DP World Tour in Joburg this week...

 The International Swing draws to a close this week in South Africa at the Joburg Open Entry List

Jarvis chasing history

In the history of the DP World Tour, only two players have won three consecutive events: Sir Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros. Should Casey Jarvis win at Houghton, he will join that illustrious company in the DP World Tour history books. After claiming a maiden win at the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa, he followed it up with a glorious homecoming at the Investec South African Open Championship last week and he is now going for the hat-trick, a feat countryman Jayden Schaper had a tilt at earlier in the season after his wins in Johannesburg and Mauritius.

Hill defends

Calum Hill won his second DP World Tour title at this event 12 months ago and he returns to Houghton Golf Club aiming to become the third multiple winner alongside two-time South African champions Richard Sterne and Charl Schwartzel. Hill shot an eight-under-par 62 in the final round last year to come from eight shots back and play his way into a play-off with home heroes Shaun Norris and Jacques Kruyswijk. 

After all three players recorded par on the first play-off hole, a par proved good enough for the Scotsman after Norris found the water with his approach and Kruyswijk missed his five-foot putt. Victory followed on from Hill’s DP World Tour breakthrough at the Cazoo Classic in August 2021. "It's awesome. A little bit surprised there, I thought we were having to go again (to another play-off hole),” he said. "It was a fantastic day, and this is the cherry on top.”

Inside the field

Race to Dubai Rankings leader Patrick Reed is one of three of this season’s winners on the 2026 Race to Dubai teeing it up in Johannesburg alongside South African pair Jarvis and Jayden Schaper. 

Andy Sullivan has enjoyed an excellent start to the season, and the Englishman is joined by fellow former champions Sterne, Hill, Lawrence, George Coetzee, Haydn Porteous, Darren Fichardt, Shubhankar Sharma and Dan Bradbury. 

Spain’s rising star Angel Ayora has played every event since making his season debut at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player and it would be no surprise if he became the latest first-time DP World Tour winner. 

Martin Couvra is no stranger to winning on South African soil having won the country’s three major amateur titles and last season’s rookie of the year will be one to watch. South African trio MJ Viljoen, MJ Daffue and Oliver Bekker, who have all won on home soil during the HotelPlanner Tour’s season-opening events in South Africa, are also in action.

Looking back

Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour, the Joburg Open is celebrating its 18th edition this week. Founded in 2007, it was previously held at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club from 2007 to 2017, while Randpark Golf Club hosted in 2017, 2020 and 2021, the latter when Thriston Lawrence became the first winner of the DP World Tour era in the 2022 season.

 Steeped in tradition, Houghton – a host venue to 12 previous DP World Tour-sanctioned events – is staging for a fourth season in a row.

Swing finale offers route to Scottish Open

For the second consecutive year, the tournament is the seventh and final event of the International Swing. On the back of last week’s Investec South African Open Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club, it brings a double header in the Rainbow nation to a close. 

Patrick Reed was confirmed as the Swing winner following the Magical Kenya Open presented by absa earlier this month but there is still plenty to play for this week. 

Through the Swing, the highest-ranked player not already exempt when the entry list is announced for the Genesis Scottish Open in late June will earn a place at the second Rolex series event of the year and with many players towards the top of the Swing standings already guaranteed a place at The Renaissance Club, that is wide open. As things stand, Hennie du Plessis is in line to lay claim to that reward.

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Late Lowry collapse gifts Echavarria Cognizant Classic...Final results

     PGA Tour: Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches... Leaderboard Results

" Geez this one is going to be hard to take I beat myself today, I had the tournament in my hands and I threw it away"

Shane Lowry of Ireland looks on from the 18th green during the final round of the Cognizant Classic. Photograph: Raj Mehta/Getty

That sums Sunday for Shane Lowry on PGA National, 3 shots clear of the field, until a wide right 3 iron into the water at 16 resulting in a double bogey, followed by another double on 17 gifted the trophy to a delighted Nico Echavarria who to his credit had played well all weekend (63 72 66 66 -17) worth $1,728,000.

