Hennie du Plessis moved inside the world’s top 200 again on the Official World Golf Ranking over the weekend with his share of third in the Dimension Data Pro-Am lifting him 20 places into 194^th.

In the process of his climb, he overtook Dylan Frittelli and became South Africa’s eighth-best golfer according to the official world list. His performance reversed a downward slide on the rankings which began when he missed the cut n the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in December.

The other man inside the top 25 players in South Africa who had a substantial climb on the rankings after a solid Dimension Data Pro-Am showing with his share of sixth was Brandon Stone. He, too, is on an upward trend, and his 11-place climb to 401^st saw him just another good showing away from getting inside the world’s top 400.

Zander Lombard was also up, climbing four places to another career-high of 96^th as his summer of solid performances continues.

While Du Plessis was the biggest climber inside the South African top 25, he I some way off his career-high of 122^nd, achieved in May 22 when he finished in a share of 15^th in the DP World Tour’s Soudal Open.

South Africa’s top-ranked player remains Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who dropped one place after his share of 24^th in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational.

South Africa’s top 25:

1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 58 (down 1)
2. Thriston Lawrence 87 (down 1)
3. Erik van Rooyen 90 (down 3)
4. Dean Burmester 95 (down 1)
5. Zander Lombard 96 (up 4)
6. Louis Oosthuizen 137 (down 1)
7. Garrick Higgo 188 (down 1)
8. Hennie du Plessis 194 (up 20)
9. Dylan Frittelli 199 (down 2)
10. Ockie Strydom 236 (up 1)
11. Louis de Jager 260 (unchanged)
12. MJ Daffue 285 (down 6)
13. Jayden Schaper 287 (down 1)
14. Ryan van Velzen 298 (down 2)
15. Casey Jarvis 308 (up 2)
16. Jacques Kruyswijk 317 (up 3)
17. Jaco Ahlers 320 (up 4)
18. Charl Schwartzel 329 (down 4)
19. Darren Fichardt 333 (down 1)
20. Aldrich Potgieter 335 (up 6)
21. Deon Germishuys 368 (down 9)
22. Wilco Nienaber 387 (up 1)
23. Oliver Bekker 390 (up 4)
24. Brandon Stone 401 (up 11)
25. Jbe’ Kruger 435 (down 21)