{{short description|South African professional golfer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Dylan Naidoo | image = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|2|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1998|2|21|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | weight = | nationality = {{ZAF}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = University of Arkansas | yearpro = 2019 | tour = European Tour<br>Sunshine Tour | extour = Challenge Tour | prowins = 3 | pgawins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour wins --> | eurowins = 1 | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = | sunwins = 2 | chalwins = | otherwins = 1 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = | usopen = | open = CUT: 2025 | pga = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = }} '''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.<ref name=razorbacks/>
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.<ref name=wagr/> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Naidoo enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 2016 and played with the Arkansas Razorbacks men's golf team.<ref name=razorbacks>{{cite web |title=Dylan Naidoo |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/dylan-naidoo/ |publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
He was runner-up at the 2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open after being tied for the lead after three rounds.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2016 All Africa Junior Golf Challenge (U18), Border Stroke Play Championship
Source:<ref name=wagr>{{cite web |title=Dylan Naidoo |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/dylan-naidoo-13096 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
==Professional wins (3)== ===European Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|2 Mar 2025 |Investec South African Open Championship<sup>1</sup> |−14 (70-61-71=202){{efn|name=sa36|Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.}} |Playoff |{{flagicon|ENG}} Laurie Canter |} <sup>1</sup>Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
'''European Tour playoff record (1–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |2025 |Investec South African Open Championship |{{flagicon|ENG}} Laurie Canter |Won with birdie on first extra hole |}
===Sunshine Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|21 Oct 2022 |SunBet Challenge (Sun Sibaya) |−9 (66-74-67=207) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Jonathan Broomhead (a), {{flagicon|ZAF}} Luke Brown,<br>{{flagicon|ZAF}} Jaco Prinsloo |- |align=center|2 |align=right|2 Mar 2025 |Investec South African Open Championship<sup>1</sup> |−14 (70-61-71=202){{efn|name=sa36}} |Playoff |{{flagicon|ENG}} Laurie Canter |} <sup>1</sup>Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
'''Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |2025 |Investec South African Open Championship |{{flagicon|ENG}} Laurie Canter |Won with birdie on first extra hole |}
===Big Easy Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|25 May 2016 |Observatory GC<br>(as an amateur) |−11 (64-69=133) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Jason Viljoen |}
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !! 2025 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |}<!-- {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} --> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<!-- <br> "T" = tied -->
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Duke of York Young Champions Trophy (representing South Africa): 2015 *Junior Golf World Cup (representing South Africa): 2015, 2016 *Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2016
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{SunshineTour player|NAI013}} *{{EuroTour player|40468}} *{{OWGR|19429}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naidoo, Dylan}} Category:South African male golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Sunshine Tour golfers Category:Arkansas Razorbacks men's golfers Category:Golfers from Johannesburg Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century South African sportsmen