Playing on his home course the affable big Irishman has now had 4 top 5's here in the last 5 years. (T2  70 67 63 69 -15)

If I were his coach I would remind him that his fellow club member Jack Nicklaus finished 2nd 58 times in his career

" I have a tee time at Bay Hill net Thursday, so I have no choice but to move on "

Canadians

AJ Ewart  T13  71 64 68 72 -9

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T17 68 72 68 68 -8

Mac Hughes T23  75 65 69 68 -7

Ben Silverman T40  73 67 69 71 -4

This week another $20,000,000 limited field signature event Arnold Palmer Invitational while the rank and file have an alternative event in Puerto Rico.

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

  DP World Tour: Investec South African Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

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%

Mike Ehrmann

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

 DP World Tour: Investec South African Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

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

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

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

  DP World Tour: Investec South African Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

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

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

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

 DP World Tour: Investec South African Open  Tee Times Leaderboard

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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The Florida Swing: 5 Canadians at Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches...TEE TIMES

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

This is the first time in 3 weeks the regular rank and file who did not qualify for the last signature events have a chance to play, importantly to improve their standing in the Fed Ex Cup points.

Here are the Canadians on tour this year and their ranking in the Fed Ex Cup (bold playing this week)

Adam Hadwin is playing on the Korn Ferry Tour this year, is in the field on a sponsors exemption  

Nick Taylor 34, Taylor Pendrith 51, Sudarshan Yellamaraju 78, Corey Conners 82, Mac Hughes 84, AJ Ewart 99, Adam Svensson 125

The top 100 keep their playing cards for 2027, the top 50 get in the 8 signature events. The top 70 get into the first playoff Fed Ex St Judes. and the Players Championship, and 51-70 get into the Anon Next 10.

So you can see the five playing this week have the chance to move up, also keep in mind that while next week is the Arnold Palmer Invitational signature event, there is also an alternative event for the rank and file the Puerto Rico Open, so another chance for this weeks crew.

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The story of the South African Open

 The second oldest open competition in golf, the Investec South African Open Championship, returns for its 115th edition this week at Stellenbosch Golf Club.

Not only does South Africa’s national open have a long history, it also boasts a rich past, with the likes of Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els having all made their mark on the event over the years. Let us take you through the highlights of this fascinating story

The early years

In 1892, the first South African Open - then known as the South African Tournament - was contested as an exhibition match play event with Denholm Walker winning the inaugural edition, before D G Proudfoot went on to win the title eight years in a row from 1893 through to 1902 (no tournaments were held in the Boer War years between 1900 and 1901).

Laurie Waters and George Fotheringham soon took advantage of it becoming a formal event in 1903 – with the former winning the first 36-hole stroke play edition, and the latter triumphing five times before the outbreak of the First World War.

The Brews era and the emergence of Bobby Locke

The Brews family made their first mark on their national open in 1921, with Jock Brews winning the event for the first time at Port Elizabeth Golf Club. This heralded the start of the ‘Brews Era’ with Jock and his younger brother Sid dominating the golf scene for many years to come - Jock winning four of his national opens and Sid victorious in eight.

Another new venue, Parkview Golf Club, was chosen for the 1935 tournament, and with it emerged one of golf's superstars, 17-year-old A D 'Bobby' Locke. Scores of 70-76-75-75 brought Locke his first title and heralded the start of the ‘Locke era’, which was to last 20 years and see him win his home open nine times and The Open Championship on four occasions.

Gary Player in 1956, the year he won his first South African Open

The Player years

The great Gary Player took over the mantle from Locke and continued to put South African golf on the map, eclipsing Locke’s list of achievements in the process. In the 26 years between 1956 and 1981, Player won the South African Open a remarkable 13 times.

That period included a five-year winning streak from 1965 to 1969, with the last triumph in that run seeing the South African card a sensational final round 64.

