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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 1st July, movement in last month in brackets
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
77
Aldrich Potgieter
(up 3)
79
Jayden Schaper (down 9)
83
Casey Jarvis
(down 7)
90 Shaun Norris
(down 7)
100 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (down 7)
104 Garrick Higgo
(down 15)
116 Richard Sterne
(up 2)
142 JC Ritchie
(down 3)
152 Thriston Lawrence
(down 8)
176 Dean Burmester
(down 6)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
13
Daniel Bennett (up 2)
48
Malan Potgieter (up 17)
11o
Jack Buchanan (up 19)
360 Stefan Jacobs
(up 298)
472 Andries van der Vyver
(up 81)
493 JL Dewan De Bruin
(up 35)
506 Pearce Lewin
(down 43)
589 Johan Bredenkamp
(up 39)
590 Bryan Newman
(up 54)
701 Judd Sundelson
(up 32)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
4
Ernie Els (up 1)
7
Retief Goosen (up 4)
3o
Darren Fichardt (up 5)
46 Keith Horne
(up 4)
111 James Kingston
(down 12)
117 Rory Sabbatini
(up 9)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
3o
Daniel Slabbert (up 1)
33
David Watts (up 1)
142
Justin Cowley (up 1)
175 Gerhard Smith
(down 5)
186 Ignation Douries
(up 13)
260 Robin Singh
(down 28)
310 Johan Swart
(down 22)
319 Gareth Dudgeon
(up 1)
344 Denian Reid
(down 13)
378 Iglin Grobbelaar
(down 80)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
36
Casandra Alexander (down 1)
224
Ashleigh Buhai (down 41)
271
Paula Reto
(down 36)
375 Lee-Anne Pace
(down 21)
591 Caitlyn Macnab
(up 24)
680 Kaleigh Telfer
(down 2)
717 Kiera Floyd
(down 57)
956 Danielle Breytenbach
(down 4)
959 Gabriella Venter
(down 44)
962 Nicola Garcia
(down 129)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
woMEN’S amateur
82
Kyra van Kan (up 12)
125
Samantha Whateley (up 12)
218
Gia Raad (down 8)
243 Lisa Coetzer
(unchanged)
280 Olivia Wood
(down 4)
302 Lourenda Steyn
(up 36)
334 Kesha Louw
(up 16)
517 Charlotte Millard
(up 7)
539 Isabelle Ferreira
(up 11)
660 Casey Twidale
(up 5)
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?
There have been no left-handed golfers to reach the No1 spot in either the men’s OWGR or the women’s Rolex Rankings. Phil Mickelson came closest, spending 270 weeks at No2. For that entire time, Tiger Woods was No1. Bubba Watson also reached No2, while Mike Weir got to No3.
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Samuel Simpson
2
Graham van der Merwe
3
Altin van der Merwe
4 Austin Bautista
5 Gerhard Pepler
6 Simon du Plooy
7 Jaco Prinsloo
8 Justin Walters
9 Stuart Krog
10 Haydn Porteous
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR (FINAL)
1
Casandra Alexander
2
Celina Sattelkau
3
Sophie Witt
4 Danielle du Toit
5 Gabrielle Venter
6 Nadia van der Westhuizen
7 Caitlyn Macnab
8 Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir
9 Nobuhle Dlamini
10 Stacy Bregman
550 Kesha Louw (518)
STEVE FLYNN | IAN WALTON | ASIAN TOUR | GOLF RSA
