'Off to drink wine in Cape Town': Dan Bradbury toasts his Joburg Open success
Dan Bradbury was headed to the vineyards of Cape Town yesterday to celebrate the third win of his DP World Tour career.
But he could be plotting a tour of California’s famous Napa Valley next year as he closes in on a ticket to the PGA Tour.
The 26-year-old from Wakefield claimed a second Joburg Open title on Sunday, winning this one by taking the lead on the 71st hole as opposed to going wire-to-wire as he did when he first won the title as a rookie back in November 2022.
His first win for two years on tour moves him up to fourth in the DP World Tour rankings, and halfway to earning a place on the PGA Tour. The top 10 players at the end of the season, not already exempt, earn cards to America’s top circuit.
Harrogate’s John Parry and Northallerton’s Dan Brown did that last season, and with this win, Bradbury moves on to 1052.6 points. In 2025, 2,203 points was enough to secure a card on the PGA Tour. “It’s one of the little goals that is achievable on the way up,” Bradbury told The Yorkshire Post.
“The first step is to get onto the PGA Tour, then it’s to win there. So you have to look after those things and the rest will fall into place.”
For now, he is content to spend the week off before the next DP World Tour event in China celebrating ambushing Casey Jarvis and Brandon Robinson-Thompson to win the title at Houghton GC.
“I thought I’d lost it on the front nine, had so many chances I just didn’t take anything,” he said. “It was really good to put it together on the back nine, especially as I wasn’t expecting it.
“It’s on to Cape Town now to enjoy some of the wine farms down there.”