Player Profile

Daniel Van Tonder

BIRTHDATE: 12-Mar-91
BIRTHPLACE: Boksburg, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Centurion, South Africa
FAMILY: spouse Abigail;
VICTORIES: 13 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-6
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-12-21	Mauritius Open	Heritage La Reserve	Mauritius	Southern Africa	15	71	68	67	71		277
2025-12-14	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Royal Johannesburg (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	65	69	70			204
2025-12-07	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	10	70	67	72	71		280
2025-11-23	Saudi International	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Asian PGA	mc	77	71				148
2025-11-16	Players Championship	Randpark (Firethorn)	South Africa	Southern Africa	30	68	70	71	68		277
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	11	70	70	65	68		273
2025-11-02	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Alcanada	Spain	European Challenge	3	71	68	67	71		277
2025-10-26	Blu Label Unlimited Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	46	71	70	72	78		291
2025-10-19	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	5	66	69	69	72		276
2025-10-12	Limpopo Championship	Euphoria	South Africa	Southern Africa	11	72	71	70	71		284
2025-09-21	SunBet Challenge - Umhlali	Umhlali	South Africa	Southern Africa	w	76					76
2025-09-14	Vodacom Origins - Gowrie Farm	Gowrie Farm	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	69	67				136
2025-09-07	Rosa Challenge Tour	Rosa	Poland	European Challenge	mc	73	69				142
2025-08-31	Dormy Open	Upsala	Sweden	European Challenge	50	66	70	69	71		276
2025-08-24	Dutch Futures	The Dutch	Netherlands	European Challenge	9	68	68	71	70		277
2025-08-17	Finnish Challenge	Vierumaki	Finland	European Challenge	17	68	70	71	69		278
2025-08-10	Irish Challenge	Killeen Castle	Ireland	European Challenge	mc	73	80				153
2025-08-03	Scottish Challenge	Schloss Roxburghe	Scotland	European Challenge	mc	71	72				143
2025-07-20	British Open	Royal Portrush	Northern Ireland	DP World	mc	79	77				156
2025-06-08	Zambia Open	Nkana	Zambia	Southern Africa	52	75	70	71	76		292
2025-06-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Benoni	South Africa	Southern Africa	8	71	71	66			208
2025-05-25	Tournament of Champions	Royal Johannesburg (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	70	68	66	70		274
2025-05-18	PGA Championship	Quail Hollow (North Carolina)	North Carolina	PGA	mc	73	74				147
2025-03-30	Southern Africa Tour Championship	Blair Atholl	South Africa	Southern Africa	7	66	68	73	69		276
2025-03-23	The Serengeti Playoffs	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	69	70	64	69		272
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	5	67	68	67	66		268
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	76	65				141
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	9	68	68	72	65		273
2025-02-09	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	6	69	67	72	71		279
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	62	66	66	67		261

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.71
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 71.75
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.71
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 70.38
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.71
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.44
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -26.82
Number of times in contention: 22
Average score relative to contenders: -1.22
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2026	-	-	-	-
2025	3	4	2	1
2024	5	1	-	-
2023	1	2	-	1
2022	-	1	1	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 100%
Retained After 2: 33%
Retained After 3: 33%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2026	-	-	-
2025	1/1	1/2	1/1
2024	-	0/1	0/2
2023	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 34 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 10
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 0.00
Average score last season: 71.92
Difference: -71.92
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 0.00
Average score last season: 71.92
Average score 2 seasons ago: 71.90
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.42
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.89
Average score having played the previous week: 71.53
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.25
Standard Deviation: 3.30
Significant score is less than: 66.96
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	62	66	66	67	-	261
2025-01-19	Mediclinic Invitational	Heron Banks	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	63	65	66	-	261

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 13
Awarded Symbol: False

Daniel Van Tonder - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	1	71.02	50.00	-	-	-
North Carolina	1	71.02	50.00	-	-	-
U.S. South-West	1	71.81	50.00	-	-	-
Oklahoma	1	71.81	50.00	-	-	-

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	5	71.15	26.20	20.00	40.00	40.00
Feb	13	71.31	28.62	7.69	7.69	30.77
Mar	15	70.82	24.80	-	13.33	33.33
Apr	6	72.34	26.17	-	16.67	33.33
May	11	71.36	35.18	-	18.18	18.18
Jun	7	71.96	29.43	-	14.29	42.86
Jul	7	72.19	37.14	-	-	14.29
Aug	14	72.60	28.00	7.14	7.14	21.43
Sep	13	72.72	35.00	7.69	23.08	30.77
Oct	15	71.63	29.40	-	20.00	20.00
Nov	9	71.77	19.67	-	22.22	44.44
Dec	10	71.54	36.50	-	-	10.00

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	3	72.92	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	3	72.92	50.00	-	-	-