There have been 50 different South Africans to win on the DP World Tour, and here we look at the 10 youngest at the time of the first of those wins

2007 Johnnie Walker Classic

Haig edged countryman Richard Sterne and England's Oliver Wilson in a playoff, while Major champions Retief Goosen and Ernie Els were fourth and sixth, respectively. 'Overall it's been a good week and it shows that anything can happen in golf. I was ready to go home after my opening 75, but the back-to-back 64s on Friday and Saturday were great. I gave myself a chance.'

2020 Open de Portugal

In just his seventh DP World Tour start, the Sunshine Tour's Rookie of the Year won the co-sanctioned Open de Portugal. He dropped just three shots during the tournament and closed with a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to finish on 19-under-par, one stroke clear of Spain's Pep Angles.

2016 Joburg Open

The win came in his 22nd European Tour event. The Challenge Tour graduate drilled a nerveless second shot to 20 feet at the par-five final hole at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington, and two-putted to hold off Zander Lombard by two strokes. 'There was a lot of sweat and tears and I can't get over this feeling right now,' said Porteous.

2026 Kenya Open

Bookended by rounds of 62, he rolled in an eagle putt on the last hole to win the recent Kenya Open by three shots after finishing on 25-under-par at Karen Country Club in Nairobi. He had a share of the lead from the first round. 'It's amazing, I've never won in front of my dad before,' he said. A week later he did it again, at the 2026 Investec SA Open.

2016 SA Open

In victory, he became the youngest player to win the SA Open since it joined the DP World Tour schedule in 1997. He finished with a roller-coaster round of 71 at Glendower that had seven birdies and six bogeys, but it was still enough for a two-shot win over Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

1975 Swiss Open

Hayes held off a trio of golfers – Gary Player, Bernard Gallacher and Tienie Britz – to win by one shot at Crans-sur-Sierre GC. This victory was part of a hugely successful 1975 season in which he won the European Tour Order of Merit (Harry Vardon Trophy).

'This is the one I really wanted to get my hands on'

2003 SA Open

Immelman beat countryman Tim Clark on the first playoff hole after shooting a closing 67 to finish on 14-under 274 at Erinvale. In the playoff on the 18th, his second shot landed 15cm from the hole. 'I saw the people in the stands jump up and clap and I just kept hoping that it would be a tap-in,' he said.

2004 Open de Madrid

It was a double celebration because the two-stroke win was not only Sterne's maiden DP World Tour success, but it also meant he had guaranteed his playing privileges for the 2005 season. Going into the tournament, Sterne was 122nd on the Order of Merit and facing a possible return to Q-School – but a final round 65 changed that.

2012 Joburg Open

Grace shot a final-round 72 for a one-shot victory on the East Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club to edge Englishman Jamie Elson. The victory in the co-sanctioned event was also his second Sunshine Tour win. 'It's a dream come true,' he said. 'I stuck to my game plan and that was enough at the end.

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