South Africa's Casey Jarvis earns Masters and Open invites with SA Open triumph

A calm closing round of 67 proved more than enough for the 22-year-old to clinch the 2026 South African Open Championship by three shots at Stellenbosch Golf Club, capping a remarkable fortnight in which he has firmly announced himself at the highest level.

Fresh from last week's breakthrough win at the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa, Jarvis carried that momentum into the final round, starting the day with a one-shot advantage. Four birdies against a single bogey saw him pull clear once again, finishing on 14-under-par to secure his second three-shot triumph in as many weeks.

The win makes Jarvis the third multiple winner of the season, joining fellow South African Jayden Schaper and American Patrick Reed, and mirrors Schaper's achievement of successive victories.

This year also marked the first time the South African Open awarded places at both the Masters and The Open to its champion, adding extra significance to Jarvis' breakthrough success.

"I feel on top of the world in this moment," Jarvis said. "I feel absolutely incredible.

"To win in front of my home crowd in my home Open is just absolutely fantastic, I've got no words!

"There's so many good memories (of this event). Brandon Stone, who's a good friend of mine, I watched him when I was about 10 years old and watched him win the SA Open.

"I just had a slight feeling from the start of the week that something crazy was going to happen and it's incredible."

Jarvis ultimately finished three shots clear, with fellow South African Jaco du Plessis mounting the closest challenge before slipping back late on. Du Plessis bogeyed the last to end on 11 under, sharing second place with Italy's Francesco Laporta and France's Frederic Lacroix, while England's Eddie Pepperell posted a blemish-free 64 to claim outright fifth on ten under.

Further down the leaderboard, South Africans Daniel van Tonder and Haydn Porteous, along with Emirati Adrian Otaegui, finished a further two shots back.

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