Zander Lombard’s week on the DP World Tour last week was solid if unspectacular, but he continues his rise up the Official World Golf Ranking list, climbing to 234th after a share of 17th in the Thailand Classic.
It was a week during which most of the top 20 South Africans on the rankings list slid down a little, either through inaction, or algorithmic adjustment, and, in some cases, performances which dropped them a few places.
Besides Lombard’s climb to a position which has him heading towards his career-high ranking of 190th, Ockie Strydom was adjusted up two positions despite being inactive, MJ Daffue was up one, and also didn’t play, Branden Grace was up two without brandishing a club in anger, and Daniel van Tonder started to reverse what has been a long slide by climbing one position simply by dint of making it to the weekend on the DP World Tour.
Dean Burmester remains South Africa’s top-ranked golfer, but how long that will last now that he has jumped ship to LIV Golf is a question to which we’ll soon have an answer.
South Africa’s top 20:
- Dean Burmester 63 (down 1)
- Louis Oosthuizen 77 (down 7)
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout 78 (down 1)
- Thriston Lawrence 83 (down 3)
- Oliver Bekker 106 (down 3)
- Erik van Rooyen 113 (unchanged)
- Ockie Strydom 147 (up 2)
- Garrick Higgo 159 (down 3)
- Shaun Norris 165 (down 6)
- MJ Daffue 161 (up 1)
- Dylan Frittelli 172 (down 3)
- Charl Schwartzel 184 (unchanged)
- Hennie du Plessis 210 (down 2)
- Justin Harding 216 (down 6)
- Branden Grace 217 (up 2)
- George Coetzee 238 (down 7)
- Zander Lombard 234 (up 8)
- JC Ritchie 250 (down 4)
- Louis de Jager 255 (unchanged)
- Daniel van Tonder 271 (up 1)
