Two Masters champions in Charl Schwartzel and Patrick Reed along with one of the game’s best in four-time major winning Ernie Els head this week’s 115th hosting of the Investic South African Open.
Els is five-time winner of the premier South African event having first won in 1992 and a fifth 18-years later in 2010.
Schwartzel became a third South African in 2011 to be fitted with an Augusta National members jacket though he’s yet to win his ‘home’ Open though finishing joint runner-up in 2005 and second 10-years later.
While Els and Schwartzel are sure to capture plenty of attention the appearance of Reed in the field has generated plenty of interest.
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The Texas-based Reed, who is a Life Member of the DP World Tour, captured the Masters in 2018 while he’s returning to the DP World Tour as one of the form players of 2026 having won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and finishing joint runner-up a week later in Bahrain and then the following week he became the first American to win the Qatar Masters.
- Schedule: Following the SA Open, Reed is scheduled to play in the Joburg Open at Houghton Golf Club the following week.
- Form: Reed has recently secured the $200,000 bonus for winning the DP World Tour’s International Swing, following victories at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and Qatar Masters.
- Field: He is the headline act in a strong field, which includes South African stars and other international players, at the recently lengthened 7,268-yard, par-70 Stellenbosch course.
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