DP World Tour : Nedbank Golf Challenge
This week the DP World Tour features two of it's most celebrated events.
Rory McIlroy, now a Grand Slam winner has emphasized his desire to win big events on some of the world's best courses and as such has signed on for two years to play the Australian Open being staged this week on Royal Melbourne regarded as one of the worlds best.
Meanwhile up in Sun City RSA, the invitational Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player with a purse of $6,000,000 is the 2nd of 42 events in the 2026 Race to Dubai featuring an international field of 66 players.
American Ryggs Johnston #408 owgr, was the surprise winner last year, Viktor Hovland at #13owgr is the highest ranked player.
Canada's Nick Taylor begins his 2026 season ranked #51 owgr, in the field.
Group 8 1039 1st Nick Taylor, Aldrich Potgieter, RSA, Haotong Li, China
Taylor, now 37 is also ranked T19 in the FedEx Cup standings well inside that Top50 on the PGA Tour that gets him into all the signature events, and the majors.
His 5 PGA Tour wins began in 2014/15 at the Sanderson Farms, then in 2019/20 at the prestigious AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am.
He also won the WM Phoenix Open in 2024 and the Sony Hawaiian Open in 2025 however the jewel in his crown was when he broke the 53 year old RBC Canadian Open jinx in 2023 in a playoff with Tommy Fleetwood.
Born in Winnipeg, he calls Abbotsford in BC his home with wife Andie and kids Charlie and Harper, Taylor has a reputation for winning on tough golf courses, and in playoffs.
He is one of 5 Canadians on Tour this year, along with Corey Conners, Mac Hughes, Taylor Pendrith and rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju, a lefty born in India, raised in Canada who played his way on Tour with his win on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Veteran Adam Hadwin has lost his card as have Ben Silverman and Adam Svensson all of whom will play Final Stage at Q School then the Korn Ferry Tour to regain their status.
Bryan Angus
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