South Africans who teed up in the opening PGA Tour event of 2026, the Sony Open in Hawaii. Both Erik van Rooyen and Christo Lamprecht missed the cut. Van Rooyen had rounds of 68 and 73 to miss by two strokes, while Lamprecht shot 76, 73.

Casandra
Alexander
continued flying
the SA flag high
on the Ladies European Tour
as she shared
second place with Germany’s Helen Briem at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France. Both players shot 66 (-5) on the final day at Golf Barrière to finish two behind the winner, Canada’s Anna Huang.

Benjamin Follett-Smith won his third Sunshine Tour title when he beat Haydn Porteous by one shot to claim the Cell C Challenge in Honour of Gary Player at Killarney Country Club. The Zimbabwean finished bogey-bogey for a closing 66 and a 15-under-par total, but it was still just enough to seal the title after Porteous missed a 10-footer for birdie at the last.

Jayden Schaper won his first two DP World Tour titles in successive weeks, both times chipping in for an eagle in the playoffs. He beat Shaun Norris in a playoff in the rain-shortened Alfred Dunhill Championship at Royal Johannesburg and then denying Ryan Gerrard at the AfrAsia Mauritius Open. They were wins 176 and 177 by a South African in DP World Tour / European Tour history.

Barend Botha finished fourth, two shots off the winner, at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour. He shot a 10-under total after rounds of 67, 70, 70, 71. He’d placed T22nd in the 2026 tour opener, The Bahamas Golf Classic.

Jean Hugo finished fifth in final qualifying for the 2026 Legends Tour, at Gloria Hotels & Resorts in Turkey. Only the top four players earned their full playing privileges for the year, with Hugo missing by two shots. However, Hugo, Ulrich van den Berg (10th) and Ryan Dreyer (21st) are eligible for ranked membership on the Legends Tour.

The number of amateurs who have already qualified to play in the Investec SA Open to be held at Stellenbosch Golf Club. Three names have been confirmed Charl Barnard, Dian Kruger and Logan Leisher – while the other two will be the winners of the Africa Amateur and SA Amateur Championships.

Shots under par that Roelof Craig signed for after rounds of 66, 71, 71 to win the Nomads Inland NOoM 1 at Benoni Country Club. He won by seven strokes over Dewan de Bruin and Evan Marais.

Amateur Christiaan Maas proved once again he could mix it with the world's best pros when he finished in a tie for tenth at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. Maa​​​​​​​s, the individual winner at the recent World Amateur Team Championship, fired rounds of 70, 71, 69 and 72. Four South Africans finished in the top 20 of the tournament won by American Patrick Reed. Race to Dubai leader Jayden Schaper (T4th) was followed by Maas, and then Hennie du Plessis and Jacques Kruyswijk (both T19) while other South Africans who made the cut were Zander Lombard (T26), JC Ritchie (T33), Casey Jarvis and Michael Hollick (both T56), and Dylan Frittelli (T64).

The position that Thriston Lawrence finished in the first DP World Tour event of 2026, the Dubai Invitational. Lawrence had rounds of 69, 71, 72 and 67 for a five-under-par 279. Dylan Frittelli was T12th and Jacques Kruyswijk T15th, while Shaun Norris and Jayden Schaper were T20th.

Andries van der Vyver was the only South African representative in the 2026 Boys Junior Orange Bowl International at The Biltmore, Miami. Van der Vyver shot rounds of 72, 68, 72, 70 to finish T11th. Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, was T19th.

15 birdies and an eagle were not enough for Erik van Rooyen to make the cut at the PGA Tour's The American Express, played over three courses in La Quinta, California. A seven on the par-five second and two bogeys in the third round meant Van Rooyen ended on eight-under 208, and missed the three-round cut by three shots, despite starting with two rounds of 67. The other South Africans in the field, Aldrich Potgieter and Christo Lamprecht, both also missed the cut. The tournament was won by Scottie Scheffler who finished on a tournament total of 27-under 261, for a four-stroke victory.