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Golf IQ Open Championship Player Guide - 2021

Daniel Van Tonder (bio)

Daniel Van Tonder Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020

Van Tonder turned professional in 2011 and plays 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. In 2020, he won 4 tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in the space of 3 months.

First played on the European Tour in 2011 and has made the most of home advantage with multiple top-ten finishes in South African tournaments. Came through the GFG Academy in Centurion which clearly prepared him well for professional golf where Van Tonder has flourished. Since 2011 he has played in 49 events on the European Tour and won for the first time in 2021.

One of the big reasons for his success is his wife and caddie, Abi. They met at the Nelson Mandela Championship in 2013 and after a couple of years were engaged at the Nedbank Challenge in 2015. The romantic side of Daniel set up a helicopter ride to the Valley of a Thousand Hills in KwaZulu-Natal and while having a picnic on the mountain he proposed.

The marriage was a big help for Van Tonder who suffered immensely and sustained emotional trauma as a child and teenager. It carried over into his early professional career and it could quite easily have broken him. It was a very difficult time for him. The whole of 2015, 2016, and 2017 was especially bad and Abi helped him through it. At the same time when they got married, she started to caddie for him and has had a front-row seat to Daniel's transformation into a golfer and now a member of the European Tour.

2021 Notes: Played in 21 European Tour events making 10 cuts with one top-ten finish. Shot a final-round 64 at the Kenya Savannah Classic to tie Jazz Janewattananond and then beat him with a birdie on the third playoff hole. The victory was van Tonder's fifth in his last 13 worldwide starts and with it gained membership onto the European Tour. A month later was involved in another playoff, this time at the Limpopo Championship on the European Tour Challenge series. Lost in a four-hole playoff when Brandon Stone made a birdie at the first hole to win. Also played in the Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open finishing T-57th and missed the cut at the Dimension Data Pro-am, all three events were co-sanctioned on the Sunshine and European Challenge Tour. He was 75th in the Race to Dubai, he earned euro340,397. At the end of the year won the SA Open Championship on the Sunshine Tour. He shot a final round of 65 to win by a shot over Oliver Bekker.

2022 Notes: Best finish of the year, T-13th at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship

- World Rank: 305 - Born: Mar 12, 1991, Boksburg, South Africa - Age: 33y 10m 1d Back to Field

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Past Performance Results and Statistics

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (last 10 years) Open Championship Home Page

Year	Date	Course	Place	Score	ToPar	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Money
2024	Jul 21,2024	Royal Troon Golf Club	DNP
2023	Jul 23,2023	Royal Liverpool Golf Club	DNP
2022	Jul 17,2022	Old Course at St. Andrews	DNP
2021	Jul 18,2021	Royal St. George's Golf Club	T40	279	-1	68	66	74	71	$45,417
2019	Jul 21,2019	Royal Portrush G.C.	DNP
2018	Jul 22,2018	Carnoustie Golf Links	DNP
2017	Jul 23,2017	Royal Birkdale G.C.	DNP
2016	Jul 17,2016	Royal Troon Golf Club	DNP
2015	Jul 20,2015	Old Course at St. Andrews	DNP

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP STATS (All)

Played In	1
Rounds Played	4
Avg Place	40
Scoring Avg	69.75
Low Round	66
Wins	0
Top 10s	0
Top 25s	0

Tournament Record (last 12 months) PGA TOUR Record - European Tour Record

Date	Name	Tour	Course	Place	Score	ToPar	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Money
Dec 22,2024	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	EUR	Mont Choisy Le Golf	CUT	147	3	72	75	0	0	$0
Dec 15,2024	Alfred Dunhill Champ	EUR	Leopard Creek C.C.	CUT	154	10	71	83	0	0	$0
Mar 31,2024	Hero Indian Open	EUR	Delhi G.C.	T31	284	-4	71	72	72	69	$17,663
Mar 10,2024	Jonsson Workwear Open	EUR	Glendower Golf Club	T9	269	-19	68	68	69	64	$31,800
Mar 3,2024	SDC Champ	EUR	St. Francis Links	T20	284	-4	75	69	70	70	$17,213

