Nedbank golf challenge

December 8th, 2025

Norwegian star wins in South Africa to creep closer to earning first Masters invite

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November 14th, 2023

DP World Tour pro pulls off all-time recovery shot from the middle of a lake

In addition to hitting a great shot, Marcel Siem gave a great reaction. What a showman this guy is!

November 13th, 2023

Max Homa closes out surprise victory in South Africa that left Rory McIlroy a winner, too. Here’s why

Homa is the fifth American to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge, but the first since it became a DP World Tour event.

November 11th, 2022

Watch Robert MacIntyre get the best – and worst – golf breaks imaginable in the same round

Playing in the opening round of the DP World Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge, MacIntyre had the luck of the Irish on the front nine. But then the golf gods must have realised he’s Scottish on the back nine.

November 18th, 2019

Jason Scrivener and Scott Hend poised to share in $12 million payday

Scrivener’s jump of 24 spots to 35th in the Race to Dubai standings elevated him into the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai for the first time in his career.

November 18th, 2019

Sharp play, lucky breaks help Tommy Fleetwood wins first European Tour title in 22 months

November 17th, 2019

MUST-SEE: This is it, this is the luckiest break in the history of golf

You might be rolling your eyes at another “luckiest break ever” headline, but we assure you, this one from Friday at the Nedbank Golf Challenge truly is the luckiest break in golf history.

November 17th, 2019

Behold the greatest shank in the history of the European Tour (and all of golf for that matter)

Denmark’s Joachim Hansen hit a truly magical hosel rocket from a greenside bunker on the sixth hole of Gary Player Country Club.

November 12th, 2018

Lee Westwood turns back the clock, wins the Nedbank Golf Challenge with closing 64

There was no getting away from the turn-back-the-clock feel to Lee Westwood’s performance at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

November 9th, 2018

Sergio Garcia is making us forget how much he struggled the first half of 2018

Garcia arrived with momentum, having won the Andalucia Valderrama Masters in his previous European Tour start.

South Africa’s Branden Grace feeds off home crowd en route to Nedbank Challenge win

Justin Rose wins second straight title to turn the Race to Dubai into a true race

Leaderboard

Valero Texas Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	J.J. Spaun	-17	F	4
T2	Matt Wallace	-16	F	4
T2	Michael Kim	-16	F	4
T2	Robert MacIntyre	-16	F	4
T5	Andrew Putnam	-15	F	4
T5	Ludvig Åberg	-15	F	4
7	Kevin Yu	-14	F	4
T8	Chandler Phillips	-13	F	4
T8	Ryo Hisatsune	-13	F	4
T10	S.W. Kim	-11	F	4
T10	Austin Eckroat	-11	F	4
T10	Tommy Fleetwood	-11	F	4
T10	Kristoffer Reitan	-11	F	4
T14	Davis Thompson	-10	F	4
T14	Sami Valimaki	-10	F	4
T14	Eric Cole	-10	F	4
T14	Andrew Novak	-10	F	4
T14	John Parry	-10	F	4
T14	Alex Smalley	-10	F	4
T14	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-10	F	4
T21	Marco Penge	-9	F	4
T21	Hideki Matsuyama	-9	F	4
T21	S.H. Kim	-9	F	4
T21	Maverick McNealy	-9	F	4
T21	Sam Ryder	-9	F	4
T21	Bud Cauley	-9	F	4
T21	J.T. Poston	-9	F	4
T28	Zach Bauchou	-8	F	4
T28	Nick Taylor	-8	F	4
T30	A.J. Ewart	-7	F	4
T30	Doug Ghim	-7	F	4
T30	Alex Noren	-7	F	4
T30	Mac Meissner	-7	F	4
T30	Paul Waring	-7	F	4
T30	Kevin Roy	-7	F	4
T36	Billy Horschel	-6	F	4
T36	Austin Smotherman	-6	F	4
T36	Chris Kirk	-6	F	4
T39	Chad Ramey	-5	F	4
T39	Taylor Moore	-5	F	4
T39	Adam Svensson	-5	F	4
T39	Adam Schenk	-5	F	4
T39	Brandt Snedeker	-5	F	4
T39	Kevin Streelman	-5	F	4
T39	Brian Harman	-5	F	4
T39	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	4
T39	Matt McCarty	-5	F	4
T39	Rico Hoey	-5	F	4
T49	Christo Lamprecht	-4	F	4
T49	Beau Hossler	-4	F	4
T49	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-4	F	4
T49	Tony Finau	-4	F	4
T49	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	F	4
T54	Hank Lebioda	-3	F	4
T54	Gordon Sargent	-3	F	4
T54	Vince Whaley	-3	F	4
T54	Steven Fisk	-3	F	4
T54	Bronson Burgoon	-3	F	4
T59	Erik van Rooyen	-2	F	4
T59	Stephan Jaeger	-2	F	4
T59	David Ford	-2	F	4
62	Takumi Kanaya	-1	F	4
T63	Jordan Spieth	E	F	4
T63	Peter Malnati	E	F	4
T65	Jeffrey Kang	+1	F	4
T65	Mark Hubbard	+1	F	4
T67	Danny Walker	+2	F	4
T67	Joe Highsmith	+2	F	4
T67	Will Zalatoris	+2	F	4
70	Luke Clanton	+3	F	4
CUT	Lee Hodges	-1	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-1	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	-1	F	2
CUT	Russell Henley	-1	F	2
CUT	Keith Mitchell	-1	F	2
CUT	Denny McCarthy	-1	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	-1	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	-1	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	-1	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	-1	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	-1	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	-1	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-1	F	2
CUT	Max Homa	-1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	-1	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	-1	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	E	F	2
CUT	Tom Kim	E	F	2
CUT	Car Young	E	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	E	F	2
CUT	Sepp Straka	E	F	2
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	E	F	2
CUT	Jordan Smith	E	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	E	F	2
CUT	Charlie Crockett	E	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	E	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	E	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	E	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	E	F	2
CUT	Seamus Power	E	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	E	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	E	F	2
CUT	Dan Brown	E	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+1	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	+1	F	2
CUT	Rickie Fowler	+1	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+1	F	2
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	+1	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Walker	+2	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+2	F	2
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	+2	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+2	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+3	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	+3	F	2
CUT	Adrien Saddier	+3	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+3	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+3	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+4	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	+4	F	2
CUT	Jackson Suber	+4	F	2
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	+4	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+4	F	2
CUT	Chan Kim	+5	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+6	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	+6	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+7	F	2
CUT	Austin Wylie	+8	F	2
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+9	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	+10	F	2
WD	Webb Simpson	-	-
WD	Lucas Glover	-	-

