Jarvis wins two in a row, South African Open...final results

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After 9 holes Casey Jarvis who won last week is clinging to a 2 shot lead at -14 

from veteran Hennie Du Plessis -12 as they vie for their National Open

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Casey Jarvis secured back-to-back DP World Tour titles following a composed final round of 67 in an emotional 2026 South African Open Championship victory.

The 22-year-old had been riding on the crest of a wave after last week's triumph at the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa - his first at this level.

He led by one after 54 holes at Stellenbosch Golf Club, and he rolled in four birdies and a bogey to convert his second three-shot success in two weeks with a -14 total.

Jarvis becomes the third player to record multiple wins this season alongside fellow South African Jayden Schaper and American Patrick Reed, emulating his compatriot's feat of successive victories.

The Masters Tournament and the 154th Open Championship now beckon for Jarvis after becoming the seventh different home winner in the last seven editions of this event.

"I feel on top of the world in this moment," Jarvis said. "I feel absolutely incredible.

"To win in front of my home crowd in my home Open is just absolutely fantastic, I've got no words!

"There's so many good memories (of this event). Brandon Stone, who's a good friend of mine, I watched him when I was about 10 years old and watched him win the SA Open.

"I just had a slight feeling from the start of the week that something crazy was going to happen and it's incredible."

The pressure of holding a two-shot lead heading down the last would have ramped up further when play was suspended for a threat of lightning, with the final group standing at the 18th tee.

After a 35-minute delay, Jarvis' nerves were eased when Du Plessis found the water with his approach and he only needed two putts to seal his second DP World Tour crown

Du Plessis, who secured the $100,000 bonus courtesy of the Course Record Presented by Nexo for his of -7 63 on Friday, bogeyed the last to slip back to -11 alongside Francesco Laporta and Frederic Lacroix.

Eddie Pepperell signed for a flawless 64 to take solo fifth at -10 while South African pair Daniel van Tonder and Haydn Porteous and Emirati Adrian Otaegui were two shots further back at -8

Spanish pair Angel Ayora and Rafa Cabrera Bello were at -7 alongside home favourite Wilco Nienaber, Scot Ewen Ferguson and Englishman Nathan Kimsey.

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Shane Lowry T1, Ewart top Canadian T6....54 hole results in the Beaches

    PGA Tour: Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches...Tee Times Leaderboard 

WEATHER: Areas of patchy fog early, thunderstorms this morning will give way to partly cloudy skies this afternoon. High 77*f  wind NNE 10-15mph, chance of rain 80%

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The Canadians at Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach are led by rookie AJ Ewart T6 71 64 68 -10 looking for his first win on the PGA Tour.

Jupiter resident Shane Lowry is T1 70 67 63 -13 with leader Austin Smitherman 62 69 69 . Lowry has had several chances to win on PGA National 4th 5th 5th 11th in his last few outings

There is a jammed leaderboard behind them with 6 players within 3 shots.

The weather will be a story for the early tee times beginning at 8.05am as you can see from my forecast above, so watch for a possible delay.

Canadians

AJ Ewart T6  71 64 68 -10

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T23 68 72  68 -5

Mac Hughes T32 75 65 69 -4

Ben Silverman T32 73 67 69 -4 (paired with Brooks Koepka)

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Casey Jarvis vying for the double South African Open...54 hole results

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Casey Jarvis hopes to replicate compatriot Jayden Schaper by securing back-to-back DP World Tour titles after surging into the lead at the 2026 Investec South African Open Championship.

Jarvis produced a flawless round of 64 to catapult himself to the top of the leaderboard at Stellenbosch Golf Club, earning a one-shot advantage heading into Sunday's final round.

The 22-year-old has had a brilliant start to the campaign, finishing third at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December before recording a top-ten finish at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship earlier this month.

February proved a fruitful month for Jarvis as he clinched his maiden crown at last week's Magical Kenya Open presented by absa by three shots.

If he becomes the eighth successive South African to win their home Open on Sunday, Jarvis will follow in the footsteps of Schaper who backed up his Alfred Dunhill Championship victory with success in Mauritius.

Jarvis produced a flawless round of 64 to catapult himself to the top of the leaderboard at Stellenbosch Golf Club, earning a one-shot advantage  heading into Sunday's final round.

Overnight leader Francesco Laporta twice held two-shot advantages during Moving Day, but Jarvis, who claimed his first DP World Tour title last week in Kenya, overhauled the Italian to set the clubhouse target at -11 

Hennie Du Plessis and Laporta both joined Jarvis at the summit after birdieing the 17th, but both men bogeyed the last to sit in a share of second at -10.

