Casandra Alexander was the only South African to climb in the Rolex World Women’s World Golf Rankings last week after her share of 14^th in the Ladies European Tour tournament in Germany.

She had a tiny boost of two places to 263^rd as her 2023 campaign holds hope of getting her inside the world’s top 200.

With so few South African women playing on the main international circuits – the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour – it’s difficult for players not able to try and perform week after week to make any headway.

Paula Reto is one of two players who play regularly on the LPGA Tour, and her missed cut last week in the Meijer LPGA Classic saw her down three places to 78^th. She is one of two South Africans inside the world’s top 100. That’s the same number inside that mark as the South African men.

Ashleigh Buhai is the other inside the top 100, and she slipped one spot from her career high last week to 13^th.

Lee-Anne Pace, Nicole Garcia, Stacy Bregman and Lejan Lewthwaite are all looking for performances on the LET which will push them higher than their current positions. Pace has been as high as 31^st, Garcia 192^nd, Bregman 149^th and Lewthwaite 593^rd.

South Africa’s top 10:

1. Ashleigh Buhai 13 (down 1)
2. Paula Reto 78 (down 3)
3. Lee-Anne Pace 227 (down 4)
4. Nicole Garcia 223 (down 4)
5. Casandra Alexander 263 (up 2)
6. Kaleigh Telfer 516 (down 2)
7. Stacy Bregman 604 (down 11)
8. Nadia van der Westhuizen 704 (down 6)
9. Kiera Floyd 710 (down 8)
10. Lejan Lewthwaite 920 (down 14)