Michael Vlismas
HARTBEESPOORT, North West – Daniel van Tonder continued his incredible form with a two-stroke victory in the MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood on Sunday, claiming back-to-back victories on the Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour as well as his fourth victory this season.
Van Tonder closed with a 67 to win on 27 under par, claiming his second victory in as many weeks after winning the SDC Open.
It also entrenched his number one position at the top of the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy and the HotelPlanner Tour’s Road to Mallorca rankings.
“It’s amazing. I’ve been playing well and have just backed myself. I’ve been working hard and it’s nice to see the results come through now,” said Van Tonder.
Martin Vorster finished second on 25 under par with a closing 65, and as the only man on the day who came closest to catching Van Tonder.
Van Tonder appeared to be cruising to victory, but then came a two-shot swing on the par-four 15th where he made bogey from the greenside bunker to drop to 26 under par and Vorster made birdie to climb to 24 under par.
Van Tonder responded with a birdie on 16 and Vorster kept up his challenge with a birdie on 17 before both parred the last.
Australia’s Danny List took third place on 24 under par with a closing 67.
It’s been a dream past few months for Van Tonder, who has also celebrated the birth of his baby daughter Gabriella Grace. He now needs one more victory on the HotelPlanner Tour to secure his DP World Tour card for next season.
“I’ve been very blessed and feel very grateful. I’m just going to continue reaching for the stars and see where I land,” he said.
SCORES
261 – Daniel van Tonder 62 66 66 67
263 – Martin Vorster 65 65 68 65
264 – Danny List 70 65 62 67
267 – Nikhil Rama 64 68 71 64, Sebastian Friedrichsen 65 67 69 66, Liam Nolan 68 66 67 66
268 – Clement Sordet 69 66 66 67, Kyle Barker 67 67 66 68
269 – Shaun Norris 69 67 69 64, Oihan Guillamoundeguy 65 70 69 65, Estiaan Conradie 66 69 68 66, David Law 66 71 64 68
270 – Gerhard Pepler 69 67 70 64, Jean Bekirian 66 72 67 65, Samuel Jones 70 68 65 67, Jovan Rebula 67 66 68 69, Albert Boneta 68 67 66 69, Tomas Gouveia 65 70 66 69
271 – MJ Viljoen 74 63 68 66, Jaco Van Zyl 65 71 69 66, Colin Nel 70 68 66 67, Hennie O’Kennedy 71 66 67 67, Jean Hugo 67 67 69 68, Michael Hollick 70 63 69 69, Felix Mory 65 70 66 70, Ben Stow 66 70 65 70, Andreas Halvorsen 65 71 63 72
272 – Hayden Hopewell 68 69 72 63, Luke Brown 64 74 68 66, Baard Skogen 71 67 68 66, Yurav Premlall 69 69 66 68, Euan Walker 67 71 66 68, Bryce Easton 65 69 70 68, Kyle De Beer 69 68 67 68
273 – Lyle Rowe 67 66 73 67, Matthis Besard 67 67 72 67, Jens Fahrbring 68 67 68 70
274 – George Bloor 68 70 71 65, Jonathan Caldwell 69 68 71 66, Daniel Young 67 70 69 68, Jason Roets 64 72 69 69, Trevor Fisher Jnr 68 68 68 70, Werner Deyzel 67 66 70 71
275 – Borja Virto 67 71 72 65, Victor Pastor 67 70 72 66, Dan Erickson 71 67 69 68, Soren Broholt Lind 70 67 70 68, Christiaan Burke 69 67 69 70, Nathan Legendre 67 67 70 71
276 – Ryan Lumsden 67 71 68 70, Neil Schietekat 66 71 69 70
277 – Ricky Hendler 70 68 72 67, Joshua Berry 70 68 72 67, Dayne Moore 67 70 72 68, Jonathan Broomhead 66 70 72 69
278 – Keagan Thomas 67 70 72 69, Benjamin Follett-Smith 66 69 73 70, John Gough 66 68 71 73
279 – Wynand Dingle 66 72 71 70, Craig Ross 68 68 73 70, Peter Karmis 64 71 71 73
280 – Stefan Wears-Taylor 67 67 75 71, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 68 70 70 72
282 – Rhys Enoch 67 71 78 66
Missed the cut:-
139 – Max Kennedy 68 71, Lars van Meijel 71 68, Malcolm Mitchell 72 67, Jean-Paul Strydom 69 70, Joe Long 69 70, CJ du Plessis 67 72, Quim Vidal 69 70, Rupert Kaminski 68 71, Heinrich Bruiners 67 72, Jamie Rutherford 70 69, Frank Kennedy 68 71, Maxence Giboudot 68 71, Bastien Amat 68 71, Haydn Barron 69 70, Jastice Mashego 66 73
140 – Sentanio Minnie 71 69, Jacques Blaauw 72 68, Nick Carlson 71 69, Pieter Moolman 71 69, Lukas Nemecz 69 71, Altin van der Merwe 73 67, Aron Zemmer 71 69, Wilco Nienaber 73 67, Sebastien Gros 67 73, Lee Slattery 71 69, John Axelsen 67 73, Jeremy Freiburghaus 68 72, Rhys West 68 72, Lucas Vacarisas 70 70
141 – Michael Feuerstein 71 70, Hurly Long 74 67, Luke Jerling 72 69, Renato Paratore 70 71, Freddy Schott 72 69, Justin Walters 69 72, Maximilian Steinlechner 69 72, Vince van Veen 70 71, Hennie Otto 74 67, Fredrik From 71 70, Martin Rohwer 68 73, Davis Bryant 73 68, Robson Chinhoi 69 72, Slade Pickering 69 72
142 – Adri Arnaus 67 75, Stuart Krog 71 71, Christofer Rahm 68 74, Sean Cronje 71 71, Daan Huizing 70 72, Sebastian Garcia 69 73, Filippo Celli 69 73, Keenan Davidse 71 71, Per Langfors 69 73
143 – Ruan Korb 71 72, Christoffer Bring 72 71, Herman Loubser 73 70, Jack Hawksby 70 73, Louis Albertse 73 70, Matt Oshrine 70 73, Christofer Blomstrand 72 71, Bradley Bawden 69 74, Jabulane Mabilane 69 74
144 – Ilirian Zalli 73 71, Keelan van Wyk 70 74, Robin Petersson 72 72
145 – Alexander Settemsdal 75 70, Chris Paisley 70 75, JJ Senekal 73 72, David Meyers 73 72, Keith Horne 71 74
146 – JC Ritchie 74 72, Calum Fyfe 73 73, Callan Barrow 70 76, Anthony Michael 71 75, Dylan Naidoo 72 74, Santiago Tarrio 73 73, Rourke van der Spuy 72 74, Jacques P de Villiers 72 74, Therion Nel 71 75
147 – Oliver Bekker 73 74, Ryan van der Klis 73 74
148 – Dylan Mostert 73 75, Dermot Mcelroy 76 72, Jordan Duminy 75 73
149 – Palmer Jackson 78 71, Matthew Spacey 73 76
151 – Robert Moran 76 75, Combrinck Smit 71 80
153 – Keegan Mclachlan 78 75
160 – Irvin Mazibuko 77 83
RTD – Danie Van Niekerk 72 RTD RTD, Albert Venter 75 RTD RTD, Thabiso Ngcobo 69 RTD RTD
Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour.
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