Nienaber begins climb back up world rankings

Nienaber begins climb back up world rankings

Wilco Nienaber’s share of second last week in the Challenge Tour’s Abu Dhabi Challenge saw him start an upward climb back up the Official World Golf Ranking list released on Monday. Nienaber was up 37 places to 383rd, and while that’s a lot better than last week’s...
RANKINGS: International tour lists April 25

RANKINGS: International tour lists April 25

DP World Tour Race to Dubai Leader: Rory McIlroy (NIR) South Africa’s top 5 Ockie Strydom 6 (down 1) Zander Lombard 17 (unchanged) Thriston Lawrence 27 (down 2) Jayden Schaper 52 (down 4) Hennie du Plessis 54 (down 3) Full list:...
Jarvis the big jumper on world rankings

Jarvis the big jumper on world rankings

He might not be one of South Africa’s top 20 players yet according to the latest Official World Golf Ranking, but Casey Jarvis is certainly heading in an upward direction on that list after a superb rookie season on the Sunshine Tour. Jarvis had his fourth runner-up...
RANKINGS: International tour lists April 25

RANKINGS: International tour lists April 18

DP World Tour Race to Dubai Leader: Rory McIlroy (NIR) South Africa’s top 5 Ockie Strydom 5 (down 1) Zander Lombard 17 (down 1) Thriston Lawrence 25 (down 1) Jayden Schaper 48 (down 4) Hennie du Plessis 51 (down 3) Full list:...
Buhai up in women’s world rankings despite rest week

Buhai up in women’s world rankings despite rest week

Ashleigh Buhai took a week off last week and still went up one position to 18th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings to 18th. That, and a similarly simple statistical adjustment to Lee-Anne Pace’s ranking which saw her down one place to 159th, were the only two...
Higgo reverses downward trend on world rankings

Higgo reverses downward trend on world rankings

It wasn’t the best performance by a South African in the RBC Heritage at the weekend, but Garrick Higgo’s share of 48th on the PGA Tour arrested a slide down the Official World Golf Ranking as he climbed 19 places to 197th. Higgo had been on the slide for some time,...