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.
Naidoo was a member of the GolfRSA National Squad as an amateur, and ended his junior campaign ranked 4th in South Africa.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
Naidoo enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 2016 and played with the Arkansas Razorbacks men's golf team.[1]
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.[4]
He was runner-up at the 2024 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open after being tied for the lead after three rounds.[5][6] 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.[7]
Source:[2]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Mar 2025 | Investec South African Open Championship1 | −14 (70-61-71=202)* | Playoff |  Laurie Canter
|
*Note: The 2025 Investec South African Open Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Investec South African Open Championship | Laurie Canter
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Oct 2022 | SunBet Challenge (Sun Sibaya) | −9 (66-74-67=207) | 2 strokes |  Jonathan Broomhead, Luke Brown, Jaco Prinsloo
|
| 2 | 2 Mar 2025 | Investec South African Open Championship1 | −14 (70-61-71=202)* | Playoff | Laurie Canter
|
*Note: The 2025 Investec South African Open Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Investec South African Open Championship | Laurie Canter
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 May 2016 | Observatory GC (as an amateur) |
−11 (64-69=133) | 2 strokes | Jason Viljoen
|
| Tournament | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | |
| U.S. Open | |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Amateur
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