The 22-year-old has had a brilliant start to the campaign, finishing third at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December before recording a top-ten finish at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship earlier this month.

February proved a fruitful month for Jarvis as he clinched his maiden crown at last week's Magical Kenya Open presented by absa by three shots.

If he becomes the eighth successive South African to win their home Open on Sunday, Jarvis will follow in the footsteps of Schaper who backed up his Alfred Dunhill Championship victory with success in Mauritius.

Jarvis kept his card clean on Saturday with a clutch par putt at the last, and he said: "I was actually just thinking as I was finishing off my scorecard that could be one of my greatest putts in front of a home crowd, so I think that was a really cool moment. Obviously it's nice momentum heading into tomorrow.

"I really enjoyed it, I played really nicely out there. It wasn't easy. The home support is fantastic and I'm really, really looking forward to tomorrow.

"I started pretty slow, I think I was one under through seven and then everything changed when I chipped in at eight, and I said 'let's go, let's catch the guys at the top', and I did that pretty well."

He added: "I've tried to put last week's win behind me. Every week is a new week and we all start on level-par at the start of the week.

"I haven't thought about it much, I've got a break coming up in the next couple of weeks so I'll think about that then, but right now I'm trying to think about winning this tournament.

Scotland's Hill also finished with bogey to sit in solo 4th at -8, while South African duo Xander Basson and Kieron van Wyk and Kimsey were one further back at -7.

Home quartet Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, Haydn Porteous and Daniel van Tonder occupy T8 alongside Englishman Joe Dean, France's Frederic Lacroix and Spaniard Angel Ayora at -6.

* Race to Dubai points leader Patrick Reed has cooled off a bit since taking two week's off, T42 71 69 69 -1

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Canadians Ewart, Silverman, Hughes in fine form Friday at the Palm Beaches... 36 hole results

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Canadian rookie AJ Ewart played his college golf at nearby Barry University at Miami Shores, 90 minutes away from Palm Beaches, and remembers watching Brooks Koepka play PGA National as a fan.

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He took a spot in the spotlight with the round of the day -7 64 is T3 as he looks for his maiden win on the PGA Tour. "Coming into the week I had never played the course, but felt like I knew it just from watching, so somewhat of a home game, feels good !"

Fellow Canadian Ben Silverman who lives 15 minutes away in Jupiter is playing his home course 73 67 -2 to make the cut. What is remarkable is he was the 15th alternative, and didn't know until Will Zalatoris WD on Thursday morning that he was in.

" My focus was I'm taking a week off at home, so if I get in great. After being 15th alternative I knew on Wednesday the 3 guys in front of me were committed to playing in Argentina, then Zalatoris couldn't make it, so here I am, playing with Brooks Koepka."

Mac Hughes shot 75 on Thursday, but rebounded with 65 on Friday moving up 81 places to T27 -2.

The leader remains Austin Smotherman 69 -11 total, three shots clear of Taylor Moore -8 then Ewart and Nico Echavarria are T3 -7.

Canadians

AJ Ewart T3  71 64 -7

Ben Silverman T27 73 67 -2

Mac Hughes T27 75 65 -2

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T27 68 72

Adam Svensson MC  72 72 +2

Adam Hadwin MC 71 74 +3 (sponsors exemption)

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Laporta takes the lead Investec South African Open...36 hole results

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With Italian Francesco LaPorta the clubhouse leader 66 64 -10 round 2 is well under way at this version of the Investec South African Open with the cut set to fall at E par.  

Patrick Reed made the cut by a shot, 70 69 -1. Five time winner Ernie Els missed 74 72 +6

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Francesco Laporta is embracing being in the lead at his "second home" following his second-round 64 at the 2026 Investec South African Open Championship.

The Italian spent three years on the Sunshine Tour between 2013 and 2015, and appeared to utilise his previous experience to great effect as he opened up a one-shot lead over Englishman Nathan Kimsey.

Laporta was one shot behind the four co-leaders after round one, but he carved ahead on his own thanks to seven birdies and one dropped shot to become the only player in double figures -10 at Stellenbosch Golf Club.

Kimsey recorded his 21st successive round of par or better in his flawless 65 to sit at -9, while 2023 winner Dean Burmester 67 is one shot further back in solo third -8

"I played some good golf today. I made some good saves," Laporta said. "This morning there was no wind so I tried to take advantage of that, and the last few holes the wind was coming up so it was getting tricky.

"I like South Africa, I like to play in South Africa. It's been my second home for a long time and this type of course and grass reminds me a bit of Johannesburg. The course is tough, the fairways are tight and there's a lot of rough so you have to be straight. I like it.

