The world of golf has opened up for young South African Casey Jarvis.
The 22-year-old won the 115th Investec South African Open Championship at Stellenbosch Golf Club on Sunday to not just add his name to South African golf history, but also secure exemptions into The Masters in April and The Open in July this year.
As golf dreams go, it’s one of the biggest for this young star of the game who has come through the ranks of GolfRSA, and who with this victory has now won every major national amateur and professional trophy in South African golf.
“It just feels amazing. To be standing in this position right now, I truly feel on top of the world,” said Jarvis.
In one of the most composed rounds of his professional career, Jarvis beat a tough Stellenbosch Golf Club course, rain, and a lightning delay to close with a final round of 67 and win by three strokes on 14 under par.
South Africa’s Hennie du Plessis, France’s Frederic Lacroix and Italy’s Francesco Laporta shared second place on 11 under par.
Back-to-back wins on the DP World Tour ⛳🏆
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Casey Jarvis is the 2026 #InvestecSAOpen champion 🇿🇦👏#SSGolf pic.twitter.com/rIjRyYoavl
Lacroix and Laporta took the other two exemptions into The Open that were on offer in this championship.
“There were so many people that came to watch and it was fantastic. Hennie (Du Plessis) and Francesco (Laporta) played great golf, but I knew I had to just keep making pars and I did that pretty well,” said Jarvis.
“As South African golfers we all dream of winning our home Open and to have done it feels amazing. I just can’t wait to go to Augusta. It’s so cool. I’ve got no words to describe the feeling. Hopefully Tiger Woods is playing because he’s my role model. And to play The Open with all of its history is unreal. I can’t wait.”
A dream come true for Casey Jarvis 👏🇿🇦
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Jarvis went into the final round one stroke clear of the field and kept himself in front all day, even when he made a bogey on the 10th, on his way to back-to-back victories on the DP World Tour after winning in Kenya the week before.
Jarvis is the second South African after Jayden Schaper to win back-to-back on the DP World Tour this season.
Charl Barnard won the Freddie Tait Cup for the leading amateur after finishing on level par with a closing 68.
“If you told me three years ago I’d even be playing in the Investec SA Open, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Things can change very, very quickly,” he said.
It was indeed a dream Sunday for South African golf, with record crowds for the national Open.
And they came to cheer for Jarvis, who was a young amateur with the biggest dreams when he worked as a volunteer at the 2017 Investec South African Open just so he could watch Rory McIlroy play.
On Sunday at Stellenbosch Golf Club, he played his way into South African golf history.
And the entire world of golf has opened its arms to him.
SCORES
266 - Casey Jarvis 67-68-64-67
269 - Frederic Lacroix (FRA) 69-71-64-65, Francesco Laporta (ESP) 66-64-70-69, Hennie du Plessis 70-63-67-69
270 - Eddie Pepperell (ENG) 70-67-69-64
272 - Adrian Otaegui (UAE) 67-68-70-67, Haydn Porteous 67-69-68-68, Daniel van Tonder 72-68-64-68
273 - Angel Ayora (ESP) 67-70-67-69, Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) 70-68-67-68, Ewen Ferguson (SCO) 68-72-67-66, Nathan Kimsey (ENG) 66-65-72-70, Wilco Nienaber 70-66-72-65
274 - Joe Dean (ENG) 65-68-71-70, Alejandro Del Rey (ESP) 65-69-71-69, Alex Fitzpatrick (ENG) 68-71-70-65, Freddy Schott (GER) 69-72-70-63, Kieron van Wyk 70-69-64-71, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 68-69-71-66
SELECTED
277 - Patrick Reed (USA) 71-69-69-68