Christiaan Bezuidenhout leads SA charge at Genesis Invitational

Centurion - Christiaan Bezuidenhout will lead the charge of five South Africans in action at The Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club starting, in California, on Thursday.

The 27-year-old has played exclusively on the US PGA Tour in 2022, and seems to be rounding into form.

Since a sixth place finish at the SA Open in December, Bezuidenhout has produced finishes of 17th, 40th, 46th and 14th in his last four events. His tie for 14th at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am two weeks ago was particularly encouraging. Bezuidenhout carded rounds of 71 70 66 and 69 to finish on 11-under for the week.

For his efforts, Bezuidenhout is 82nd on the FedExCup rankings in the early stages of the season.

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As the second-ranked SA player at 56th in the world, Bezuidenhout will also be the highest-ranked player in the field with SA number one Louis Oosthuizen not teeing it up this week.

Dylan Frittelli is 112th on the FedExCup rankings this season, and will be aiming to improve his standing. The 31-year-old has struggled in 2022 so far, having missed three cuts in his four events on the PGA Tour. Frittelli also missed the weekend at last week’s Phoenix Open, but a tie for 24th at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am had showed some promising signs. In fact, Frittelli did not miss the cut by much at the Phoenix Open, after rounds of 71 and 73 left him three away from weekend play.

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Erik van Rooyen, meanwhile, has quietly been churning out the results in 2022. Beginning with a 25th place finish at the Tournament of Champions on the US PGA Tour, he improved to 20th the next week at the Sony Open. The