Daniel van Tonder holds a two-stroke clubhouse lead going into the weekend of the MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood and is hunting back-to-back victories on the Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour.
Van Tonder signed for a second round of 66 on Friday to climb to 16-under par overall. His nearest challenger is Martin Vorster who posted a second round of 65 for a total of 14-under.
But the second round will have to be completed on Saturday morning after play was suspended for a little under two hours due to dangerous weather conditions from an approaching storm.
Van Tonder is coming off a win in last week’s SDC Open and kept his hold on this tournament on another low-scoring day.
Van Tonder, who led the first round with a 62, teed off the first and did most of his scoring around the turn with a run of seven birdies in 10 holes and only one bogey in that stretch.
“I’m very pleased. I played solid. I didn’t really think about how to follow up my 62 yesterday. I took it as a new day to start fresh. But I did feel like I left a few birdies out there, especially on the front nine,” he said.
“You need to keep making birdies here. I’m looking forward to a bit of pressure. I play better when I’m under pressure. My gameplan on the weekend will be the same – head down and attack.”
Behind him, Vorster is also looking forward to a weekend of being in contention after his top-20 finish last week.
“I’m in a great position and excited for the weekend. Everything stays the same for the next two days and then we’ll add up the score at the end,” he said.
Vorster managed his game exceptionally well on Friday on a course where the temptation could be to try and force the birdies.
“It’s easy to get too aggressive on a course like this. You’re tempted to go for every flag but sometimes taking a wedge and aiming just three steps left or right of the flag is the right shot. You know the scores are going to be really low here, so you need to remind yourself that if you give yourself chances the putts are going to drop. I just stuck to my gameplan very well today,” he said as he chases a maiden professional title.
With the scores as low as they are, the weekend still offers plenty of opportunity for those chasing Van Tonder, including Sebastian Friedrichsen and Nikhil Rama four shots behind him.
Scores - Incomplete round
-16 - Daniel van Tonder 62 66
-14 - Martin Vorster 65 65
-12 - Sebastian Friedrichsen 65 67, Nikhil Rama 64 68
-11 - Michael Hollick 70 63, Lyle Rowe 67 66, Jovan Rebula 67 66, Werner Deyzel 67 66, Matthis Besard 67 (-6) [15]
-10 - Bryce Easton 65 69, Jean Hugo 67 67, Liam Nolan 68 66, John Gough 66 68, Kyle Barker 67 (-5) [15], Nathan Legendre 67 (-5) [15]
-9 - Estiaan Conradie 66 69, Benjamin Follett-Smith 66 69, Danny List 70 65, Clement Sordet 69 66, Felix Mory 65 70, Stefan Wears-Taylor 67 (-4) [15], Tomas Gouveia 65 (-2) [15], Oihan Guillamoundeguy 65 (-2) [12], Jason Roets 64 (-1) [12], Peter Karmis 64 (-1) [12]
-8 - Ben Stow 66 70, Craig Ross 68 68, Shaun Norris 69 67, Trevor Fisher Jnr 68 68, Jaco Van Zyl 65 71, Jonathan Broomhead 66 70, Christiaan Burke 69 67, Andreas Halvorsen 65 71, Albert Boneta 68 (-4) [15], Jens Fahrbring 68 (-4) [15], Gerhard Pepler 69 (-5) [15]
-7 - Dayne Moore 67 70, David Law 66 71, Hayden Hopewell 68 69, Keagan Thomas 67 70, Jonathan Caldwell 69 68, MJ Viljoen 74 63, Hennie O'Kennedy 71 66, Soren Broholt Lind 70 67, Kyle De Beer 69 68, Victor Pastor 67 70, Neil Schietekat 66 71, Daniel Young 67 70
-6 - Joshua Berry 70 68, Baard Skogen 71 67, Colin Nel 70 68, Dan Erickson 71 67, Luke Brown 64 74, Ricky Hendler 70 68, Borja Virto 67 71, Euan Walker 67 71, George Bloor 68 70, Rhys Enoch 67 71, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 68 70, Yurav Premlall 69 69, Wynand Dingle 66 72, Ryan Lumsden 67 71, Maxence Giboudot 68 (-2) [15], Jean Bekirian 66 (Par) [15], Samuel Jones 70 (-4) [15]
Missed the cut
-5 - 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, Bastien Amat 68 (-1) [15], Jastice Mashego 66 (+1) [12]
-4 - 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, Robson Chinhoi 69 (-1) [15], Haydn Barron 69 (-1) [12]
-3 - 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 (-4) [15], Per Langfors 69 (Par) [15], Slade Pickering 69 (Par) [12]
-2 - 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, Bradley Bawden 69 (+1) [15]
-1 - 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, Jabulane Mabilane 69 (+2) [12]
Par - Ilirian Zalli 73 71, Keelan van Wyk 70 74, Jacques P de Villiers 72 (Par) [15], Therion Nel 71 (+1) [12]
+1 - Alexander Settemsdal 75 70, Chris Paisley 70 75, JJ Senekal 73 72, David Meyers 73 72, Keith Horne 71 74
+2 - 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
+3 - Oliver Bekker 73 74, Ryan van der Klis 73 74, Thabiso Ngcobo 69 (+6) [15], Robin Petersson 72 (+3) [12]
+4 - Dylan Mostert 73 75, Dermot Mcelroy 76 72, Jordan Duminy 75 73, Matthew Spacey 73 (+3) [15]
+5 - Palmer Jackson 78 71
+7 - Robert Moran 76 75, Combrinck Smit 71 80
+9 - Albert Venter 75 (+6) [15], Keegan Mclachlan 78 (+3) [15]
+16 - Irvin Mazibuko 77 83
RTD - Danie Van Niekerk 72 RTD RTD [12]
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