Player profile
South AfricaHennie Du Plessis
Du Plessis makes his second appearance in the Nedbank Golf Challenge after finishing tied sixth on debut in 2023.
The South African and son of a tobacco farmer spent 18 months out of the game because of a wrist injury. Upon his return late in 2025 he won his first tournament back on the Sunshine Tour – the BluLabel Unlimited Challenge. Perhaps more significantly, it came at the Gary Player Country Club.
It set him up for a remarkable summer where he had a further two runners-up finishes, a third place finish, two top-five finishes, and three top-20s in his first 11 tournaments back after his recovery.
He contended for a maiden DP World Tour title in both the Investec South African Open and Joburg Open at the start of 2026, and added a second place in the BMW International Open this past July.
