Stacy Bregman took advantage of a solid week on the Ladies European Tour as her share of 18^th in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at the weekend saw her climb 58 places on the latest Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.

Bregman, who got her game back on track when she won the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s Standard Bank Ladies Open as the end of April, moved to 622^nd in the rankings – a move which she will be hoping is the beginning of an upward trend.

Nicole Garcia, who finished one shot ahead of Bregman in France at the weekend, was also up. She climbed eight places to 185^th for her share of 14^th, and she remains South Africa’s third-best golfer according to the list. Bregman is the country’s seventh-best player, one position behind Kaleigh Telfer, who is in 487^th and is playing on the Epson Tour in the United States.

The top-ranked South African remains Ashleigh Buhai in 20^th place, with Paula Reto the second-placed player on 107^th.

South Africa’s top 10:

1. Ashleigh Buhai 20 (unchanged)
2. Paula Reto 107 (down 3)
3. Nicole Garcia 185 (up 8)
4. Lee-Anne Pace 216 (down 2)
5. Casandra Alexander 290 (down 10)
6. Kaleigh Telfer 487 (down 6)
7. Stacy Bregman 622 (up 58)
8. Lejan Lewthwaite 746 (up 8)
9. Nadia van der Westhuizen 786 (down 1)
10. Kiera Floyd 792 (down 2)