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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 30th January, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
5o
Jayden Schaper (up 13)
64
Garrick Higgo
(up 3)
71
Thriston Lawrence (down 7)
83 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (down 3)
87 Aldrich Potgieter (down 9)
98 Shaun Norris (up 3)
125 Erik van Rooyen (down 12)
132 JC Ritchie (up 2)
157 Christo Lamprecht (down 10)
176 Jacques Kruyswijk (up 3)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (up 1)
15
Daniel Bennett (up 2)
151
Milan Potgieter
(up 22)
368 Jack Buchanan (down 16)
428 Stefan Jacobs (up 23)
650 Charl Barnard (up 28)
652 Johan Bredenkamp (up 7)
659 JL Dewan De Bruin (up 52)
666 Bryan Newman (up 23)
730 Astin Wade Arthur (down 34)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
5
Ernie Els (down 2)
9
Retief Goosen (up 1)
7o
Darren Fichardt (up 3)
85 Keith Horne (down 5)
96 James Kingston (unchanged)
183 David Frost (down 1)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
31
Daniel Slabbert (down 3)
32
David Watts (up 3)
57
Iglin Grobbelaar (unchanged)
154 Justin Cowley (up 6)
170 Gerhard Smith (up 2)
200 Ignation Douries (up 20)
212 Robin Singh (up 3)
331 Gareth Dudgeon (up 12)
381 Curtley Ernald Roberts (unchanged)
417 Johan Swart (down 22)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
65
Casandra Alexander (down 1)
123
Ashleigh Buhai (down 1)
172
Paula Reto
(up 1)
267 Lee-Anne Pace (down 5)
585 Kiera Floyd (down 1)
596 Nicole Garcia (down 30)
614 Kaleigh Telfer (down 17)
913 Danielle du Toit (down 1)
987 Stacy Bregman (down 16)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1039 Bonita Bredenhann (down 10)
woMEN’S amateur
42
Megan Streicher (down 3)
149
Samantha Whateley
(up 5)
212
Kaylah Williams (up 46)
220 Kyra van Kan (up 6)
280 Olivia Wood (down 5)
299 Bobbi Brown (up 7)
328 Gia Raad (up 16)
372 Lisa Coetzer (up 4)
436 Kesha Louw (up 8)
559 Lourenda Steyn (up 14)
258 Kaylah Williams (up 40)
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 first Official World Golf Ranking was published on 6th April 1986. Germany’s Bernard Langer was at No1, followed by Seve Ballesteros and Sandy Lyle. The highest-ranked South African was Denis Watson at No31, with David Frost (pictured) at No39
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Jayden Schaper
2
Casey Jarvis
3
Herman Loubser
4 Pieter 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)
TROY WINFIELD | LUKE WALKER | SUNSHINE TOUR
