Erik van Rooyen got a nice boost on this week’s Official World Golf Ranking list as he jumped 24 places as a result of his share of eighth in the DP World Tour’s Omega European Masters in Switzerland.

Van Rooyen is ranked 211^th in the world after that performance, and he swopped places with Hennie du Plessis in eighth place in the list of the top 20 South African players according to the rankings.

The man with whom he shared eighth in Switzerland, Oliver Bekker, somehow dropped six places to 203^rd.

Someone who did get a reward in the rankings – which are becoming increasingly difficult to understand – for a good performance in Switzerland was JC Ritchie. He had a share of 24^th, and he climbed 12 places to 305^th.

For the first time in a very long time, South Africa does not have a single player inside the world’s top 100.

South Africa’s top 20:

1. Thriston Lawrence 102 (down 2)
2. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 106 (down 4)
3. Dean Burmester 114 (up 2)
4. Garrick Higgo 157 (down 2)
5. MJ Daffue 178 (down 6)
6. Ockie Strydom 193 (down 7)
7. Oliver Bekker 203 (down 6)
8. Erik van Rooyen 211 (up 24)
9. Hennie du Plessis 237 (down 3)
10. Zander Lombard 257 (down 9)
11. Casey Jarvis 261 (down 1)
12. Deon Germishuys 285 (down 6)
13. Jaco Ahlers 298 (up 4)
14. JC Ritchie 305 (up 12)
15. George Coetzee 321 (up 3)
16. Dylan Frittelli 324 (down 4)
17. Louis de Jager 326 (down 3)
18. Louis Oosthuizen 365 (down 2)
19. Charl Schwartzel 378 (down 4)
20. Jbe’ Kruger 380 (up 1)