Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s share of 45th at the weekend saw him drop one place on the latest Official World Golf Ranking list to 65th, but he remains South Africa’s top-ranked player in another quiet week for local players.

Bezuidenhout saved his best for last in the PGA Tour’s Traveler’s Championship, a Signature Event on the tour, with his four-under 64 lifting him to level-par for the week. That was 15 strokes behind the winner, Keegan Bradley of the United States, who dealt a heart-breaking one-stroke defeat to Tommy Fleetwood.

Below Bezuidenhout, Aldrich Potgieter was the best-performing of the South Africans as he got a four-place boost without lifting a club. He is the fifth-best South African, according to the official list, in 123rd.

South Africa’s top 25:

1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 65 (down 1)
2. Erik van Rooyen 78 (down 2)
3. Thriston Lawrence 83 (down 1)
4. Shaun Norris 92 (up 1)
5. Aldrich Potgieter 123 (up 4)
6. Garrick Higgo 138 (up 1)
7. Daniel van Tonder 170 (down 2)
8. Jayden Schaper 175 (unchanged)
9. Jacques Kruyswijk 191 (up 2)
10. Dean Burmester 197 (down 1)
11. Christo Lamprecht 255 (up 1)
12. Robin Williams 256 (down 4)
13. Brandon Stone 258 (down 3)
14. Dylan Naidoo 275 (down 5)
15. Barend Botha 331 (down 4)
16. Dylan Frittelli 335 (down 7)
17. Wilco Nienaber 357 (down 5)
18. Casey Jarvis 363 (down 5)
19. Louis Oosthuizen 366 (down 6)
20. Deon Germishuys 377 (down 4)
21. Jonathan Broomhead 386 (down 2)
22. Ryan van Velzen 388 (down 3)
23. Zander Lombard 398 (down 1)
24. Charl Schwartzel 403 (unchanged)
25. Ian Snyman 451 (down 4)