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 Tour
By MIKE GREEN
(As at 1st March, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
57
Jayden Schaper pictured (down 7)
68
Aldrich Potgieter
(up 19)
74
Garrick Higgo (down 10)
80 Casey Jarvis (up 126)
81 Thriston Lawrence (down 10)
93 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(down 10)
112 Shaun Norris (down 14)
140 JC Ritchie (down 8)
143 Erik van Rooyen (down 18)
182 Christo Lamprecht (down 25)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (unchanged)
16
Daniel Bennett (down 1)
122
Milan Potgieter
(up 29)
242 Jack Buchanan (up 126)
438 Stefan Jacobs (down 10)
466 JL Dewan De Bruin (up 193)
480 Charl Barnard (up 170)
620 Bryan Newman (up 44)
676 Johan Bredenkamp (down 24)
709 Cilliers Craig (up 101)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
4
Retief Goosen (up 5)
1o
Ernie Els (down 5)
32
Darren Fichardt (up 38)
81 Keith Horne (up 4)
98 James Kingston (down 2)
185 David Frost (down 2)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
32
Daniel Slabbert (down 1)
34
David Watts (down 2)
124
Iglin Grobbelaar
(down 67)
146 Justin Cowley (up 8)
170 Gerhard Smith (unchanged)
207 Ignation Douries (down 7)
218 Robin Singh (down 6)
321 Gareth Dudgeon (up 10)
389 Curtley Ernald Roberts (down 18)
419 Ricus Driessen Swart (up 4)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
54
Casandra Alexander (up 11)
125
Ashleigh Buhai (down 2)
178
Paula Reto
(down 6)
273 Lee-Anne Pace (down 6)
589 Kiera Floyd (down 5)
629 Nicola Garcia (down 33)
631 Kaleigh Telfer (down 17)
921 Danielle du Toit (down 8)
1018 Stacey Bregman (down 31)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
1044 Bonita Brednhann (down 5)
woMEN’S amateur
48
Megan Streicher (down 6)
149
Samantha Whateley
(unchanged)
175
Kyra van Kan (up 45)
220 Kyra van Kan (up 6)
257 Gia Raad (up 71)
289 Olivia Wood (down 9)
320 Bobbi Brown (down 21)
327 Lisa Coetzer (up 45)
447 Kesha Louw (down 11)
502 Lourenda Steyn (up 57)
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?
Christo Lamprecht was the first South African since the inception of the World Amateur Golf Ranking in January 1997 to reach the No 1 spot on the list. He became the third South African to win the Amateur Championship in England in July 2023, and ascended to the summit of world amateur golf.
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Jayden Schaper
2
Casey Jarvis
3
Herman Loubser
4 Hennie du Plessis
5 Oliver Bekker
6 Peter Moolman
7 MJ Viljoen
8 Christiaan Burke
9 Deon Germishuys
10 Luis Carrera
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR
1
Celina Sattlekau
2
Sophie Witt
3
Stacy Bregman
4 Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir
5 Caitlin Macnab
6 Kaiyuree Moodley
7 Zane Kleynhans
8 Nadia van der Westhuizen
9 Verena Gimmy
10 Lily May Humphries
550 Kesha Louw (518)
CARL FOURIE | TYRONE WINFIELD | SUNSHINE TOUR
