Dylan Naidoo

{{short description|South African professional golfer (born 1998)}}

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Dylan Naidoo (born 21 February 1998) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He won the 2025 Investec South African Open Championship.

Amateur career

Naidoo was a member of the GolfRSA National Squad as an amateur, and ended his junior campaign ranked 4th in South Africa.

In 2016, he won the All Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Tunisia and finished runner-up behind Joaquín Niemann at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan. He was runner-up at the South African Amateur Championship and won the Big Easy Tour event at Observatory Golf Club, when he became the youngest winner on the tour to date.{{cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Mike |title=Dylan Naidoo Facts: 14 Things To Know About The South African Golfer |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/dylan-naidoo-golfer-facts-bio-wins |access-date=17 March 2025 |magazine=Golf Monthly}}

Naidoo enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 2016 and played with the Arkansas Razorbacks men's golf team.{{cite web |title=Dylan Naidoo |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/dylan-naidoo/ |publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks |access-date=17 March 2025}}

Professional career

Naidoo turned professional in 2019 and joined the Sunshine Tour, where he recorded two top-10 finishes in his first three seasons. In 2022, he won his first Sunshine Tour title at the SunBet Challenge.{{cite news |last=de Villiers |first=Carl |title=Dylan Naidoo wins maiden Sunshine Tour title in Umhlali |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/north-coast-courier/sports-news/local-sports/2022/10/26/dylan-naidoo-wins-maiden-sunshine-tour-title-in-umhlali/ |access-date=17 March 2025 |newspaper=The Citizen |date=26 October 2022}}

He was runner-up at the 2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open after being tied for the lead after three rounds.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/golf/naidoo-shoots-66-share-third-round-lead-mauritius-open-2024-12-21/ |title=Naidoo shoots 66 to share the third round lead at Mauritius Open |work=Reuters |date=21 December 2024 |access-date=17 March 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cx2p5q3ggnqo |title='Long battle back' - Parry ends 14-year wait for title |work=BBC Sport |date=22 December 2024 |access-date=17 March 2025}} In March 2025, he claimed his maiden European Tour title at the 2025 Investec South African Open Championship at Durban Country Club, where he won a play-off against Laurie Canter after the final round was cancelled due to rain. The win also earned him a start at the 2025 Open Championship.{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Stuart |title=South African Open: Laurie Canter beaten by Dylan Naidoo in play-off at DP World Tour event after washout at Durban Country Club |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/13320219/south-african-open-laurie-canter-beaten-by-dylan-naidoo-in-play-off-at-dp-world-tour-event-after-washout-at-durban-country-club |access-date=17 March 2025 |work=Sky Sports |date=2 March 2025}}

Amateur wins

2016 All Africa Junior Golf Challenge (U18), Border Stroke Play Championship

Source:{{cite web |title=Dylan Naidoo |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/dylan-naidoo-13096 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=17 March 2025}}