Casey Jarvis climbed 35 places on the latest list issued by the Official World Golf Ranking to reach 299^th after his share of sixth over the weekend in the DP World Tour’s Genesis Championship in South Korea.

His performance – his best on the DP World Tour since his share of eighth in the Omega European Masters – puts him into 10^th place amongst South Africans on the official rankings list, and takes him closer to his career-high ranking of 237^th. He leapfrogged Jaden Schaper and Garrick Higgo, and is now just one place behind Shaun Norris.

In an otherwise quiet week for South Africans, Brandon Stone also benefited from a good performance in South Korea, climbing 17 places to 265^th after his share of ninth.

For the rest of the South Africans inside the top 25 according to the rankings, it was a week of slipping down the list.

The top-ranked South African remains Thriston Lawrence, down in 50^th place. He will be trying to improve his ranking position ahead of the year to stay inside the top 50 and earn himself an invitation to the 2025 Masters. He is already PGA Tour-bound, and some good performances there early in the new year could be very helpful in that quest.

South Africa’s top 25:

1. Thriston Lawrence 50 (down 1)
2. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 51 (down 1)
3. Erik van Rooyen 73 (down 3)
4. Dean Burmester 139 (down 1)
5. Robin Williams 197 (down 1)
6. Zander Lombard 211 (down 3)
7. Louis Oosthuizen 225 (down 4)
8. Brandon Stone 265 (up 17)
9. Shaun Norris 298 (down 4)
10. Casey Jarvis 299 (up 35)
11. Jayden Schaper 305 (down 3)
12. Garrick Higgo 336 (down 9)
13. Deon Germishuys 338 (down 2)
14. Barend Botha 341 (down 3)
15. Aldrich Potgieter 343 (down 3)
16. Dylan Frittelli 353 (down 4)
17. Hennie du Plessis 363 (down 5)
18. Thomas Aiken 381 (down 10)
19. Darren Fichardt 392 (down 2)
20. Jacques Kruyswijk 394 (down 10)
21. Ryan van Velzen 396 (down 2)
22. Jaco Ahlers 397 (down 10)
23. Wilco Nienaber 398 (down 1)
24. Daniel van Tonder 413 (down 6)
25. Louis de Jager 426 (down 1)