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The Top Ranked Golfers of All-Time from South Africa
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Gary Player | 1953 | 5 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 1989 | 22 |
| 3 | Bobby Locke | 1938 | 28 |
| 4 | Nick Price | 1977 | 38 |
| 5 | Justin Rose | 1998 | 57 |
| 6 | Retief Goosen | 1990 | 61 |
| 7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 2002 | 99 |
| 8 | Charl Schwartzel | 2006 | 190 |
| 9 | Trevor Immelman | 1999 | 220 |
| 10 | Rory Sabbatini | 1998 | 302 |
| 11 | Tim Clark | 1998 | 323 |
| 12 | Harold Henning | 1953 | 486 |
| 13 | Bobby Cole | 1967 | 487 |
| 14 | Branden Grace | 2007 | 508 |
| 15 | David Frost | 1981 | 713 |
| 16 | Dylan Frittelli | 2012 | 773 |
| 17 | Erik van Rooyen | 2013 | 981 |
| 18 | Fulton Allem | 1976 | 985 |
| 19 | Aaron Wise | 2016 | 1009 |
| 20 | Garrick Higgo | 2019 | 1011 |
| 21 | George Coetzee | 2007 | 1432 |
| 22 | Thomas Aiken | 2002 | 1435 |
| 23 | Hugh Baiocchi | 1971 | 1523 |
| 24 | Hennie Otto | 1998 | 1619 |
| 25 | Darren Fichardt | 1994 | 1654 |
| 26 | John Bland | 1970 | 1658 |
| 27 | James Kingston | 2004 | 1659 |
| 28 | Richard Sterne | 2001 | 1665 |
| 29 | Justin Harding | 2010 | 1666 |
| 30 | Simon Hobday | 1969 | 1670 |
| 31 | Shaun Norris | 2002 | 1674 |
| 32 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 2015 | 1676 |
| 33 | Dale Hayes | 1970 | 1691 |
| 34 | Thriston Lawrence | 2014 | 1699 |
| 35 | Brandon Stone | 2013 | 1701 |
| 36 | John Fourie | 1970 | 1732 |
| 37 | Daniel Van Tonder | 2011 | 1751 |
| 38 | Tienie Britz | 1965 | 1755 |
| 39 | Haydin Porteous | 2013 | 1798 |
| 40 | Andre Bossert | 1989 | 1810 |
| 41 | Ockie Strydom | 2009 | 1826 |
| 42 | Jeff Hawkes | 1974 | 1840 |
| 43 | Wayne Westner | 1982 | 1843 |
| 44 | Ian Palmer | 1981 | 1886 |
| 45 | Cobie Legrange | 1962 | 1890 |
| 46 | Vincent Tshabalala | 1963 | 1916 |
| 47 | Daniel Silva | 1988 | 1920 |
| 48 | Clinton Whitelaw | 1990 | 1927 |
| 49 | Andries Oosthuizen | 1973 | 1972 |
| 50 | Sewsunker Sewgolum | 1959 | 2009 |
| 51 | Jaco Ahlers | 2006 | 2122 |
| 52 | Jbe' Kruger | 2007 | 2134 |
| 53 | Peter Karmis | 2004 | 2155 |
| 54 | Gavin Levenson | 1979 | 2164 |
| 55 | Des Terblanche | 1987 | 2185 |
| 56 | Nico van Rensburg | 1987 | 2186 |
| 57 | Anton Haig | 2004 | 2188 |
| 58 | Hendrik Buhrmann | 1985 | 2195 |
| 59 | James Kamte | 2003 | 2214 |
| 60 | Craig Kamps | 1987 | 2260 |
| 61 | Darren Beck | 2004 | 2264 |
| 62 | Richard Kaplan | 1990 | 2268 |
| 63 | Bob Verwey | 1959 | 2354 |
| 64 | Christo Lamprecht | 2023 | 2689 |
| 65 | Jovan Rebula | 2018 | 2696 |
| 66 | Manny Zerman | 1991 | 2748 |
| 67 | Zander Lombard | 2014 | 2749 |
| 68 | Ben Fouchee | 1988 | 2809 |
| 69 | David Suddards | 1980 | 2817 |
| 70 | Jason Scrivener | 2013 | 2863 |
| 71 | Trevor Wilkes | 1956 | 2902 |
| 72 | Barry Franklin | 1965 | 2939 |
| 73 | Bobby Verwey | 1959 | 2979 |
| 74 | Alan Brookes | 1963 | 3063 |
