Although he was inactive last week, and will be again this week, Ockie Strydom climbed one place to 145^th on the latest Official World Golf Ranking.

The two-time DP World Tour winner – and both coming this season – will next be in action back on home soil in the SDC Championship at St Francis Links on March 16 next week. That will come after a four-week break after his most recent triumph at the Singapore Classic on February 12.

He was the only South African amongst the top 20 local players on the world list to climb, as only Louis de Jager was unchanged as the 19^th-best South African in 258^th place.

Dean Burmester remains the top South African player, but his ranking is dropping since his jump to LIV Golf. He was down three spots to 69^th, and the other LIV players are dropping too: Louis Oosthuizen is down to 90^th, Charl Schwartzel to 191^st and Branden Grace was in 219^th.

South Africa’s top 20:

1. Dean Burmester 69 (down 3)
2. Louis Oosthuizen 90 (down 6)
3. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 81 (down 6)
4. Thriston Lawrence 84 (down 3)
5. Oliver Bekker 110 (down 3)
6. Erik van Rooyen 121 (down 1)
7. Ockie Strydom 145 (up 1)
8. Garrick Higgo 176 (down 4)
9. Shaun Norris 171 (down 5)
10. MJ Daffue 159 (down 2)
11. Dylan Frittelli 167 (down 2)
12. Charl Schwartzel 191 (down 3)
13. Hennie du Plessis 213 (down 1)
14. Justin Harding 226 (down 4)
15. Branden Grace 219 (down 2)
16. George Coetzee 242 (down 2)
17. Zander Lombard 235 (down 1)
18. JC Ritchie 254 (down 1)
19. Louis de Jager 258 (unchanged)
20. Daniel van Tonder 282 (down 3)