Patrick Reed might enter the week as the player to watch but local duo Casey Jarvis and Jayden Schaper will be out to cause a surprise at the Joburg Open.
For the second week in a row, the DP World Tour will offer South Africa’s leading golfers the chance to grab a season-defining win.
In order to do that though, they will need to beat Patrick Reed.
The World Number 18 is the current leader on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and could wrap up a victory on the International Swing, with the Joburg Open the last tournament on this Global Swing.
Should he achieve this, he will become the first American winner of the International Swing since its inception in 2024.
“The Sunshine Tour has been so supportive for my first trip to South Africa. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone in person and teeing it up against the guys in the 2026 Joburg Open. I’ve heard great things about the Houghton Golf Club course, and I know it will be an exciting tournament start to finish,” said Reed.
Reed has already won two of the seven tournaments on the International Swing, and finished tied second in another, and is chasing the $200 000 bonus for the winner of the International Swing as well as exemption into all of the DP World Tour’s Back 9 tournaments later this season.
Both Jarvis and Schaper know how to win and will be out to ensure they are writing the headlines on Sunday at Houghton Golf Club.
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