The 2026 Investec South African Open Championship field is set with the passing of the typical Thursday entry deadline. This week's DP World Tour field and Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned event is set for this event, played at Stellenbosch Golf Club in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
The Investec South African Open Championship field is headlined by the likes of Patrick Reed, Freddy Schott, Erie Els, Johannes Veerman and more. Dylan Raidoo is the previous champion.
This is set to be a 156-player field is played out over four days, with this event featuring a great list of DP World Tour and Sunshine Tour players in the 11th event for the 2025-2026 DP World Tour schedule.
We have open qualifiers for this event, with this being the first South African tournament on the 2026 DP World Tour schedule.
The week-of alternate list has been determined, and the field will be updated off the list based on any player withdrawals. Qualifying spots assigned and any other invitations and add-ons will change the list.
Once final qualifying is done on Monday, the field will be filled and an alternate list will be set.
The field will be playing for a $1,500,000 purse, with one of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.
2026 Investec South African Open Championship field
| PLAYER |
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| Jaco Ahlers |
| Björn Åkesson |
| Louis Albertse |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| Marcus Armitage |
| Angel Ayora |
| Nick Bachem |
| Sam Bairstow |
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| Charl Barnard |
| Austin Bautista |
| Oliver Bekker |
| Jacques Blaauw |
| Dan Bradbury |
| Merrick Bremner |
| Jonathan Broomhead |
| Luke Brown |
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| Heinrich Bruiners |
| Jack Buchanan |
| Dean Burmester |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello |
| Jorge Campillo |
| Ivan Cantero |
| Luis Carrera |
| Robson Chinhoi |
| Todd Clements |
| George Coetzee |
| Ugo Coussaud |
| Martin Couvra |
| MJ Daffue |
| Jens Dantorp |
| Keenan Davidse |
| Joe Dean |
| Alejandro Del Rey |
| Wenyi Ding |
| Hennie Du Plessis |
| Ernie Els |
| Manuel Elvira |
| Will Enefer |
| Rhys Enoch |
| Ewen Ferguson |
| Stephen Ferreira |
| Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Benjamin Follett-Smith |
| Dylan Frittelli |
| Deon Germishuys |
| Joel Girrbach |
| Branden Grace |
| Julien Guerrier |
| Jordan Gumberg |
| Angel Hidalgo |
| Calum Hill |
| Michael Hollick |
| Rikuya Hoshino |
| Jean Hugo |
| Casey Jarvis |
| Luke Jerling |
| Ryggs Johnston |
| Matthew Jordan |
| Rupert Kaminski |
| Kota Kaneko |
| Yuto Katsuragawa |
| Marcus Kinhult |
| Jeong weon Ko |
| Ruan Korb |
| Dian Kruger |
| Jacques Kruyswijk |
| Frederic Lacroix |
| Joakim Lagergren |
| Romain Langasque |
| Francesco Laporta |
| Pablo Larrazábal |
| Thriston Lawrence |
| Logan Leisher |
| Oliver Lindell |
| Herman Loubser |
| Joost Luiten |
| Matteo Manassero |
| Malcolm Mitchell |
| Pieter Moolman |
| Dylan Mostert |
| Dylan Naidoo |
| Wilco Nienaber |
| Niklas Norgaard |
| Shaun Norris |
| Jacob Olesen |
| Adrian Otaegui |
| Hennie Otto |
| Andrea Pavan |
| Eddie Pepperell |
| Haydn Porteous |
| Yurav Premlall |
| Warwick Purchase |
| Nikhil Rama |
| David Ravetto |
| Jovan Rebula |
| Patrick Reed |
| JC Ritchie |
| Brandon Robinson Thompson |
| Antoine Rozner |
| Jamie Rutherford |
| Jayden Schaper |
| Neil Schietekat |
| Ben Schmidt |
| Marcel Schneider |
| Freddy Schott |
| Charl Schwartzel |
| Jason Scrivener |
| JC Senekal |
| Marcel Siem |
| Samuel Simpson |
| Tyran Snyders |
| Maximilian Steinlechner |
| Richard Sterne |
| Brandon Stone |
| Ockie Strydom |
| Andy Sullivan |
| Judd Sundelson |
| Connor Syme |
| Darius Van Driel |
| Daniel Van Tonder |
| Ryan Van Velzen |
| Johannes Veerman |
| MJ Viljoen |
| Kieran Vincent |
| Martin Vorster |
| Robin Williams |
Top 50 players in 2026 Investec South African Open Championship field
| RANK | PLAYER |
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| 18 | Patrick Reed |