A star is born

Player had left a vast void to fill and after his final victory at the South African Open Championship in 1981, the tournament had eight different winners in the next nine years, with five of those champions coming from outside of South Africa. 1992 was to prove another year to remember for South African golf fans, though, as a certain Theodore Ernest Els prevailed less than three years after joining the professional ranks.

Retief Goosen, another future South African Major winner, took the glory in 1995 before Els won the second of his five home titles a year later.

The DP World Tour era

The South African Open Championship has been co-sanctioned by both the DP World Tour and the Sunshine Tour for every edition barring one since 1997, with a strong tradition of home-grown success continuing via 19 native victories.

Masters Tournament winner Trevor Immelman won in successive years in 2003 and 2004, with Els claiming the latest of his wins in the 2011 edition on the DP World Tour at a staggering 31 under par.

England's Graeme Storm memorably defeated World Number Two Rory McIlroy in a play-off in 2017 but South Africans have won the last seven editions.

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Inside this week at Investec South African Open edit>>>TEE TMES/SCOREBOARD

 This week sees the Investec South African Open Championship provide a pathway into two Major Championships as the DP World Tour makes a long-awaited return to Stellenbosch Golf Club. Tee Times Leaderboard

A return to Stellenbosch

Now in its 115th edition, this week’s South African Open – golf’s second oldest national open behind The Open, first played as a formal event in 1903 - is being hosted by Stellenbosch Golf Club for just the second time. In 1999, 27 years ago, home favourite David Frost won the title at the club at which he grew up and used to caddie for his father.

The town is 50k east of Cape town along the banks of the Eerste River with below Stellenbosch Mountain.

Naidoo defends

Dylan Naidoo beat Laurie Canter in a play-off to win his first DP World Tour title at his national championship last year. With the pair locked in a share of the lead on -14, and with the final round washed out at Durban Country Club, the tournament went straight to a sudden death play-off. With a birdie at the 18th, Naidoo became a hero in his homeland and qualified for his Major Championship debut at The Open Championship. 

“I felt like I had nothing to lose in the play-off,” said Naidoo. “I just wanted to go out there and have fun and do it. To have my name on the SA Open trophy is unbelievable. It’s like a fairytale."

In-form Reed returns to action as Swing winner

As the top-ranked player in the field, World Number 18 Patrick Reed is the star global name teeing it up as he bids to continue his scintillating form. This marks a tournament debut for the 25-year-old, with South Africa becoming the 20th different country in which he has competed on the DP World Tour. A winner already this year in Dubai and Qatar, either side of a runner-up finish in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the American was confirmed as the winner of the International Swing following the Magical Kenyan Open.

The 2018 Masters champion also leads the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and has already spoken of his desire to emulate Collin Morikawa and become the second American winner of the Harry Vardon Trophy.

Home heroes take place in stellar field

Days on from claiming his maiden DP World Tour title in Kenya, Casey Jarvis is part of a strong cohort of South African players bidding to maintain a recent history of home dominance. Last year, Naidoo became the seventh consecutive different South African to win the tournament and he is one of five of the last six champions teeing it up alongside the likes of Thriston Lawrence and Dean Burmester. Five-time winner Ernie Els is also among the home heroes, while there will be high hopes Jayden Schaper can win for a third time this season.

Major spots up for grabs

Co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour, the $1.5 million tournament offers a direct pathway into two of golf’s four men’s Major Championships. For the first time in the event’s history, the winner will receive an invitation to play the Masters Tournament at Augusta National in April. 

Further to this, the South African Open also remains part of The Open Qualifying Series, with three places in the field to for The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale available.

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Bridgeman staggers to win Genesis Invitational..Final results/prize money

    PGA Tour : Genesis Invitational Leaderboard Results

You couldn't blame 26 year old Jacob Bridgeman for being a bag of nerves, what with Tiger presiding over the tournament and the legend Rory McIlroy as his playing partner, at the storied Los Angeles Riviera GC.

