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
2025-11-23	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 & Kensington (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
2025-01-26	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	72	65	68	67		272
2025-01-19	Mediclinic Invitational	Heron Banks	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	63	65	66		261
2024-12-22	Mauritius Open	Mont Choisy Le Golf	Mauritius	Southern Africa	mc	72	75				147
2024-12-15	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Leopard Creek	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	71	83				154

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.78
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 71.83
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.78
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 71.42
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.78
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.62
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -33.39
Number of times in contention: 26
Average score relative to contenders: -1.28
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
2025	3	4	1	1
2024	5	1	-	-
2023	1	2	-	1
2022	-	1	1	-
2021	3	1	-	1

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 100%
Retained After 2: 40%
Retained After 3: 60%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	1/1	1/2	1/1
2024	-	0/1	0/2
2023	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-
2021	1/1	1/2	2/2

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: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 72.18
Average score last season: 71.90
Difference: 0.28
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 72.18
Average score last season: 71.90
Average score 2 seasons ago: 72.77
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.04
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.03
Average score having played the previous week: 71.62
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.38
Standard Deviation: 3.40
Significant score is less than: 66.98
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	3	71.50	48.00	-	-	-
Florida	1	74.11	50.00	-	-	-
North Carolina	1	71.02	50.00	-	-	-
South Carolina	1	69.12	44.00	-	-	-
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	14	71.54	30.14	7.14	7.14	28.57
Mar	18	70.83	23.61	5.56	22.22	38.89
Apr	7	72.12	22.71	-	28.57	42.86
May	14	71.55	37.93	-	14.29	14.29
Jun	9	71.82	29.78	-	11.11	33.33
Jul	11	72.05	40.91	-	-	9.09
Aug	18	72.31	29.39	5.56	5.56	16.67
Sep	16	72.63	36.38	6.25	18.75	25.00
Oct	18	71.95	32.83	-	16.67	16.67
Nov	11	71.70	22.36	-	18.18	36.36
Dec	8	72.08	40.88	12.50	12.50	12.50

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	5	70.89	46.80	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	6	71.60	47.33	-	-	-