Casey Jarvis (born 28 July 2003) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour, while currently holding Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour. In 2023, he shot a 59 at the Stella Artois Players Championship and became Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year before winning the Euram Bank Open in Austria.
Early life and amateur career Jarvis was born and grew up in Boksburg, South Africa. He had a successful amateur career and was on the national squad. He won the 2019 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with the South African team, joined by Samuel Simpson, Martin Vorster and Christo Lamprecht.
In 2020, at 16, he captured the South African double, winning both the South African Stroke Play Championship and the South African Amateur Championship.
He won the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship back to back in 2021 and 2022.
Jarvis also won on South Africa's development tour, the Big Easy Tour, a few weeks before he turned professional following the Western Amateur.
Career Jarvis turned professional in August 2022 and joined the Sunshine Tour, where he finished runner-up at the South African PGA Championship and The Tour Championship, and won the Rookie of the Year award.
At age 19, he become the second youngest person to shoot a 59, in the third round of the 2023 Stella Artois Players Championship.
Jarvis's results in Sunshine Tour events co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour in early 2023 (including a second-place finish at the SDC Open) enabled him to play in further Challenge Tour events. He had runner-up finishes at the Copenhagen Challenge and D+D Real Czech Challenge before winning the Euram Bank Open in Austria in July to move to the top of the Race to Mallorca season ranking.
In February 2026, Jarvis won the Magical Kenya Open by three shots to clinch his first title on the European Tour. One week later, he won the Investec South African Open Championship to earn himself a spot in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship. He went on to finish tied for 6th in The Open Championship, earning Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour for the rest of the 2026 season, which he accepted.
Amateur wins 2017 English Boys Under-14 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2018 South African Boys U17 Stroke Play, African Junior Open, Ekurhuleni Open 2019 Silver Salver 2020 Free State Open, Gauteng North Open, South African Stroke Play Championship, South African Amateur Championship 2021 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2022 Gauteng North Open, African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Northern Cape Amateur Open, Africa Region 5 Amateur Tournament
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Professional wins (6) European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up122 Feb 2026Magical Kenya Open−25 (62-65-66-62=255)3 strokes Davis Bryant21 Mar 2026Investec South African Open Championship1−14 (67-68-64-67=266)3 strokes Hennie du Plessis, Frédéric Lacroix, Francesco Laporta 1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up19 Nov 2025Hyundai Open−23 (67-63-67-68=265)1 stroke Ryan van Velzen223 Nov 2025Vodacom Origins of Golf Final−24 (68-62-69-65=264)Playoff Barend Botha31 Mar 2026Investec South African Open Championship1−14 (67-68-64-67=266)3 strokes Hennie du Plessis, Frédéric Lacroix, Francesco Laporta 1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12025Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Barend BothaWon with eagle on third extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up116 Jul 2023Euram Bank Open−18 (65-63-65-69=262)1 stroke Euan Walker
Big Easy Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up16 Jul 2022Altron Big Easy Tour 6(as an amateur)−15 (69-66-66=201)4 strokes Dayne Moore
Results in major championships Tournament202420252026Masters TournamentCUTPGA ChampionshipT65U.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipT6
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances Amateur Junior Golf World Cup (representing South Africa): 2019 (winners)
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See also Lowest rounds of golf 2023 Challenge Tour graduates
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