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The DP World Tour continued its 13-month global odyssey on the 2026 Race to Dubai with its first visit to South Africa this season for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player.
Year on year, the Nedbank Golf Challenge has featured a strong international field of dual DP World Tour and PGA TOUR members, alongside some invites welcomed by South African great Gary Player. The headline act was Viktor Hovland, with the European Ryder Cup star—the first Norwegian to win on both the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR—making his debut on South African soil this week. Another player making his first trip to Sun City was Canada’s Nick Taylor, a five-time PGA TOUR winner.
England’s Marco Penge, who had finished runner-up to Rory McIlroy in the previous season’s Race to Dubai Rankings, made his second start of the Opening Swing on the DP World Tour after playing in the season-opening BMW Australian PGA Championship. Penge was one of seven players who has earned dual membership with the PGA TOUR at the end of the prior season. He was joined by Laurie Canter, Kristoffer Reitan, Adrien Saddier, John Parry, Haotong Li and Jordan Smith. Of the 66 players in the field, 58 had previously won on the DP World Tour.
Over the 44 years since its inaugural edition, six South Africans have won the Nedbank Golf Challenge. Three-time winner Ernie Els remained the most successful, while Branden Grace was the most recent after claiming the title when it was a Rolex Series event in 2017. That week, 13 home hopes vied to join that list.
First staged in 1981 as the Million Dollar Challenge, the Nedbank Golf Challenge had featured on the DP World Tour schedule since 2014. Since its inception, Gary Player Country Club had played host to the tournament, which at the time boasted a US $6 million prize fund.
Kristoffer Reitan held off playing partners Jayden Schaper and Dan Bradbury on a nerve-shredding final day of the 2026 Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player to secure his second DP World Tour title.
See below the prize money breakdown and check back on Sunday for the final list.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2025 Nedbank Golf Challenge
1. Kristoffer Reitan – €879,083.05
2. Dan Bradbury – €448,546.77
2. Jayden Schaper – €448,546.77
4. Christiaan Bezuidenhout – €259,007.88
5. Shaun Norris – €219,556.35
6. Thomas Detry – €168,955.47
6. Julien Guerrier – €168,955.47
8. Angel Ayora – €123,500.45
8. Andy Sullivan – €123,500.45
10. Ewen Ferguson – €90,395.47
10. Haotong Li – €90,395.47
10. Joost Luiten – €90,395.47
10. Francesco Molinari – €90,395.47
10. Daniel Van Tonder – €90,395.47
15. Will Zalatoris – €76,330.14
16. Garrick Higgo – €71,613.11
16. Tom McKibbin – €71,613.11
18. John Parry – €64,609.03
18. Adrien Saddier – €64,609.03
18. Nick Taylor – €64,609.03
21. Marcus Armitage – €60,034.94
21. Jordan Smith – €60,034.94
23. Jorge Campillo – €54,065.75
23. Alejandro Del Rey – €54,065.75
23. Grant Forrest – €54,065.75
23. Viktor Hovland – €54,065.75
23. Junghwan Lee – €54,065.75
28. Eugenio Chacarra – €48,456.77
28. Thorbjørn Olesen – €48,456.77
30. Martin Couvrá – €44,597.38
30. Nacho Elvira – €44,597.38
30. Richard Mansell – €44,597.38
33. Ryggs Johnston – €38,508.13
33. Joakim Lagergren – €38,508.13
33. Christo Lamprecht – €38,508.13
33. Pablo Larrazábal – €38,508.13
33. Thriston Lawrence – €38,508.13
38. Aldrich Potgieter – €34,134.15
38. Jesper Svensson – €34,134.15
40. Calum Hill – €31,561.23
40. Oliver Lindell – €31,561.23
40. Jacob Skov Olesen – €31,561.23
43. Matteo Manassero – €28,473.71
43. Marco Penge – €28,473.71
43. David Ravetto – €28,473.71
46. Angel Hidalgo – €24,357.03
46. Yuto Katsuragawa – €24,357.03
46. Jacques Kruyswijk – €24,357.03
46. Frederic Lacroix – €24,357.03
46. Antoine Rozner – €24,357.03
51. Connor Syme – €21,269.52
52. Guido Migliozzi – €20,240.35
53. Niklas Norgaard – €18,696.60
53. Darius Van Driel – €18,696.60
55. Adrian Meronk – €17,667.43
56. Rikuya Hoshino – €17,152.84
57. Paul Waring – €16,638.25
58. Dylan Naidoo – €16,123.67
59. Dylan Frittelli – €15,094.50
59. Yurav Premlall – €15,094.50
59. Ockie Strydom – €15,094.50
62. Marcel Siem – €14,065.33
63. Johannes Veerman – €13,293.45
63. Nicolai Von Dellingshausen – €13,293.45
65. Daniel Gavins – €12,521.57
W/D. Laurie Canter – €12,092.75
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