
David Watts (down 2)
56
Iglin Grobbelaar (up 3)
161 Justin Cowley (up 1)
171 Gerhard Smith (down 5)
227 Robin Singh (up 4)
228 Ignation Douries (up 17)
355 Gareth Dudgeon (up 20)
371 Johan Swart (down 9)
375 Curtley Ernald Roberts (down 21)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
68
Casandra Alexander (down 1)
117
Ashleigh Buhai (down 1)
172
Paula Reto
(up 8)
261 Lee-Anne Pace (down 16)
546 Nicole Garcia (down 41)
580 Kiera Floyd (down 24)
576 Kaleigh Telfer (down 13)
907 Danielle du Toit (down 11)
959 Stacy Bregman (down 23)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1032 Bonita Bredenhann (down 4)
woMEN’S amateur
27
Caitlyn Macnab (down 9)
41
Megan Streicher (up 11)
170
Samantha Whateley
(up 46 - pictured)
235 Kyra van Kan (up 5)
288 Olivia Wood (up 12)
298 Kaylah Williams (up 28)
314 Bobbi Brown (up 5)
358 Gia Raad (up 4)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
398 Lisa Coetzer (up 32)
454 Kesha Louw (up 11)
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?
Since the Sunshine Ladies Tour Order Of Merit was introduced in 2014, it has been won by five different South Africans. Lee-Anne Pace heads the honours with four times (2014, 2015, 2016, 2021), while Ashleigh Buhai (2017), Stacy Bregman (2018), Monique Smit (2020) and Casandra Alexander (2025) have all taken the award
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
Pieter
Moolman
3
Luis
Carrera
4 Austin Bautista
5 Samuel Simpson
6 Jonathan Broomhead
7 Casey Jarvis
8 Michael Hollick
9 Christiaan Burke
10 Warwick Purchase
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)
TROY WINFIELD | SUNSHINE TOUR