"I'm just trying to enjoy it like last week, I'm feeling good and two days to go."

Hennie du Plessis mixed ten birdies and three bogeys in his 63, which will currently earn him a $100,000 bonus through the Course Record Presented by Nexo should nobody shoot lower this week, and fellow South African Herman Loubser are at -7 alongside England's Joe Dean.

Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Japan's Rikuya Hoshino and Spaniard Alejandro Del Rey are one shot further adrift -6 in a share of seventh, while South African pair Casey Jarvis and Branden Grace and Emirati Adrian Otaegui are at -5

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One Canadian in contention Cognizant Classic... 18 hole results

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Part of the narrative after the opening round of PGA National in the Palm Beaches was how easy the course they once called the Blue Monster was playing.

The owners have overseeded with rye grass, and trimmed the rough as a result according to veteran Billy Horschel,  the course looks greener on TV, in fact its playing softer and without the wind it is very gettable for us pros.

Pretty looking courses on TV, means more people will come to play for the resort owners. (Henderson Park an international private equity realty firm based in London, England)

You can see from the leaderboard there are quite a few names that are unknown to the average fan in the top 10, with most of the marquee players off this week with 2 signature events on the schedule next.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju is a proud Canadian success story in his rookie season, and he leads the contingent T9 68 -3. There are many watching saying "who?"

Adam Hadwin T52 71 E

AJ Ewart T52 71 E

Adam Svensson T68  72 +1

Ben Silverman T82  73 +2

Mac Hughes T108 75 +4

The leader Austin Smotherman -9 62, a shot clear of Spaniard Nico Echavarria -8 63.

Others who you may not know in the top 10, Jackson Suber T3 -4 67, Pontus Nyholm T3 -4 67, Hank Lebioda T9 -3 68, William Moua T9 -3 68.

However T20 -2 69 are Billy Horschel, Kevin Streelman, Rasmus Hojgaard, we all know along with Shane Lowry T35 -1 70.

As I mentioned you may not know a lot of these guys who haven't played for 3 weeks, however this week and next in Puerto Rico is a chance for the rank and file to make an improvement in their PGA Tour standings.

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Crowded leaderboard at Investec South African Open .....18 hole results

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The Opening round of the Investec South African Open is under way on the Stellenbosch GC under sunny skies 21*c.

Alejandro Del Rey led a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard alongside former winner Dean Burmester, Joe Dean and Oliver Lindell at the 2026 Investec South African Open Championship.

Del Rey set the clubhouse target at -5 after bouncing back from a bogey with six birdies in his 65 before 2023 champion Burmester, Englishman Dean and Finland's Lindell matched the 28-year-old's total.

Home hopeful Herman Loubser, American Johannes Veerman, England's Nathan Kimsey and Italian Francesco Laporta were one shot further back -4 66 while eight players were locked at --3 67 in a logjammed leaderboard.

"Very pleased. At the start of the round it was a little bit tough, I hit a couple of bad shots and managed to fix it," Del Rey said. "Came into the back nine with a little bit of wind, it was a bit difficult, but hit it really well on the back nine and managed to make a couple of putts for a very good round.

"You've got to be very accurate with your irons. I thought I did very well today and hopefully I keep doing that for the rest of the week."

South African quartet Dylan Frittelli. Casey Jarvis, Haydn Porteous and Xander Basson, Emirati Adrian Otaegui, Spain's Angel Ayora, Japan's Rikuya Hoshino and Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat are all 67 -3

Patrick Reed admitted his first round of the Investec South African Open Championship was a "grind" as he faced the challenge of playing in a new country.

After finishing in 26th on his first start at the Dubai Invitational, the 35-year-old has gone on to win the following week at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, lose in a play-off to Martin Couvra at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship and claim his second victory of the season at the Qatar Masters.

The American sits comfortably at the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings delivered by DP World, but he was six off the pace in South Africa after an opening round of +1 71.

"Not great," Reed said. "I never really got comfortable, hit a lot of loose tee-shots and because of that playing out of the rough. Even when I was in the fairway, I just kept hitting the ball high on the face, it just sits so high on the grass.

"So because of that, the distance control wasn't quite what I want to and I felt from tee-to-green I struggled today. I had two short putts that I missed, but besides from that it was a grind.

I grew up watching Tiger and wanting to have that mentality and play as well as Tiger, but also it was fun watching Phil hit those flop shots, so because of that I was always on the practice green hitting the hard chips."

Springbok legend Ernie Els a 5 time winner of his National Championship had 4 bogey's and a double with an eagle 3 thrown in is well behind T126 +4 74.

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