Daniel van Tonder

Daniel van Tonder (born 12 March 1991) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour.

Daniel van Tonder
Personal information
Born (1991-03-12) 12 March 1991
Soweto, South Africa
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality South Africa
SpouseAbigail van Tonder
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking71 (16 January 2022)[1]
(as of 1 May 2022)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour8
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT44: 2021
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT40: 2021

Professional career

Van Tonder turned professional in 2011 and played on the Sunshine Tour. He has won seven times on the tour; including twice in 2014, at the Investec Royal Swazi Open and the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria. He also won the Mopani Redpath Greendoor Logistics Zambia Open in 2019.[2] In 2020, he won 4 tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in the space of 3 months.

In March 2021, van Tonder claimed his first European Tour victory at the Kenya Savannah Classic. He defeated Jazz Janewattananond with a tap-in birdie on the third playoff hole.[3] The following month he lost in a four-man playoff for the Limpopo Championship.[4] In December 2021, van Tonder won the SA Open Championship; the Sunshine Tour's flagship event. He shot a final-round 65 to win by one shot ahead of Oliver Bekker.[5]

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 26 Mar 2021 Kenya Savannah Classic −21 (65-64-70-64=263) Playoff Jazz Janewattananond

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Kenya Savannah Classic Jazz Janewattananond Won with birdie on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (8)

Legend
South African Opens (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (7)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 10 May 2014 Investec Royal Swazi Open 48 pts (4-12-14-18=48) Playoff Jacques Blaauw, Jared Harvey
2 27 Jun 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Euphoria −12 (67-67-70=204) 1 stroke Tyrone Ferreira
3 31 Mar 2019 Mopani Redpath Greendoor Logistics Zambia Open −5 (72-73-68-70=283) 1 stroke Callum Mowat
4 28 Aug 2020 The African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship −11 (67-70-68=205) 3 strokes George Coetzee, Adilson da Silva,
Neil Schietekat
5 25 Sep 2020 Vodacom Championship Unlocked −13 (66-70-67=203) 1 stroke M. J. Viljoen
6 2 Oct 2020 Vodacom Championship Reloaded −21 (63-66-66=195) 4 strokes Jaco Ahlers, Adilson da Silva
7 31 Oct 2020 Investec Royal Swazi Open (2) 48 pts (15-12-11-10=48) 18 points Neil Schietekat
8 5 Dec 2021 SA Open Championship −16 (69-68-70-65=272) 1 stroke Oliver Bekker

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2014 Investec Royal Swazi Open Jacques Blaauw, Jared Harvey Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2014 Nedbank Affinity Cup Louis de Jager, Vaughn Groenewald de Jager won with birdie on second extra hole
van Tonder eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 2021 Players Championship Jaco Prinsloo, Jake Roos Prinsloo won with birdie on third extra hole
Roos eliminated by eagle on first hole
4 2021 Limpopo Championship Oliver Bekker, Hennie du Plessis,
Brandon Stone
Stone won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T44
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T40
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021
Championship T66 71
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions T72 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

References

  1. "Week 3 2022 Ending 16 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "Van Tonder wins 3-man playoff in South Africa". Fox News. Sports Network. 10 May 2014. Danie van Tonder
  3. "45/1 tip Daniel Van Tonder wins Kenya Open in dramatic fashion". Sporting Life. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
  5. "Van Tonder wins SA Open, Bezuidenhout locks up Masters spot". Associated Press. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.


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