MOST TOUR WINS BY ACTIVE PLAYERS 21 Jean Hugo 18 Darren Fichardt 15 George Coetzee, Jaco van Zyl
Dylan Naidoo.
MOST BIRDIES IN A TOURNAMENT Dean Burmester 32 birdies VOG Final at Oubaai Max Steinlechner 29 birdies, 1 eagle Mediclinic at Heron Banks Danie van Tonder 28 birdies, 1 eagle MyGolfLife Open Pecanwood George Coetzee 27 birdies, 1 eagle Serengeti Playoffs
14 Hennie Otto 13 Jaco Ahlers
12 Daniel van Tonder 11 Dean Burmester
10 J C Ritchie, Louis Oosthuizen 9 Doug McGuigan, Trevor Fisher, Charl Schwartzel 8 Oliver Bekker, Thomas Aiken Note: These 15 players have won 182 titles LEADING MONEY-WINNERS 1 Dylan Naidoo R7 621 700 2 Shaun Norris R7 514 399 3 Daniel van Tonder R5 389 838 4 Jacques Kruyswijk R2 506 640 5 Ryan van Velzen R2 400 754 6 Yurav Premlall R2 237 019 7 Keenan Davidse R2 218 169 8 Jovan Rebula R2 161 106 9 Jon Broomhead R1 887 172 10 Martin Vorster R1 759 625 Note: Does not include OM bonuses
J ean Hugo 27 birdies VOG Final at Oubaai
Danie van Tonder 27 birdies NTT Data Pro-Am at Fancourt
BEST AVERAGE BIRDIES PER ROUND 5.04 Shaun Norris 4.9 Jacques Kruyswijk 4.83 Yurav Premlall 4.82 Daniel van Tonder 4.8 Wilco Nienaber MULTIPLE WINNERS 4 Daniel van Tonder 2 Jonathan Broomhead, Michael Hollick
MOST EAGLES 24 Daniel van Tonder 19 Gerhard Pepler
FIRST-TIME WINNERS Yurav Premlall, Luke Jerling, Kieran Vincent BIGGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY 7 shots – Dean Burmester, VOG Oubaai 7 shots – Wilco Nienaber, NTT Data Pro-Am 6 shots – M J Viljoen, Zambia Open 5 shots – Thriston Lawrence, SunBet Wingate Park MOST TOP 5 FINISHES 10 Daniel van Tonder (4 wins) 8 Yurav Premlall (1 win) 7 Jon Broomhead (2 wins) 4 Jacques Blaauw, Pieter Moolman (1 win each)
17 Kyle Barker 16 Ethan Smith 15 Lyle Rowe, Luke Brown, Stefan Wears-Taylor MOST BIRDIES 381 Daniel van Tonder 353 Jacques Blaauw 338 Yurav Premlall
The key to a high finish on the Order of Merit is to perform well in co- sanctioned events, of which there were eight, four apiece with the DP World Tour and HotelPlanner Tour. South Africans won five of the eight. Dylan Naidoo won the SA Open and was T-2 in the Mauritius Open, earning over R7-million. Shaun Norris earned R7.2-milion from three co-sanctioned outings. The winner of a 54-hole tournament on tour receives R317 000. Frenchman Sebastien Gros had wildly fluctuating scores of 80-60- 75-75 in the Cell C Cape Town Open. In his course record 60 he played the back nine first in 32 and had eight birdies on the front nine to come home in 28, parring the par-3 fourth. Gros went from T-150 after the first round to T-27 after the second. He had 16 bogeys and 3 doubles to go with 20 birdies. In his next tournament at Fancourt he scored 67-76-69.
335 Jean Hugo 329 Luke Brown 308 Lyle Rowe 307 Kyle Barker 306 Nikhil Rama
302 Gerhard Pepler 299 Keenan Davidse
STROKE AVERAGES (Min 20 rounds) 68.48 Jacques Kruyswijk 68.57 Shaun Norris 69.05 Daniel van Tonder 69.49 Yurav Premlall 69.55 Wilco Nienaber 69.77 Bryce Easton 69.78 Jon Broomhead 69.86 Martin Vorster 69.90 Dylan Naidoo 69.98 J C Ritchie
BIGGEST FINAL ROUND COMEBACK TO WIN
8 shots – Calum Hill, Joburg Open 7 shots – Jonathan Broomhead, VOG Wild Coast 7 shots – Daniel van Tonder, SDC Open 6 shots – Shaun Norris, Alfred Dunhill Champs Note: Pieter Moolman was 10 shots behind leader after 36 holes in PGA Championship
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