rankings
ups
& downs
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 May, movement last month in brackets
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
63
Jayden Schaper (down 2)
72
Casey Jarvis
(down 3)
77
Aldrich Potgieter
(unchanged)
84 Garrick Higgo (down 1)
94 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (down 3)
106 Thriston Lawrence (down 6)
120 Shaun Norris (up 5)
154 JC Ritchie (down 6)
168 Erik van Rooyen (down 10)
176 Hennie du Plessis (up 1)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
4
Christiaan Maas (unchanged)
15
Daniel Bennett (down 1)
87
Malan Potgieter
(unchanged)
153 Jack Buchanan (up 81)
515 JL Dewan De Bruin (down 49)
536 Stefan Jacobs (down 72)
617 Johan Bredenkamp (up 48)
568 Pearce Lewin (down 4)
527 Bryan Newman (down 90)
663 Andries van der Vyver (up 122)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
5
Ernie Els (up 4)
6
Retief Goosen (up 4)
35
Darren Fichardt (down 1)
52 Keith Horne (up 32)
100 James Kingston (down 1)
190 David Frost (down 4)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
31
Daniel Slabbert (up 3)
33
David Watts (down 1)
141
Justin Cowley (up 4)
162 Gerhard Smith (up 7)
191 Ignation Douries (up 19)
220 Robin Singh (down 1)
222 Iglin Grobbelaar (down 31)
262 Johan Swart (down 1)
316 Gareth Dudgeon (down 2)
407 Ricus Driessen Swart (up 4)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
42
Casandra Alexander (down 1)
154
Ashleigh Buhai (down 20)
2o7
Paula Reto
(down 14)
319 Lee-Anne Pace (down 27)
624 Kiera Floyd (down 20)
656 Kaleigh Telfer (down 8)
765 Nicole Garcia (down 87)
881 Danielle du Toit (up 62)
892 Caitlyn Macnab (up 62)
974 Gabrielle Venter (up 45)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
woMEN’S amateur
43
Megan Streicher (down 2)
14o
Samantha Whateley
(down 1)
23o
Gia Raad (unchanged)
255 Lisa Coetzer (up 4)
278 Olivia Wood (up 13)
363 Kesha Louw (up 64)
385 Lourenda Steyn (up 114)
503 Charlotte Millard (up 66)
666 Casey Twidale (up 115)
939 Kaitlyn van de Vyver (up 16)
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)
When Louis Oosthuizen won the 2010 Open Championship he went into the tournament ranked No54 in the world. He had only made the cut once in eight previous Major appearances. The win at St Andrews shot him up to 15th in the world and he went on to become a household name and one of South Africa’s all-time favourite golfers
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Samuel Simpson
2
Austin Bautista
3
Simon du Plooy
4 Christiaan Burke
5 Jaco Prinsloo
5 Travis Procter
7 Tristen Strydom
7 Graham van der Merwe
7 Martin Vorster
10 Wynand Dingle
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR
1
Celina Sattlekau
2
Sophie Witt
3
Danielle du Toit
4 Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir
5 Nadia van der Westhuizen
6 Stacy Bregman
7 Gabrielle Venter
8 Caitlyn Macnab
9 Lorna McClymont
10 Kaiyuree Moodley
550 Kesha Louw (518)
TYRONE WINFIELD | SUNSHINE TOUR
