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Dylan Naidoo became the latest native player to win the South African Open on Sunday, but he did so in dramatic fashion.
The event was cut to 54 holes after heavy rain and flooding plagued the event from the off and, subsequently, suspending final round play.
So, Naidoo entered a shootout with Englishman Laurie Canter at Durban Country Club, with plenty on the line.
With victory at the second oldest national open in the world, Naidoo left over €245,000 richer and grabbed one of three Open berths available as part of the Open Qualifying Series.
For Canter, the result was enough to see him climb into the world’s top 50 and become the first ex-LIV man to qualify for next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Meanwhile, Marco Penge and Darren Fichardt secured the remaining two Open tickets.
Here’s how much the full field earned in prize money at the Investec South African Open…
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Investec South African Open Championship 2025: Full prize money payout
WINNER: Dylan Naidoo, €245,489
2: Laurie Canter, €158,845
3: Marco Penge, €90,975.34
T4: Darren Fichardt, €66,715
T4: Branden Grace, €66,715
T4: Christiaan Maas, €0 (A)
T7: Andrea Pavan, €46,931
T7: Dale Whitnell, €46,931
T9: Scott Jamieson, €34,224
T9: Shaun Norris, €34,224
T11: Sam Bairstow, €25,126
T11: Ugo Coussaud, €25,126
T11: Fredrik From, €25,126
T11: Joost Luiten, €25,126
T11: Richard Mansell, €25,126
T16: Jaco Ahlers, €18,211
T16: Jacques Blaauw, €18,211
T16: Todd Clements, €18,211
T16: Nathan Kimsey, €18,211
T16: Jeong weon Ko, €18,211
T16: Haotong Li, €18,211
T16: Jayden Schaper, €18,211
T16: Brandon Stone, €18,211
T16: Rhys West, €18,211
T25: Thomas Aiken, €13,935
T25: Ivan Cantero, €13,935
T25: Alejandro Del Rey, €13,935
T25: Gavin Green, €13,935
T25: Kazuma Kobori, €13,935
T25: John Parry, €13,935
T25: Richie Ramsay, €13,935
T25: Kieran Vincent, €13,935
T33: Jamie Donaldson, €11,335
T33: Keith Horne, €11,335
T33: Nikhil Rama, €11,335
T33: JC Ritchie, €11,335
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T37: Dean Burmester, €9,097
T37: Aaron Cockerill, €9,097
T37: Jordan Gumberg, €9,097
T37: Jacques Kruyswijk, €9,097
T37: Troy Merritt, €9,097
T37: Yurav Premlall, €9,097
T37: Lyle Rowe, €9,097
T37: Andy Sullivan, €9,097
T37: Martin Vorster, €9,097
T46: Jorge Campillo, €6,642
T46: George Coetzee, €6,642
T46: Manuel Elvira, €6,642
T46: Joel Girrbach, €6,642
T46: Rupert Kaminski, €6,642
T46: David Ravetto, €6,642
T46: Charl Schwartzel, €6,642
T46: Marcel Siem, €6,642
T54: Rafa Cabrera Bello, €5,018
T54: Justin Harding, €5,018
T54: Michael Hollick, €5,018
T54: Richard Sterne, €5,018
T58: Matthew Baldwin, €4,404
T58: Romain Langasque, €4,404
T58: Shubhankar Sharma, €4,404
T58: MJ Viljoen, €4,404
T62: Luke Jerling, €4,043
T63: Dylan Frittelli, €3,826
T63: Jean Hugo, €3,826
T65: Maximilian Steinlechner, €3,537
T65: Callum Tarren, €3,537
T67: Freddy Schott, €3,321
T68: Chris Paisley, €3,104
T68: Keelan Van Wyk, €3,104
RETD. Sean Crocker, €2,888
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