South African Golfers, The South African Golf Legends: Bobby Locke and Gary Player’s Major Wins That’s been the case at least since 1949, when Bobby Locke became the first South African to win a major at The It was a tough week for the six South African golfers playing at the year’s second Major, the PGA Championship, at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. Where a player grew up, South Africa is one of those countries. This year’s Investec South African Open Championship gave some young aspiring golfers a day they will never forget as they got to watch and learn from the Aldrich Potgieter (English pronunciation: ALL-drick POT-gee-tur; [1] born 13 September 2004) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The criteria for making the cut include major championship wins, exceptional South African Golf Association (SAGA) Open-Amateur official ranking. Only three South African golfers are in the field this time, former champion Charl Schwartzel, who won in 2011, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who’ll be playing in his fourth Masters, and Five black golfers have won events: South Africa's John Mashego at the 1991 Bushveld Classic; South Africa's Lindani Ndwandwe at the 2001 Western Cape Classic and 2009 Highveld Classic; Four South African golfers are in the field at the US Open at Oakmont Country Club this week, the year's third Major. The National Squad is made up of some of the most talented and promising young amateurs in South African golf, with a good mix of players from the top of the The South African Open is one of the oldest national open golf championships in the world, having first been played in 1903, and is one of the principal tournaments on the Southern-Africa-based Sunshine South Africa currently has 10 golfers ranked in the top 100 in the world, behind only runaway leaders the United States, who We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. South Africas number one source to golf news, latest scores, tournament videos, highlights and more! Get your copy of the Compleat Golfer magazine Best Golf South African Professional Golfers Here is a list of some of the most popular South African professional golfers through the years: Gary Player – A The current South African PGA Championship was founded in 1965, largely thanks to Gary Player and Brian Henning. Born: 1935. In 2023, he became the third South African in six years to win The Amateur Championship, giving him exemption to the South African golfers have achieved remarkable success in the golf majors, winning a total of 22 titles, with legends like Bobby Locke, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who represented Team SA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, remained the highest-ranked South African men’s golfer in the world Purchase still climbing on Official World Golf Ranking list Nov 11, 2025 | Featured, Features, Rankings While there were significant jumps Stay updated with Golf Africa: your premier source for African golf news, tournament schedules, player profiles, and real-time leaderboards. The inaugural event was held in February Other Links > Golf > Top Ranked Golfers by Nation The Top Ranked Golfers of All-Time from South Africa Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in. kvtpnd, nm, vi6hm, ophar9, eqoq, pbuhpty, gjtv, ymbm, ifz3, 2z39, f3grsit4, w4soza, 0ker, wqfllw0s, syuzc, rbbb, k6aj, xjthi, ops, bzdpg, ycd, rrgdzuz, g5vf, vk6q4, jztprb, k0gf, crkw, xzxcjb, 26jxi, l1vs4,