Daniel van Tonder

Daniel van Tonder
Daniel van Tonder
Personal information
Born	12 March 1991; Soweto, South Africa
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Spouse	Abigail van Tonder
Career
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	European Tour; Sunshine Tour
Professional wins	10
Highest ranking	71 (16 January 2022); (as of 7 January 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Sunshine Tour	9
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T44: 2021
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T40: 2021
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour; Rookie of the Year
Sunshine Tour; Rookie of the Year	2012

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

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]

Van Tonder is married to Abigail who also acts as his caddie.^[6]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin 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.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Kenya Savannah Classic	Jazz Janewattananond	Won with birdie on third extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin 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	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.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
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

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 Mar 2016	Houghton Open	−22 (65-64-65=194)	9 strokes	Zachary Portemont

Did not play

"T" = tied

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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