| 75 | Allan Henning | 1962 | 3246 |
| 76 | Jean Hugo | 1999 | 3257 |
| 77 | Jaco Van Zyl | 2001 | 3259 |
| 78 | J.C. Ritchie | 2014 | 3260 |
| 79 | Trevor Fisher | 2002 | 3269 |
| 80 | Oliver Bekker | 2008 | 3270 |
| 81 | Titch Moore | 1997 | 3271 |
| 82 | Doug McGuigan | 1989 | 3273 |
| 83 | Jake Roos | 2005 | 3275 |
| 84 | Garth Mulroy | 2002 | 3276 |
| 85 | Ulrich van den Berg | 1999 | 3279 |
| 86 | Keith Horne | 1996 | 3280 |
| 87 | Merrick Bremner | 2005 | 3293 |
| 88 | Bradford Vaughan | 1995 | 3296 |
| 89 | Vaughn Groenewald | 1995 | 3297 |
| 90 | Desvonde Botes | 1992 | 3300 |
| 91 | Ruan de Smidt | 2011 | 3306 |
| 92 | Louis de Jager | 2008 | 3308 |
| 93 | Warren Abery | 1997 | 3311 |
| 94 | Jaco Prinsloo | 2011 | 3315 |
| 95 | Andrew McLardy | 1997 | 3318 |
| 96 | Dylan Mostert | 2018 | 3327 |
| 97 | Jacques Blaauw | 2018 | 3336 |
| 98 | Christiaan Basson | 2007 | 3337 |
| 99 | Brandon Pieters | 1994 | 3339 |
| 100 | J.J. Senekal | 2010 | 3343 |
| 101 | Michiel Bothma | 1993 | 3344 |
| 102 | Dawie van der Walt | 2007 | 3346 |
| 103 | Deane Pappas | 1992 | 3348 |
| 104 | Nicholas Henning | 1991 | 3354 |
| 105 | Kyle Barker | 2020 | 3371 |
| 106 | Rourke van der Spuy | 2012 | 3380 |
| 107 | Lyle Rowe | 2009 | 3381 |
| 108 | Bryce Easton | 2007 | 3382 |
| 109 | Neil Schietekat | 2006 | 3383 |
| 110 | Chris Swanepoel | 2003 | 3384 |
| 111 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 2013 | 3390 |
| 112 | Justin Walters | 2003 | 3399 |
| 113 | Albert Venter | 2018 | 3407 |
| 114 | Roger Wessels | 1983 | 3413 |
| 115 | Wilco Nienaber | 2019 | 3421 |
| 116 | Ryan Van Velzen | 2020 | 3427 |
| 117 | Luke Brown | 2018 | 3428 |
| 118 | Martin Rohwer | 2016 | 3439 |
| 119 | Hennie du Plessis | 2015 | 3440 |
| 120 | M.J. Viljoen | 2014 | 3441 |
| 121 | Tyrone Ferreira | 2011 | 3442 |
| 122 | Steve Basson | 2010 | 3444 |
| 123 | PH McIntyre | 2008 | 3446 |
| 124 | Rossouw Loubser | 2006 | 3451 |
| 125 | Andrew Curlewis | 2005 | 3452 |
| 126 | Tyrone van Aswegen | 2004 | 3454 |
| 127 | Ryan Reid | 1999 | 3458 |
| 128 | Lindani Ndwandwe | 1998 | 3460 |
| 129 | Mark Murless | 1998 | 3461 |
| 130 | Dion Fourie | 1997 | 3462 |
| 131 | Andre Cruse | 1987 | 3465 |
| 132 | Tjaart Van Der Walt | 1996 | 3471 |
| 133 | Ashley Roestoff | 1987 | 3483 |
| 134 | Herman Loubser | 2017 | 3496 |
| 135 | Riekus Nortje | 2012 | 3501 |
| 136 | Deon Germishuys | 2019 | 3529 |
| 137 | Dylan Naidoo | 2019 | 3531 |
| 138 | Estiaan Conradie | 2019 | 3532 |
| 139 | Louis Albertse | 2018 | 3536 |
| 140 | Combrinck Smit | 2017 | 3538 |
| 141 | Ruan Conradie | 2017 | 3539 |
| 142 | Ruan Korb | 2017 | 3540 |
| 143 | Tristen Strydom | 2017 | 3541 |
| 144 | Andre de Decker | 2015 | 3546 |
| 145 | Michael Palmer | 2015 | 3549 |
| 146 | Stefan Wears-Taylor | 2015 | 3550 |
| 147 | Allan Versfeld | 2013 | 3554 |
| 148 | Jean-Paul Strydom | 2013 | 3557 |
| 149 | Yubin Jung | 2013 | 3559 |
| 150 | M.J. Daffue | 2012 | 3561 |
