Van Tonder eyes win at Titleist Championship


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2020 Titleist Championship 

Sunshine Tour 

Pretoria Country Club
Pretoria, South Africa 
2-4 September 2020
 
The 2020 Titleist Championship will be hosted by the Pretoria Country Club in Pretoria, South Africa between 2-4 September. 
 
It is part of the 2020/21 Sunshine Tour which is the 21st season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa-based Tour was relaunched in 2000.
 
American brand name of golf equipment, Titleist, recently confirmed its sponsorship of the tournament which is the third competition on the Sunshine Tour’s new Rise-Up Series. 

Neil Schietekat in action.
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The competition will be played over 54 holes at Pretoria Country Club and forms part of the five-tournament Rise-Up Series.
 
The Rise-Up Series signals the restart of the Sunshine Tour’s schedule following the coronavirus pandemic enforced lockdown.
 
South African golfer Daniel van Tonder will be looking to record his second successive win in the 2020/21 Sunshine Tour.
 
The 29-year-old is coming off a win at The African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship which was hosted by the Glendower Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa last week. 

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Van Tonder started the final round in a three-way tie for the lead and signed for a bogey-free 68 to win by three shots on 11 under par 205 on the Tour’s new Rise-Up Series.
 
The 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf winner will face still competition from the likes Adilson da Silva, George Coetzee and Neil Schietekat at the Titleist Championship.
 
George Coetzee in action
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The abovementioned trio shared second place on eight under par at the recent The African Bank Sunshine Tour Championship.
 
Speaking ahead of the Titleist Championship, Van Tonder explained that he was hungry for more success in the Sunshine Tour.
 
“I’ve changed the way I eat and I’ve lost about 20 kilogrammes. I follow a plan of intermittent fasting and it’s made a huge difference," Van Tonder said.
 
"I feel a lot better and have actually gained distance because I’m a bit more supple. So everything feels a bit more consistent now.
 
“I’ve been playing well leading up to this. I just felt very calm and focused out there and am enjoying myself more. It’s a new time, and a new me."
 
The 2020 Titleist Championship has a prize fund of R600,000.
 

Last Five Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winners

 
2015 - George Coetzee - South Africa 
2016/17 - Brandon Stone  - South Africa 
2017/18 - George Coetzee  - South Africa 
2018/19 - Zander Lombard  - South Africa 
2019/20 - JC Ritchie  - South Africa 
 

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Published: 08/31/2020