His second runner-up finish in as many weeks on the Challenge Tour saw Casey Jarvis jump 37 places on the latest Official World Golf Ranking list to 303^rd, placing him 21^st amongst South Africa’s in the rankings.

Jarvis started the year ranked 745^th, and he has adapted to what will be his first full year as a professional with aplomb. He’s climbed to second place on the Challenge Tour’s Road to Mallorca rankings, and he’s on the verge of a maiden professional victory on that circuit having had a wonderful start to the year on the Sunshine Tour.

He’s edging closer to the world’s top 300, and, in all probability, will climb towards the top 200 after he reaches that mark. He’s within reach of overtaking JC Ritchie, currently the 20^th-ranked South African on the list, who was down seven places to 294^th this week.

Inside South Africa’s top 30, Garrick Higgo was one of only two players to improve his ranking, as he climbed a solid 21 places back inside the top 200 to 182^nd. The other player to climb was Shaun Norris, back campaigning in Japan and up six places to 235^th after his sixth-place finish there.

Christiaan Bezuidenhout remains South Africa’s top-ranked golfer at 78^th, while Dean Burmester hangs on to 85^th place despite his defection to LIV Golf.

South Africa’s top 20:

1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 78 (unchanged)
2. Dean Burmester 85 (unchanged)
3. Thriston Lawrence 101 (down 5)
4. Oliver Bekker 140 (down 5)
5. Ockie Strydom 150 (down 1)
6. Erik van Rooyen 154 (down 4)
7. MJ Daffue 167 (down 5)
8. Garrick Higgo 182 (up 21)
9. Zander Lombard 184 (unchanged)
10. Hennie du Plessis 202 (down 5)
11. Deon Germishuys 223 (down 2)
12. Shaun Norris 235 (up 6)
13. Dylan Frittelli 236 (down 9)
14. Louis Oosthuizen 253 (down 22)
15. Charl Schwartzel 260 (down 7)
16. George Coetzee 261 (down 9)
17. Louis de Jager 275 (down 8)
18. Daniel van Tonder 285 (down 6)
19. Jaco Ahlers 290 (down 13)
20. JC Ritchie 294 (down 7)