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Investec South African Open Championship Par Scores

Sunday

At Stellenbosch GC

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Purse: $1.5 million

Yardage: 7,213; Par: 70

Final Round

Casey Jarvis, South Africa (500), $216,006 67-68-64-67—266 -14
Hennie Du Plessis, South Africa (224), $94,450 70-63-67-69—269 -11
Frederic Lacroix, France (224), $94,450 69-71-64-65—269 -11
Francesco Laporta, Italy (224), $94,450 66-64-70-69—269 -11
Eddie Pepperell, England (127), $53,875 70-67-69-64—270 -10
Adrian Otaegui, United Arab Emirates (90), $38,119 67-68-70-67—272 -8
Daniel Van Tonder, South Africa (90), $38,119 72-68-64-68—272 -8
Haydn Porteous, South Africa (0), $38,119 67-69-68-68—272 -8
Angel Ayora Fanegas, Spain (56), $23,913 67-70-67-69—273 -7
Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain (56), $23,913 70-68-67-68—273 -7
Ewen Ferguson, Scotland (56), $23,913 68-72-67-66—273 -7
Nathan Kimsey, England (56), $23,913 66-65-72-70—273 -7
Wilco Nienaber, South Africa (0), $23,913 70-66-72-65—273 -7
Joe Dean, England (41), $17,556 65-68-71-70—274 -6
Alejandro Del Rey, Spain (41), $17,556 65-69-71-69—274 -6
Alex Fitzpatrick, England (41), $17,556 68-71-70-65—274 -6
Freddy Schott, Germany (41), $17,556 69-72-70-63—274 -6
Bernd Wiesberger, Austria (41), $17,556 68-69-71-66—274 -6
Kieron Van Wyk, South Africa (0), $17,556 70-69-64-71—274 -6
Calum Hill, Scotland (34), $14,580 70-67-65-73—275 -5
Matthew Jordan, England (34), $14,580 68-70-72-65—275 -5
Dean Burmester, South Africa (0), $14,580 65-67-72-71—275 -5
Branden Grace, South Africa (0), $14,580 69-66-69-71—275 -5
Todd Clements, England (30), $12,833 70-68-70-68—276 -4
Romain Langasque, France (30), $12,833 70-68-68-70—276 -4
Matteo Manassero, Italy (30), $12,833 70-71-70-65—276 -4
Antoine Rozner, France (30), $12,833 68-68-71-69—276 -4
Jason Scrivener, Australia (30), $12,833 69-70-68-69—276 -4
Marcus Armitage, England (23), $9,403 70-70-69-68—277 -3
Martin Couvra, France (23), $9,403 73-67-70-67—277 -3
Wenyi Ding, China (23), $9,403 69-71-69-68—277 -3
Julien Guerrier, France (23), $9,403 69-69-72-67—277 -3
Scott Jamieson, Scotland (23), $9,403 72-69-68-68—277 -3
Oliver Lindell, Finland (23), $9,403 65-72-70-70—277 -3
Niklas Norgaard Moller, Denmark (23), $9,403 70-69-70-68—277 -3
Patrick Reed, United States (23), $9,403 71-69-69-68—277 -3
Jayden Trey Schaper, South Africa (23), $9,403 68-71-67-71—277 -3
Andy Sullivan, England (23), $9,403 73-67-66-71—277 -3
Johannes Veerman, United States (23), $9,403 66-70-70-71—277 -3
Louis Albertse, South Africa (0), $9,403 69-70-72-66—277 -3
Xander Basson, South Africa (0), $9,403 67-70-66-74—277 -3
Herman Loubser, South Africa (0), $9,403 66-67-73-71—277 -3
Sam Bairstow, England (16), $6,480 69-70-67-72—278 -2
Darren Fichardt, South Africa (16), $6,480 70-69-70-69—278 -2
Rikuya Hoshino, Japan (16), $6,480 67-67-72-72—278 -2
David Ravetto, France (16), $6,480 71-69-72-66—278 -2
Daniel Rodrigues, Portugal (16), $6,480 72-67-70-69—278 -2
Hennie Otto, South Africa (0), $6,480 70-68-71-69—278 -2
Pierre Viallaneix, France (0), $6,480 71-65-73-69—278 -2
Manuel Elvira, Spain (13), $5,083 74-67-69-69—279 -1
Shaun Norris, South Africa (13), $5,083 70-70-67-72—279 -1
Brandon Stone, South Africa (13), $5,083 69-69-71-70—279 -1
Darius Van Driel, Netherlands (13), $5,083 71-69-67-72—279 -1
Dylan Frittelli, South Africa (11), $4,384 67-73-69-71—280 E
Charl Barnard, South Africa (0), $0 71-69-72-68—280 E
Malcolm Mitchell, South Africa (0), $4,384 70-67-72-71—280 E
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand (9), $3,875 67-67-72-75—281 +1
Benjamin Follett-Smith, Zimbabwe (9), $3,875 71-69-67-74—281 +1
Kota Kaneko, Japan (9), $3,875 71-66-74-70—281 +1
JC Ritchie, South Africa (9), $3,875 71-68-67-75—281 +1
Robin Williams, South Africa (9), $3,875 68-70-74-69—281 +1
Samuel Simpson, South Africa (0), $3,875 70-71-68-72—281 +1
Jens Dantorp, Sweden (7), $3,113 72-69-67-74—282 +2
Jacob Skov Olesen, Denmark (7), $3,113 75-66-70-71—282 +2
Justin Harding, South Africa (0), $3,113 70-71-71-70—282 +2
Dian Kruger, South Africa (0), $0 70-68-72-72—282 +2
Tyran Snyders, South Africa (0), $3,113 70-70-70-72—282 +2
Altin Van Der Merwe, South Africa (0), $3,113 68-70-71-73—282 +2
Justin Walters, South Africa (0), $3,113 71-65-74-72—282 +2
Jeff Winther, Denmark (6), $2,668 68-69-70-76—283 +3
Marcus Kinhult, Sweden (5), $2,478 73-68-72-72—285 +5
Keenan Davidse, South Africa (0), $2,478 72-66-68-79—285 +5
Ugo Coussaud, France (4), $1,904 70-70-74-72—286 +6
Ockie Strydom, South Africa (4), $1,904 70-67-75-74—286 +6
Ryggs Johnston, United States (4), $1,898 74-67-75-73—289 +9
Karabo Mokoena, South Africa (0), $1,898 70-71-74-74—289 +9
Logan Leisher, South Africa (0), $0 72-69-74-76—291 +11
MJ Viljoen, South Africa (0), $1,894 69-68-74-80—291 +11

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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