rankings
UPS
and 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 August, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
64
Casey Jarvis
(up 19)
88
Aldrich Potgieter
(down 11)
89
Jayden Schaper (down 10)
94 Shaun Norris
(down 4)
99 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(up 1)
110 Garrick Higgo
(down 6)
119 Hennie Du Plessis
(up 89)
135 Richard Sterne
(down 19)
149 JC Ritchie
(down 7)
151 Michael Hollick
(up 187)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
12
Daniel Bennett (up 1 - pictured)
42
Malan Potgieter (up 6)
87
Jack Buchanan (up 23)
359 Stefan Jacobs
(up 1)
450 Andries van der Vyver
(up 22)
506 JL Dewan De Bruin
(up 13)
552 Pearce Lewin
(down 46)
577 Bryan Newman
(up 13)
597 Johan Bredenkamp
(down 8)
683 Judd Sundelson
(up 18)
630 Andries van der Vyver (up 16)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
5
Ernie Els (down 1)
7
Retief Goosen (unchanged)
24
Darren Fichardt (up 6)
48 Rory Sabbatini
(up 69)
85 Keith Horne
(down 39)
128 James Kingston
(down 17)
188 Andrew McLardy (down 2)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
31
Daniel Slabbert (down 1)
36
David Watts (down 3)
148
Justin Cowley (down 6)
181 Gerhard Smith
(down 6)
189 Ignation Douries
(down 3)
278 Robin Singh
(down 18)
334 Johan Swart
(down 33)
335 Gareth Dudgeon
(down 16)
368 Denian Reid
(down 22)
447 James Payn
(new entry)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
32
Casandra Alexander (up 2)
261
Ashleigh Buhai (down 37)
279
Paula Reto
(down 8)
385 Lee-Anne Pace
(down 10)
582 Caitlyn Macnab
(up 9)
682 Kaleigh Telfer
(down 2)
703 Megan Streicher
(up 307)
751 Kiera Floyd
(down 34)
830 Nadia van der Westhuizen
(up 289)
962 Cara Gorlei
(up 4)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
woMEN’S amateur
75
Kyra van Kan (up 7)
141
Samantha Whateley (down 16)
225
Lisa Coetzer (up 18)
247 Gia Raad
(down 29)
287 Lourenda Steyn
(up 15)
357 Kesha Louw
(down 23)
371 Olivia Wood
(down 91)
461 Isabella Ferreira
(up 78)
529 Charlotte Millard
(down 12)
697 Casey Twidale
(down 37)
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 winner of the four men’s Majors all get awarded 100 OWGR points. The next most for a men’s winner is the Players Championship, where 75 points are allocated to the winner. The women have the same amount for their five Majors. The Investec men’s SA Open winner, this year Casey Jarvis (pictured), receives 19 OWGR points.
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)
CARL FOURIE | STEVE FLYNN | GOLF RSA | SUNSHINE TOUR
