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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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