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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 local tours
By MIKE GREEN
(as at 1st Sept, movement in last month in brackets)
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL
70
Casey Jarvis
(down 6)
91
Aldrich Potgieter
(down 3)
92
Jayden Schaper (down 3)
96 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
(up 3)
99 Shaun Norris
(down 5)
127 Hennie Du Plessis
(down 7)
127 Garrick Higgo
(down 17)
146 Richard Sterne
(down 10)
161 Michael Hollick
(down 10)
167 JC Ritchie
(down 18)
196 Daniel van Tonder (down 7)
224 Dean Burmester (down 18)
233 Robin Williams (up 10)
MEN’S amateur
14
Daniel Bennett (down 2)
41
Malan Potgieter (up 1)
90
Jack Buchanan (down 3)
326 Stefan Jacobs
(up 33)
437 Bryan Newman (pictured)
(up 130)
455 Andries van der Vyver
(down 5)
504 Pearce Lewin
(up 48)
571 Johan Bredenkamp
(up 26)
581 JL Dewan De Bruin
(down 75)
731 Pieter Rossouw
(up 66)
566 Louis Moolman (570)
MEN’S SENIOR PROfessional
7
Retief Goosen (unchanged)
9
Ernie Els (down 4)
21
Darren Fichardt (up 3)
54 Rory Sabbatini
(down 6)
83 Keith Horne
(up 2)
123 James Kingston
(up 5)
174 Hennie Otto
(new entry)
MEN WITH A DISABILITY
(gross rankings)
31
Daniel Slabbert (down 1)
37
David Watts (up 1)
159
Justin Cowley (down 11)
196 Ignation Douries
(down 7)
197 Gerhard Smith
(down 16)
284 Robin Singh
(down 6)
309 Gareth Dudgeon
(up 26)
352 Johan Swart
(down 18)
379 Denian Reid
(down 11)
399 Nico Schmulian
(up 21)
woMEN’S PROFESSIONAL
31
Casandra Alexander (up 1)
194
Ashleigh Buhai (up 61)
303
Paula Reto
(down 24)
411 Lee-Anne Pace
(down 26)
549 Caitlyn Macnab
(up 33)
601 Megan Streicher
(up 102)
645 Kaleigh Telfer
(up 37)
807 Kiera Floyd
(down 53)
846 Nadia van der Westhuizen
(down 16)
975 Gabriella Venter
(up 30)
980 Cara Gorlei (down 50)
woMEN’S amateur
69
Kyra van Kan (up 6)
135
Samantha Whateley (up 6)
219
Lisa Coetzer (up 6)
246 Gia Raad
(up 1)
271 Lourenda Steyn
(up 16)
351 Kesha Louw
(up 6)
386 Olivia Wood
(down 15)
388 Isabella Ferreira
(up 73)
491 Charlotte Millard
(up 38)
694 Casey Twidale
(up 3)
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?
In August 2021 South Africa had 10 players ranked in the top 100 of the world – the most at any one time. The 10 golfers were: Louis Oosthuizen (No7), Garrick Higgo (No42), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (No45), Branden Grace (No65), Charl Schwartzel (No76), Erik van Rooyen (No79), Dylan Frittelli (No82), Justin Harding (No89), Daniel van Tonder (No94) and Dean Burmester (No99)
SUNSHINE TOUR
1
Samuel Simpson
2
Austin Bautista
3
Luke Brown
4 Graham van der Merwe
5 Jean Hugo
6 Jason Roets
7 Gerhard Pepler
8 Altin van der Merwe
9 Stuart Krog
10 Benjamin Kedochim
232 Christo Lamprecht (230)
SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR
1
Nadia van der Westhuizen
2
Kaiyuree Moodley
3
Gabrielle Venter
4 Kiera Floyd
5 Zethu Myeki
6 Tandi McCallum
7 Cara Gorlei
8 Symone Henriques
9 Zane Kleynhans
10 Lenanda Nel
550 Kesha Louw (518)
GRAHAM UDEN | ERNEST BLIGNAULT | GOLFRSA | ASIAN TOUR
