Big-hitting Potgieter and countryman Bezuidenhout back to chase Nedbank Golf Challenge glory
- Aldrich Potgieter and Christiaan Bezuidenhout strengthen SA challenge
- Nedbank Golf Challenge Hospitali-TEE Lounge offers enhanced VIP fan experience.
- Hospitali-TEE tickets now on sale HERE.
South African golf sensation Aldrich Potgieter will return to the Nedbank Golf Challenge a year after almost winning it on his debut when he joins the 2025 field for this DP World Tour event at Sun City from 4-7 December.
He’ll be joined by multiple DP World Tour champion Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who returns to a Gary Player Country Club course where he won the 2020 South African Open.
The 20-year-old Potgieter was given a personal invitation by Gary Player, in whose honour the tournament is played, to compete in the 2024 Nedbank Golf Challenge and led by three strokes going into the final round before finishing tied second to Johannes Veerman.
This year he returns to the Gary Player Country Club as the youngest South African winner in PGA TOUR history following his maiden win in the Rocket Classic in June, and as the highest ranked South African golfer on the Official World Golf Ranking just outside the top 50.
“My first experience of the Nedbank Golf Challenge last year was so memorable. I’ll never forget the crowds on the Saturday when I was leading, and the amazing support from the South African fans. To walk onto that first tee box and hear the cheers, and then to have Gary Player sitting there as well are some of my fondest golf memories. I can’t wait to get back to Sun City and experience it all again,” said Potgieter.
It's been a meteoric rise for Potgieter, who only two years ago was still one of the top amateurs in the game. After turning professional he became the youngest ever winner in Korn Ferry Tour history at the age of 19 years, four months and 11 days in 2024, and then made his PGA TOUR breakthrough this year.
The young South African, who has stunned world golf with his prodigious length of the tee, joins defending champion Veerman and fellow South African Daniel van Tonder, who qualified by virtue of his victory in last season’s Sunshine Tour Courier Guy Order of Merit, as amongst the early stars confirmed for “Africa’s Major”.
Bezuidenhout makes his fourth appearance in a tournament where he has a strong record, having finished tied fifth in 2022 and tied sixth in 2024.
This year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge will once again feature the popular Hospitali-TEE Lounge, offering an unrivalled viewing experience for fans. The Hospitali-TEE Lounge offers access to the day’s golf, an unlimited premium bar and buffet, a Nedbank Golf Challenge merchandise voucher, a seat on the VIP grandstand at the 18th green, a photo opportunity with the trophy, live entertainment, daily prizes and a player autograph opportunity.
This enhanced fan experience is centrally located close to the public village, with an air-conditioned facility that brings the best of the Nedbank Golf Challenge to the comfort of the Lounge with indoor and outdoor seating and a live TV feed of the golf.