As it turned out his huge six shot lead would be just enough partly because Rory didn't put any pressure on him when his putter abandoned him, he was E par through 10 holes, holed a bunker shot for birdie on 12, then finished birdie birdie for 67 -17 T2. $1,800,000

Bridgeman made 2 birdies and 2 bogey's out in 35 then played his last 9 with just 1 bogey 37 for +1 72 (66 64 64) for his first PGA Tour win, and a whopping $4,000,000

Adam Scott 4th 63 $1,000,000  Kurt Kitayama T2 64 $1,800,000 filled the frame.

Canadians

Nick Taylor T28  72 68 70 68 -6  $136,500

Corey Conners T37  71 69 70 70 -4  $92,250

Taylor Pendrith T45  69 70 73 71 -1  $64,000

Next week they play a regular Tour event at PGA National in Palm Beach, before another signature event AP Invitational, then  the $25,000,000 Players Championship where Rory defends.

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Casey Jarvis wins, T18 finish Cockerill ...Final Results.

    DP World Tour : Magical Kenya Open Entry List Results

Its never easy mentally to follow up a really low round, with another, is so often the case, and when you do, you often are the winner.

Aaron Cockerill posted the low round of the day on  Saturday -8 62. Early this morning in a lightning delayed Sunday on the Karen GC he had 3 bogey's and a birdie out in +2 37, however a very steady back nine, all pars with 3 birdies for -1 32 and a final tally 66 69 62 69 -14 T18. 

With 3 missed cuts in 5 starts this season, and all the excitement of new daughter Tegan's arrival on January 31st this is a great start to his 2026 season worth $44.898 cdn and a 43 place move to #106 in the Race to Dubai points.

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Casey Jarvis won his maiden DP World Tour title as he rounded off a wire-to-wire success at the 2026 Magical Kenya Open presented by absa.

The South African, who had shared the lead after each of the first three rounds, held off playing partner Davis Bryant in a final round twice interrupted by stormy conditions in Nairobi.

Jarvis had six birdies and rounded off his round of 62 with a second eagle of the day to win by three strokes -25.

Jarvis began with three birdies and a bogey in his first four holes to reach -19, still one clear of compatriot Hennie Du Plessis.

Another gain came at the sixth, with Bryant pouring in three in a row from the fifth to stay on his tail as Jarvis reached the turn one ahead.

Bryant coolly slotted his birdie at the 11th but Jarvis brilliantly eagled the 12th, perfectly judging his putt up the steep slope in front of the green to move two up with six to play, moments before the hooter went to bring the players in as thunder rolled.

The American was back within one after a birdie at the next and another stoppage arrived with the leading pair having teed off on the 17th where Jarvis eventually made a birdie, to Bryant's par, so he was two clear with one to play.

That cleared the stage for Jarvis, who found the fairway and then the green in exemplary fashion on the 18th before rolling in a 15-foot eagle putt to round off a momentous week in style.

The 22-year-old said: "It's amazing, I've actually never won in front of my dad before, I've wanted to win in front of him so badly, and to finally do it when he's here, I can't explain to you the emotions.

"I was so nervous coming down the last two so yeah, it feels great.

"There's not many words that can describe the feeling, I also wish my mum was here but she's back home in the UK. But it's unbelievable, he's been with me through the ups, through the downs. I know this moment doesn't happen often so we're going to celebrate it properly tonight."

The celebrations can now begin in earnest and the Jarvis added: "Only a four-hour flight to Joburg – I feel sorry for the people on the plane because I feel like it’s going to be pretty loud!"

Bryant's birdie left him second outright on -22 ahead of Du Plessis -21 and then Laporta -20. Jacob Skov Olesen's 65 left him -19 along with Kimsey, whose fellow Englishman Matthew Jordan shot 62 to vault up to 7th.

Defending champion Jacques Kruyswijk followed three straight 67s with a 65 to finish -14 and securely in the top 20.

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