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 Tours
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 28 December, movement over last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
63
Jayden Schaper (up 89)
64
Thriston
Lawrence (down 1)
67
Garrick Higgo
(up 3)
80 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (up 5)
78 Aldrich Potgieter (down 8)
101 Shaun Norris (up 20)
113 Erik van Rooyen (down 3)
134 JC Ritchie (up 4)
147 Christo Lamprecht (down 1)
179 Jacques Kruyswijk (down 2)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
5
Christiaan Maas (down 1)
17
Daniel Bennett (unchanged)
173
Milan Potgieter
(up 10)
352 Jack Buchanan (up 11)
451 Stefan Jacobs (down 13)
632 Cilliers Craig (down 96)
659 Johan Bredenkamp (down 4)
678 Charl Barnard (down 29)
690 Bryan Newman (down 81)
647 Astin Wade Arthur (down 56)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
3
Ernie Els (up 1)
10
Retief Goosen (unchanged)
73
Darren Fichardt (up 21 - pictured)
86 Keith Horne (down 5)
96 James Kingston (down 6)
182 David Frost (down 3)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
28
Daniel Slabbert (down 1)
35
David Watts (down 5)
57
Iglin Grobbelaar (down 1)
160 Justin Cowley (up 1)
172 Gerhard Smith (down 1)
215 Robin Singh (up 12)
220 Ignation Douries (up 8)
343 Gareth Dudgeon (up 12)
395 Johan Swart (down 24)
381 Curtley Ernald Roberts (down 6)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
64
Casandra Alexander (up 4)
122
Ashleigh Buhai (down 5)
173
Paula Reto
(down 1)
262 Lee-Anne Pace (down 1)
566 Nicole Garcia (down 20)
584 Kiera Floyd (down 4)
597 Kaleigh Telfer (down 8)
912 Danielle du Toit (down 5)
971 Stacy Bregman (down 12)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1029 Bonita Bredenhann (up 3)
woMEN’S amateur
25
Caitlyn Macnab (up 2)
39
Megan Streicher (up 2)
154
Samantha Whateley
(up 16)
226 Kyra van Kan (up 9)
258 Kaylah Williams (up 40)
275 Olivia Wood (up 13)
306 Bobbi Brown (up 8)
344 Gia Raad (up 14)
466 Jordan Rothman (down 36)
376 Lisa Coetzer (up 22)
444 Kesha Louw (up 10)
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 most points won by a South African in a single event in the men’s Official World Golf Rankings for 2025 was Aldrich Potgieter, who collected 49.42 points for winning the Rocket Classic on the PGA Tour in June. It moved him from 123rd to 49th in the rankings in that week
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Jayden Schaper
2
Casey Jarvis
3
Herman Loubser
4 Peter Moolman
5 Luis Carrera
6 Christiaan Burke
7 Shaun Norris
8 Samuel Simpson
9 Michael Hollick
10 Jonathan Broomhead
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| Troy Winfield | Sunshine Tour
