
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 No 1 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 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 and Vorster made birdie to climb to 24-under.
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 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
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