Tour Statistics (Last 12 Mo)

Events Played	5
Rounds Played	16
Avg Place	52
Scoring Avg	71.13
Low Round	64
Wins	0
Top 10s	1
Top 25s	2

Recent, Major and Career Results

	Events Played	Avg Place	%Top 10	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	Rds in 60s	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	Rds Undr Par	%Rds Undr Par	Within 5	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
Past 12 Months	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
All Career Majors	3	61.33	0.0%	0.0%	2	66.7%	2	20.0%	10	2	20.0%	1	33.3%	72.00	$76,717
Total Career Results	7	70.43	0.0%	0.0%	5	71.4%	3	12.5%	24	4	16.7%	2	28.6%	73.50	$194,217

Note: All tables can be sorted by column clicking on the column headers. For "avg place", a missed cut or wd counts as a place of 100. "Within 5" is the number of times the player has entered the final round within 5 shots of the lead.

Career Performance per Month

	Events Played	Avg Place	%Top 10	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	Rds in 60s	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	Rds Undr Par	%Rds Undr Par	Within 5	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
January	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
February	1	71.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	75.80	$32,250
March	1	66.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	75.80	$43,875
April	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
May	2	72.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	6	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	73.50	$31,300
June	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
July	2	70.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	50.0%	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	1	50.0%	70.50	$45,417
August	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
September	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
October	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
November	1	72.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	73.80	$41,375
December	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
TOTALS	7	-	0%	0%	5	71%	3	13%	24	4	17%	2	8%	-	$194,217

Career Performance per Season

	Events Played	Avg Place	%Top 10	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	Rds in 60s	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	Rds Undr Par	%Rds Undr Par	Within 5	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
Spring	3	70.00	0.0%	0.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	10	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	74.40	$75,175
Summer	2	70.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	50.0%	3	50.0%	6	3	50.0%	1	50.0%	70.50	$45,417
Fall	1	72.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	73.80	$41,375
Winter	1	71.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	75.80	$32,250
TOTALS	7	-	0%	0%	5	71%	3	13%	24	4	17%	2	8%	-	$194,217

Spring = March, April, May - Summer = June, July, August - Fall = September, October, November - Winter = December, January, February

Career Performance per Swing

	Events Played	Avg Place	%Top 10	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	%Rds Undr Par	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
West Coast Swing	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	$0
Florida Swing	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	$0
New England Courses	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	$0
Texas Swing	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	$0
Desert Courses	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.00	$0
Ocean and Sea Courses	1	44.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0.0%	4	0.0%	0.0%	73.00	$31,300
TOTALS	1	-	0%	0%	1	100%	0%	4	0%	0%	-	$31,300

Career Performance per Grass Type

	Events Played	Avg Place	%Top 10	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	Rds in 60s	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	Rds Undr Par	%Rds Undr Par	Within 5	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
Bent Greens	4	78.00	0.0%	0.0%	2	50.0%	3	25.0%	12	4	33.3%	2	50.0%	72.30	$86,792
Bermuda Greens	2	68.50	0.0%	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	8	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	75.80	$76,125
Paspalum Greens	1	44.00	0.0%	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	73.00	$31,300
Poa Greens	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
Fescue Greens	0	0.00	0.0%	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.00	$0
TOTALS	7	-	0%	0%	5	71%	3	13%	24	4	17%	2	8%	-	$194,217

Career Performance per Short and Long Courses

	Events Played	Avg Place	Wins	Top 10s	%Top 10	Top 25s	%Top 25	Cuts Made	%Cuts Made	Rds in 60s	%Rds in 60s	Rds Played	Rds Undr Par	%Rds Undr Par	Within 5	%Within 5	Scoring Avg	Money
Less Than 7000 yards	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0%	0.00	$0
Greater Than 7400 yards	4	70	0	0	0%	0	0%	3	75%	0	0%	14	0	0%	1	25%	75.00	$107,425

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Golf IQ Open Championship Player Guide - 2021

Daniel Van Tonder Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020