South Africa 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Bryson DeChambeau	-26	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-26	18	4
T3	Thomas Detry	-23	18	4
T3	Branden Grace	-23	18	4
T3	Abraham Ancer	-23	18	4
T6	Dean Burmester	-22	18	4
T6	David Puig	-22	18	4
8	Carlos Ortiz	-21	18	4
T9	Anirban Lahiri	-20	18	4
T9	Charles Howell III	-20	18	4
11	Scott Vincent	-19	18	4
T12	Michael La Sasso	-17	18	4
T12	Josele Ballester	-17	18	4
T12	Richard Bland	-17	18	4
T12	Joaquin Niemann	-17	18	4
T12	Victor Perez	-17	18	4
T17	Louis Oosthuizen	-16	18	4
T17	Sergio Garcia	-16	18	4
T17	Cameron Smith	-16	18	4
T17	Younghan Song	-16	18	4
T17	Laurie Canter	-16	18	4
T22	Jason Kokrak	-15	18	4
T22	Adrian Meronk	-15	18	4
T24	Tom McKibbin	-14	18	4
T24	Luis Masaveu	-14	18	4
T24	Caleb Surratt	-14	18	4
T24	Charl Schwartzel	-14	18	4
T24	Brendan Steele	-14	18	4
T24	Talor Gooch	-14	18	4
30	Peter Uihlein	-13	18	4
T31	Richard T. Lee	-12	18	4
T31	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	4
T31	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T31	Martin Kaymer	-12	18	4
T31	Lucas Herbert	-12	18	4
T31	Cameron Tringale	-12	18	4
37	Sebastian Muñoz	-11	18	4
T38	Harold Varner III	-10	18	4
T38	Tyrrell Hatton	-10	18	4
T38	Paul Casey	-10	18	4
T38	Bubba Watson	-10	18	4
T38	Thomas Pieters	-10	18	4
43	Yosuke Asaji	-9	18	4
T44	Ben Campbell	-8	18	4
T44	Elvis Smylie	-8	18	4
T44	Byeong Hun An	-8	18	4
T44	Sam Horsfield	-8	18	4
T48	Phil Mickelson	-7	18	4
T48	Ian Poulter	-7	18	4
50	Lee Westwood	-6	18	4
51	Miguel Tabuena	-4	18	4
52	Danny Lee	-3	18	4
T53	Graeme McDowell	-2	18	4
T53	Matthew Wolff	-2	18	4
55	Björn Hellgren	-1	18	4
56	Anthony Kim	+1	18	4
57	Minkyu Kim	+3	18	4

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	CRUSHERS GC	-76	18	4
2	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-75	18	4
3	TORQUE GC	-72	18	4
4	FIREBALLS GC	-69	18	4
5	LEGION XIII	-64	18	4
6	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-61	18	4
7	HYFLYERS GC	-50	18	4
8	RIPPER GC	-48	18	4
9	4ACES GC	-44	18	4
10	SMASH GC	-41	18	4
11	MAJESTICKS GC	-37	18	4
12	RANGEGOATS GC	-33	18	4
13	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-24	18	4