| 151 | Tyrone Ryan | 2011 | 3568 |
| 152 | Jake Redman | 2010 | 3572 |
| 153 | Pieter Moolman | 2010 | 3573 |
| 154 | Anthony Michael | 2009 | 3574 |
| 155 | Michael Hollick | 2009 | 3575 |
| 156 | Prinavin Nelson | 2009 | 3576 |
| 157 | Wynand Dingle | 2008 | 3578 |
| 158 | Daniel Greene | 2007 | 3580 |
| 159 | Toto Thimba | 2007 | 3584 |
| 160 | Heinrich Bruiners | 2006 | 3586 |
| 161 | Colin Nel | 2005 | 3589 |
| 162 | Theunis Spangenberg | 2005 | 3593 |
| 163 | Divan van den Heever | 2004 | 3599 |
| 164 | Ryan Tipping | 2004 | 3601 |
| 165 | J.G. Claassen | 2003 | 3602 |
| 166 | Mark Williams | 2003 | 3604 |
| 167 | Patrick O'Brien | 2003 | 3605 |
| 168 | Nicholas Lawrence | 2002 | 3609 |
| 169 | Tyrol Auret | 1998 | 3618 |
| 170 | Dean Lambert | 1996 | 3622 |
| 171 | Alan Michell | 1994 | 3630 |
| 172 | Brett Liddle | 1992 | 3637 |
| 173 | Grant Muller | 1992 | 3638 |
| 174 | Wallie Coetsee | 1992 | 3639 |
| 175 | Warrick Druian | 1992 | 3640 |
| 176 | Sean Pappas | 1990 | 3646 |
| 177 | Callie Swart | 1988 | 3650 |
| 178 | Kevin Stone | 1988 | 3651 |
| 179 | Steve van Vuuren | 1981 | 3658 |
| 180 | Bertus Smit | 2000 | 4032 |
| 181 | Bobby Lincoln | 1971 | 4043 |
| 182 | DeWet Basson | 1992 | 4156 |
| 183 | Paul Bradshaw | 2004 | 4428 |
| 184 | Brenden Pappas | 1993 | 4822 |
| 185 | Casey Jarvis | 2022 | 4890 |
| 186 | Warren Schutte | 2000 | 5053 |
| 187 | Alex Haindl | 2000 | 5367 |
| 188 | Roger Manning | 1971 | 5501 |
| 189 | Gary Baleson | 1972 | 5541 |
| 190 | Aldrich Potgieter | 2023 | 5578 |
| 191 | Christo Greyling | 2011 | 5697 |
| 192 | Mathiam Keyser | 2014 | 5780 |
| 193 | Ian Snyman | 2016 | 5783 |
| 194 | Gerhard Pepler | 2021 | 5790 |
| 195 | Kyle McClatchie | 2019 | 5828 |
| 196 | Slade Pickering | 2021 | 5908 |
| 197 | Matt Bright | 2018 | 5926 |
| 198 | Cameron Moralee | 2017 | 5931 |
| 199 | Malcolm Mitchell | 2016 | 5942 |
| 200 | Jason Smith | 2015 | 5952 |
| 201 | Matthew Spacey | 2015 | 5957 |
| 202 | Desne van den Bergh | 2013 | 5977 |
| 203 | Christiaan Burke | 2022 | 6079 |
| 204 | Christiaan Maas | 2022 | 6080 |
| 205 | Noel Anderson | 2021 | 6110 |
| 206 | Adam Breen | 2020 | 6115 |
| 207 | Therion Nel | 2020 | 6132 |
| 208 | Byron Coetzee | 2019 | 6139 |
| 209 | Erhard Lambrechts | 2019 | 6144 |
| 210 | Hennie O'Kennedy | 2019 | 6147 |
| 211 | Keelan van Wyk | 2019 | 6153 |
| 212 | Yurav Premlall | 2019 | 6170 |
| 213 | Eric Nel | 2018 | 6180 |
| 214 | Jason Froneman | 2018 | 6187 |
| 215 | Marthin Scheepers | 2018 | 6192 |
| 216 | Otto Van Buynder | 2018 | 6196 |
| 217 | Juran Dreyer | 2017 | 6234 |
| 218 | Paul Boshoff | 2017 | 6240 |
| 219 | Theunis Bezuidenhout | 2017 | 6250 |
| 220 | Breyten Meyer | 2014 | 6314 |
| 221 | Bryandrew Roelofsz | 2014 | 6315 |
| 222 | Daniel Hammond | 2013 | 6354 |
| 223 | Dean O'Riley | 2011 | 6408 |
| 224 | Coert Groenewald | 2010 | 6433 |
| 225 | Duane Keun | 2009 | 6453 |
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