Casey Jarvis had the biggest climb of 12 South Africans inside the top 25 who went up in the latest list issued by the Official World Golf Ranking when he climbed 54 places to 328^th.

Jarvis had a top-10 finish on the DP World Tour, and his share of eighth in the Omega European Masters made him the 14^th-best South African according to the world rankings list. It reversed a long downward trend on the rankings, and has taken him to just outside 100 places lower than his career-high of 237^th which he achieved when he won the Euram Bank Open on the Challenge Tour in July 2023.

Two other players were up to career-highs: Robin Williams continues his progress up the world-ranking ladder, and reached 278^th after his share of 12^th in the Challenge Tour’s Big Green Egg German Challenge.

The other was Thriston Lawrence, who is up one place to 61^st after his share of 27^th behind Jarvis in the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. He remains South Africa’s second-highest ranked player behind Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who is unchanged on 46^th.

South Africa’s top 25:

1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 46 (unchanged)
2. Thriston Lawrence 61 (up 1)
3. Erik van Rooyen 68 (unchanged)
4. Dean Burmester 129 (down 4)
5. Zander Lombard 173 (down 3)
6. Louis Oosthuizen 186 (down 3)
7. Robin Williams 278 (up 4)
8. Shaun Norris 288 (up 1)
9. Dylan Frittelli 298 (down 7)
10. Garrick Higgo 308 (down 6)
11. Aldrich Potgieter 313 (up 1)
12. Hennie du Plessis 316 (down 4)
13. Brandon Stone 319 (up 7)
14. Casey Jarvis 328 (up 54)
15. Barend Botha 330 (up 1)
16. Jayden Schaper 334 (up 9)
17. Deon Germishuys 345 (up 4)
18. Thomas Aiken 356 (up 1)
19. Ryan van Velzen 357 (down 5)
20. Jaco Ahlers 387 (up 2)
21. Wilco Nienaber 393 (down 5)
22. Louis de Jager 408 (down 2)
23. Jacques Kruyswijk 414 (down 7)
24. Darren Fichardt 431 (up 9)
25. Daniel van Tonder 445 (down 13)