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Investec South African Open Championship Scores

Saturday

At Stellenbosch GC

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Purse: $1.5 million

Yardage: 7,213; Par: 70

Third Round

Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-68-64—199
Hennie Du Plessis, South Africa 70-63-67—200
Francesco Laporta, Italy 66-64-70—200
Calum Hill, Scotland 70-67-65—202
Xander Basson, South Africa 67-70-66—203
Nathan Kimsey, England 66-65-72—203
Kieron Van Wyk, South Africa 70-69-64—203
Angel Ayora Fanegas, Spain 67-70-67—204
Dean Burmester, South Africa 65-67-72—204
Joe Dean, England 65-68-71—204
Branden Grace, South Africa 69-66-69—204
Frederic Lacroix, France 69-71-64—204
Haydn Porteous, South Africa 67-69-68—204
Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa 72-68-64—204
Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain 70-68-67—205
Alejandro Del Rey, Spain 65-69-71—205
Adrian Otaegui, United Arab Emirates 67-68-70—205
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 67-67-72—206
Sam Bairstow, England 69-70-67—206
Keenan Davidse, South Africa 72-66-68—206
Rikuya Hoshino, Japan 67-67-72—206
Romain Langasque, France 70-68-68—206
Herman Loubser, South Africa 66-67-73—206
Eddie Pepperell, England 70-67-69—206
JC Ritchie, South Africa 71-68-67—206
Jayden Trey Schaper, South Africa 68-71-67—206
Andy Sullivan, England 73-67-66—206
Johannes Veerman, United States 66-70-70—206
Ewen Ferguson, Scotland 68-72-67—207
Benjamin Follett-Smith, Zimbabwe 71-69-67—207
Oliver Lindell, Finland 65-72-70—207
Shaun Norris, South Africa 70-70-67—207
Antoine Rozner, France 68-68-71—207
Jason Scrivener, Australia 69-70-68—207
Darius Van Driel, Netherlands 71-69-67—207
Jeff Winther, Denmark 68-69-70—207
Todd Clements, England 70-68-70—208
Jens Dantorp, Sweden 72-69-67—208
Wilco Nienaber, South Africa 70-66-72—208
Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 68-69-71—208
Marcus Armitage, England 70-70-69—209
Wenyi Ding, China 69-71-69—209
Darren Fichardt, South Africa 70-69-70—209
Alex Fitzpatrick, England 68-71-70—209
Dylan Frittelli, South Africa 67-73-69—209
Scott Jamieson, Scotland 72-69-68—209
Malcolm Mitchell, South Africa 70-67-72—209
Niklas Norgaard Moller, Denmark 70-69-70—209
Hennie Otto, South Africa 70-68-71—209
Patrick Reed, United States 71-69-69—209
Daniel Rodrigues, Portugal 72-67-70—209
Samuel Simpson, South Africa 70-71-68—209
Brandon Stone, South Africa 69-69-71—209
Altin Van Der Merwe, South Africa 68-70-71—209
Pierre Viallaneix, France 71-65-73—209
Martin Couvra, France 73-67-70—210
Manuel Elvira, Spain 74-67-69—210
Julien Guerrier, France 69-69-72—210
Matthew Jordan, England 68-70-72—210
Dian Kruger, South Africa 70-68-72—210
Tyran Snyders, South Africa 70-70-70—210
Justin Walters, South Africa 71-65-74—210
Louis Albertse, South Africa 69-70-72—211
Kota Kaneko, Japan 71-66-74—211
Matteo Manassero, Italy 70-71-70—211
Jacob Skov Olesen, Denmark 75-66-70—211
Freddy Schott, Germany 69-72-70—211
MJ Viljoen, South Africa 69-68-74—211
Charl Barnard, South Africa 71-69-72—212
Justin Harding, South Africa 70-71-71—212
David Ravetto, France 71-69-72—212
Ockie Strydom, South Africa 70-67-75—212
Robin Williams, South Africa 68-70-74—212
Marcus Kinhult, Sweden 73-68-72—213
Ugo Coussaud, France 70-70-74—214
Logan Leisher, South Africa 72-69-74—215
Karabo Mokoena, South Africa 70-71-74—215
Ryggs Johnston, United States 74-67-75—216

