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
2025-06-08	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
2024-11-24	South African PGA Championship	St Francis Links	South Africa	Southern Africa	10	72	72	69	68		281
2024-11-17	Vodacom Origins - Final	Oubaii	South Africa	Southern Africa	9	71	63	68	70		272
2024-11-03	Blue Label Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	11	73	67	70	71		281
2024-10-20	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	63	72	67		269
2024-10-13	Macau Open	Macau	Macau	Asian PGA	23	67	69	72	65		273
2024-10-06	SunBet Challenge - Umhlali	Umhlali	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	67	70			204
2024-09-22	Vodacom Origins - Sishen	Sishen	South Africa	Southern Africa	9	71	72	67			210
2024-09-15	Ubunye Championship	Silver Lakes	South Africa	Southern Africa	4	67	64	73	65		269
2024-09-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Kyalami	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	70	66	66			202
2024-08-25	SunBet Challenge - Wingate Park	Wingate Park	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	71	73				144
2024-08-18	Vodacom Origins - Highland Gate	Highland Gate	South Africa	Southern Africa	15	72	69	68			209
2024-08-04	FNB Eswatini Nkonyeni Challenge	Nkonyeni	Swaziland	Southern Africa	1	68	66	68			202
2024-07-28	SunBet Challenge - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	20	71	68	68			207

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.66
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 71.83
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.66
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 71.42
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.66
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: -31.31
Number of times in contention: 22
Average score relative to contenders: -1.42
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	2	3	-	-
2024	5	1	-	-
2023	1	2	-	1
2022	-	1	1	-
2021	3	1	-	1

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 100%
Retained After 2: 50%
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	1/1	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: 70.78
Average score last season: 71.90
Difference: -1.12
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 70.78
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: 71.75
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.90
Average score having played the previous week: 71.53
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.35
Standard Deviation: 3.42
Significant score is less than: 66.93
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	6	70.93	24.00	16.67	33.33	33.33
Feb	13	71.70	31.46	7.69	7.69	30.77
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	10	71.75	40.00	-	-	10.00
Aug	13	72.07	27.15	7.69	7.69	15.38
Sep	13	72.56	36.92	7.69	15.38	23.08
Oct	15	71.81	35.27	-	13.33	13.33
Nov	7	71.38	21.71	-	14.29	42.86
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	4	70.05	46.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	5	71.06	46.80	-	-	-