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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