Here’s everything you need to know about the Joburg Open, including tee times, TV schedule, and who our resident expert is backing for glory…
A Masters champion will add star power to an intriguing field at the Joburg Open this week.
Patrick Reed is making his debut in Johannesburg as he continues his odyssey on the DP World Tour after his shock departure from LIV Golf.
Reed will be joined by two of his closest rivals in the Race to Dubai – home favourites Casey Jarvis and Jayden Shaper. Jarvis is going for three victories in a row after an emotional win at the South African Open.
Before we get to the Joburg Open betting tips, here’s what you need to know…
Joburg Open key details
Dates: March 5-8, 2026
Venue: Houghton Golf Club, South Africa
Course: Par 72; 7,279 yards
Format: 72-hole stroke play with halfway cut
Purse: $1.2 million
Race to Dubai: 3,000 points (500 winner’s share)
Defending champion: Calum Hill (-14)
Joburg Open tee times
You can keep up to date with the latest field, tee times and leaderboard from Houghton on the official DP World Tour website.
Joburg Open TV coverage
US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.
Thursday: Golf Channel from 5.30am ET
Friday: Golf Channel from 5.30am ET
Saturday: Golf Channel from 5.00am ET
Sunday: Golf Channel from 5.00am ET
UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports.
Thursday: Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event from 10.30am GMT
Friday: Sky Sports Golf from 10.30am GMT
Saturday: Sky Sports Golf from 10.00am GMT
Sunday: Sky Sports Golf from 9.00am GMT
2026 Joburg Open betting tips
The Banker: Antoine Rozner
30/1 e/w (Bet365 8 Places 1/5 Odds)
Antoine Rozner did not enjoy the best of times of it when playing on the PGA Tour last season, but now he’s back at the DP World Tour level he’s steadily impressing again. He can get back in the mix here in South Africa.
Since returning to the DP World Tour full-time, Rozner has finished T46, T14, T10, MC, MC, T9, T14, so when he makes the weekend he is – for the most part at least – finishing in and around the top 10.
That’s not a surprise given his ability and his iron play, which has seen him rank 5th, 2nd, and 2nd in his last three starts in SG Approach, if the stats are to be believed. The data is patchy at this time of year, so I would proceed with caution in that regard, but he certainly has the ability to hit the ball like that, and his results suggest it’s going well.
He certainly needs to up his game to secure another PGA Tour card, but he is trending in the right direction and is more talented than a large percentage of this field. He’s also threatened to produce a better score in each of the four starts where he’s made the weekend in 2026.
When 10th at the Dubai Invitational he was inside the top 5 for the first two rounds, when 9th in Qatar he was inside the same position after 54 holes and had just shot a 66, but couldn’t match it on Sunday. In his past two starts, he finished 14th in Kenya, despite spending the first three rounds inside the top 10, and last week when 24th, he was 13th at the halfway mark. Kick on from his midway position this week, and you have to think Rozner will be in the mix here.
Given he is 30/1 in a field that gets fairly weak quickly, I am quite happy to take a chance that he has his best week of the season so far, on a course that rewards excellent iron play.
The Outsider: Rafa Cabrera Bello
66/1 e/w (BetMGM 6 Places 1/5 Odds)
Rafa Cabrera Bello is quietly having a very good season, and when a veteran with winning experience, and experience of playing and contending at a far higher level is showing this, we should take notice.
At his pomp, Cabrera Bello was a top 20 player in the world and given he’s already won four times on the DP World Tour, finished 3rd in two WGCs, and has a top 4 in the Open Championship to his name. His CV betters many in this field. This level of pedigree should take him a long way if he continues in the form he’s in, and I suspect he may start to really contend at this level at least over the next month or so.
When 23rd at the Australian Open at the end of 2025, he was 7th at halfway. When 34th at the Qatar Masters at the start of the year, he was 10th at halfway, and last week he improved his position after every round, eventually landing in the top 10. That’s now five-straight made cuts, where he’s 34th or better each time, and I now think he can really feature on Sunday, after cracking the top 10 for the first time since September.
It has been five years since his last win and four since he finished runner-up at the Abu Dhabi Championship, so he’s overdue a big week. Given the steady run of form, a weak field outside of the top half-a-dozen and a run of ball-striking that suggests he’s returning to something close to his former self, I think Cabrera Bello is a bet this week, even if we are being asked to take half the price now he’s cracked the top 10 again.
The Longshot: Dylan Frittelli
90/1 e/w (Boylesports 6 Places 1/5 Odds)
Dylan Frittelli is playing reasonably well and now returns to a course back at home that he loves, so it’s the perfect recipe for success.
Like Cabrera Bello, Frittelli is another who has contended and indeed won at a higher level, given he’s won on the PGA Tour once, on top of his three DP World Tour victories. Again this level of pedigree has to stand for something when the fields are the way they are on the DP World Tour at the moment, and while the likes of Patrick Reed, Jayden Schaper, and Casey Jarvis are all flying, Frittelli has beaten better players in the past.
His third and most recent win came at the Bahrain Championship in 2024, so we hardly have to go back far for the last time Frittelli showed his class at this level, and he’s been playing well again of late.
After closing out 2025 with a 14th-place finish at the Alfred Dunhill Championship and a 37th in Mauritius where he was inside the top-5 for the first two rounds, Frittelli headed into 2026 with some momentum and confidence. That showed most when 10th on his first start of the year at the Dubai Invitational, where he was 2nd after 54 holes and he has since added a top 20 at the Qatar Masters.
He could only finish 54th last week, but he was 9th after round 1, and also bounced back from a poor Friday with a round of 69 on Saturday, so there was a couple of good signs.
Now he gets to play at Houghton, where he has finished 12th and 4th and never been outside the top 20 after any round. When he finished 4th last year, he had finished 10th at the Dubai Desert Classic, but then T50-MC-MC-T63 in his next four starts. His form has been steadier than that this time around and his 10th this time around was slightly more impressive, so I think he’s in a good spot to contend here again.
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