Ryan Fox wins first career major at 2026 Open Championship

CNN
(CNN) — Ryan Fox took home the Claret Jug after draining a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.The 39-year-old Fox beat out American Cameron Young to win his first career major title, becoming only the third New Zealander to win a men’s major golf championship.Fox came into the final hole tied with Young, after the 29-year-old finished the round at 6-under 64 a few hours before.The Kiwi powered his drive into the middle of the fairway and then set up the biggest putt of his golf career so far with an approach shot that landed about 12 feet from the pin.As the putt fell into the hole, the crowd in Southport, England, gave Fox a rousing ovation as he raised both arms in the air to celebrate the achievement.The putt capped off four birdies in the last six holes for Fox.Fox was at a loss for words while speaking to the NBC Sports broadcast after the win.“I don’t really know what to think at the moment. I’ve got a lot of people to thank. First of all, my family. My wife and kids are in Florida at the moment. I spoke to my kids last night and they said, bring back a trophy. I think that’s a pretty cool one to bring back for them,” Fox said. “My family back in New Zealand and all my supporters back there. I know it’s been a long night for them, but I’m glad it was worthwhile.”Fox finished with a 2-under 68 after trailing Sam Burns, who held a two-stroke lead coming into Sunday’s final round.Fox also becomes the third-oldest major winner in the last 10 years, trailing only Phil Mickelson at the 2021 PGA Championship and Tiger Woods at the 2019 Masters.“Just an unbelievable week. The golf course was fantastic. The English weather was fantastic. You guys out there were fantastic. The support was amazing. This is pretty cool. I’m sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone, but thank you very much,” Fox added.It is another disappointment for Young, who is still looking for his first career major title despite winning The Players earlier this year. Young finished one shot back of the win at the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews and held the lead heading into the final round at the Masters back in April.It is also another let down for Burns, another golfer looking for his maiden major win.The Louisiana State University alum came into the round ahead by two strokes but quickly lost it and went birdie-free for the final 12 holes.“(Fox) is a well-earned champion and hats off to him,” Burns said. “He did what he needed to do down the stretch and ultimately just came up a couple short today.”Defending champion Scottie Scheffler stayed within striking range throughout the round, but wound up with a 3-under 67 on Sunday to finish tied for fourth with Tommy Fleetwood.After a drama-filled tournament, Bryson DeChambeau finished tied for 14th while Rory McIlroy, who has been critical of the LIV Golfer all tournament long, ended tied for 40th.Fox’s journey to first major winFox’s road to his first career major title wasn’t the easiest. It came with many bumps and U-turns.While speaking to CNN’s Don Riddell ahead of the Desert Classic in Dubai in early 2025, Fox opened up about his mental health issues, including being an older rookie after spending years on the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour of Australia.“I think being a rookie at 37 years old on the PGA Tour was, I probably wasn’t quite prepared for what that was again,” Fox told CNN.“I knew all the golf courses, knew how to travel work, knew where to stay, and everything was new on the PGA Tour, and that was probably a shock to the system more than anything.”Fox comes from a lineage of athletes within his family tree, including his father, Grant Fox, who was a main kicker for the New Zealand national rugby team and his grandfather, Merv Wallace, a former New Zealand cricketer who later coached the national team.Fox spoke out on the “pressure” a golfer faces, mentioning the 2024 death of former PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray, whose parents later confirmed it was death by suicide.“It can be a stressful life. It’s all performance-based. There’s a lot of pressure on – Looking after your mental health is really, really important, and having people to talk to and all of that is part of that,” Fox said.“It’s a shame it got to that point with Grayson that, you know, we’ve had to have those, those pretty tough conversations now, but it will help – hopefully it helps someone else in a similar situation going forward because we certainly don’t want to see it again.”CNN’s Kyle Tatelbaum and Don Riddell contributed to this reporting This write has been updated with additional reporting The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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