The Nedbank Golf Challenge returns to the DP World Tour schedule in its 40th anniversary following a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The tournament, which takes place at the Gary Player Country Club in South Africa’s Sun City, is the penultimate event of the season as players attempt to qualify for the season-closing DP World Tour Championship.
Two of the world’s top 50 are in the field this week. Tommy Fleetwood is the defending champion having won the 2019 tournament in a playoff against Swedish player Marcus Kinhull. The World No.25 last played in the PGA Tour’s CJ Cup where he finished tied for fourth, and that encouraging performance will give him confidence ahead of this week’s tournament. Meanwhile, the Englishman is currently 13th in the DP World Tour Rankings as he aims to head into next week’s DP World Tour season finale in the best possible form.
The man one place behind Fleetwood in the Official World Golf Ranking is Ryan Fox. The New Zealander has recent success of his own having finished tied for fourth in last month’s Mallorca Open. That display came in the same month that he won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Fox is faring even better in the DP World Tour Rankings than Fleetwood in second behind Rory McIlroy.
After winning the 2017 title, there is also an appearance from LIV Golf player Branden Grace. The South African is one of several players who appeared for LIV Golf in its opening season. Richard Bland, Oliver Bekker, and Pablo Larrazábal are also in the field along with Adrian Otaegui, who followed up his dominant win in the Andalucia Masters at Real Club de Valderrama by taking part in the LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral in Florida.
Other South Africans in the field include Dean Burmester, Thriston Lawrence and Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who won the South African open at the same course in 2020.There are several recent DP World Tour winners in the field too, including Jordan Smith, who won the Portugal Masters, Open De France champion Guido Migliozzi and Robert MacIntyre.
The Scot boosted his chances of appearing in next year’s Ryder Cup when he won the Italian Open at the venue for that tournament, Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. He’ll be out to impress the European team captain Luke Donald, who is also in the field as players take on one of the longest courses in the world at 7,834 yards.
A purse of $6m is up for grabs with a first prize of $1m. Below is a full breakdown of the prize money and field for the 2022 Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Nedbank Golf Challenge 2022 Prize Money
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | $1,000,000 |
| 2nd | $666,666 |
| 3rd | $375,600 |
| 4th | $300,000 |
| 5th | $254,400 |
| 6th | $210,000 |
| 7th | $180,000 |
| 8th | $150,000 |
| 9th | $134,400 |
| 10th | $120,000 |
| 11th | $110,400 |
| 12th | $103,200 |
| 13th | $96,600 |
| 14th | $91,800 |
| 15th | $88,200 |
| 16th | $84,600 |
| 17th | $81,000 |
| 18th | $77,400 |
| 19th | $74,400 |
| 20th | $72,000 |
| 21st | $69,600 |
| 22nd | $67,800 |
| 23rd | $66,000 |
| 24th | $64,200 |
| 25th | $62,400 |
| 26th | $60,600 |
| 27th | $58,800 |
| 28th | $57,000 |
| 29th | $55,200 |
| 30th | $53,400 |
| 31st | $51,600 |
| 32nd | $49,800 |
| 33rd | $48,000 |
| 34th | $46,200 |
| 35th | $45,000 |
| 36th | $43,800 |
| 37th | $42,600 |
| 38th | $41,400 |
| 39th | $40,200 |
| 40th | $39,000 |
| 41st | $37,800 |
| 42nd | $36,600 |
| 43rd | $35,400 |
| 44th | $34,200 |
| 45th | $33,000 |
| 46th | $31,800 |
| 47th | $30,600 |
| 48th | $29,400 |
| 49th | $28,200 |
| 50th | $27,000 |
| 51st | $25,800 |
| 52nd | $24,600 |
| 53rd | $23,400 |
| 54th | $22,200 |
| 55th | $21,000 |
| 56th | $19,800 |
| 57th | $18,600 |
| 58th | $18,000 |
| 59th | $17,400 |
| 60th | $16,800 |
| 61st | $16,200 |
| 62nd | $15,600 |
| 63rd | $15,000 |
| 64th | $14,400 |
| 65th | $13,800 |
Nedbank Golf Challenge 2022 Field
- Marcus Armitage
- Adri Arnaus
- Oliver Bekker
- Wil Besseling
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Richard Bland
- Rafa Cabrera Bello
- Jorge Campillo
- George Coetzee
- Sean Crocker
- Thomas Detry
- Luke Donald
- Ewen Ferguson
- Ross Fisher
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ryan Fox
- Branden Grace
- Gavin Green
- Lucas Herbert
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Sam Horsfield
- Scott Jamieson
- Matthew Jordan
- Maximilian Kieffer
- Joakim Lagergren
- Romain Langasque
- Pablo Larrazábal
- David Law
- Thriston Lawrence
- Min Woo Lee
- Haotong Li
- Zander Lombard
- Hurly Long
- Robert Macintyre
- Richard Mansell
- Adrian Meronk
- Guido Migliozzi
- Edoardo Molinari
- Shaun Norris
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Adrian Otaegui
- Yannik Paul
- Matthieu Pavon
- Eddie Pepperell
- Victor Perez
- Tapio Pulkkanen
- Richie Ramsay
- Jc Ritchie
- Antoine Rozner
- Kalle Samooja
- Marcel Schneider
- Shubhankar Sharma
- Callum Shinkwin
- Jordan Smith
- Sebastian Soderberg
- Matthew Southgate
- Richard Sterne
- Connor Syme
- Nicolai Von Dellingshausen
- Justin Walters
- Paul Waring
- Dale Whitnell
- Oliver Wilson
- Ashun Wu
- Fabrizio Zanotti
Did Ernie Els Win The Nedbank Golf Challenge?
The South African won the tournament in 1999, 2000 and 2002 and is one of only four players along with Lee Westwood, David Frost and Nick Price to win it three times.
Where Is The Nedbank Golf Challenge Held?
The Nedbank Golf Challenge is held at the Gary Player Country Club in South Africa's Sun City. The course is one of the longest in the world and is also widely regarded as one of the best in the country.
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