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2nd February 2025

Van Tonder wins back-to-back with MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood triumph

HARTBEESPOORT, North West – 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 number one 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 par 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 par and Vorster made birdie to climb to 24 under par.

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 par 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. – Michael Vlismas

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1st February 2025

Van Tonder keeps living his best MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood

HARTBEESPOORT, North West – Daniel van Tonder is chasing his second victory in as many weeks on the Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour as he takes a three-stroke lead into Sunday’s final round of the MyGolfLife Open hosted by Pecanwood.

Van Tonder produced a composed 66 at Pecanwood on Saturday to climb to 22 under par, with Australia’s Danny List his nearest challenger on 19 under par following an impressive 62.

Van Tonder has been in rampant form over the last two weeks.

He won the SDC Open at Zebula last week and in the process reclaimed his number one position on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy while also taking the number one spot on the HotelPlanner Tour’s Road to Mallorca standings. A win on Sunday would be his fourth victory on the Sunshine Tour this season.

“It would be amazing to win again on Sunday. It would help a lot towards my goal of winning the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit delivered by The Courier Guy, and then I’m also chasing three wins on the HotelPlanner Tour which secures me a DP World Tour card,” he said.

But it did take him some time to get going on Saturday. He turned in level par after a frustrating front nine, and then played the back nine superbly as he came home in 30.

“I had a good finish on the back nine. It took a while for me to get going on the front. I had a bit of bad luck on the front nine with a couple of holes, and made that bogey on the par-five fifth. That was frustrating. But I just kept telling myself it will come sooner or later. I kept giving myself chances and then I used them on the back nine,” he said.

Australia’s List was one of those applying the pressure as Van Tonder worked through his frustrations on the front nine, and surged through the field with his 62. List was born in Ghana and still feels a strong kinship with that country, which he hopes to also represent on Sunday.

“I definitely have some pretty big ambitions for Ghana golf and I’m trying to represent them as best I can out here. The Sunshine Tour is a brilliant Tour and the quality out here is so impressive. I didn’t know that Africa had this much depth in golf talent, and it’s great to see Africa thriving in golf,” he said.

And Van Tonder clearly has goals of his own for Sunday. In his own inimitable way, he explained his focus.

“I’ve become a father for the first time, and that means I now have two women in the house and that’s expensive. So I have no option but to win.” – Michael Vlismas