The 2021 South Africa Open final leaderboard is headed by winner Daniel van Tonder, who pulled off the win at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa.
van Tonder came out firing in the final round, shooting 7-under 65 on Sunday. His final birdie came in dramatic fashion to win the tournament. Playing the par-5 18th, van Tonder's second shot cleared the water guarding the green by inches, leaving him with a chance to get up-and-down for the win. After a mediocre pitch, van Tonder confidently drained a 22-footer for birdie and the win on 16-under 272.
Oliver Bekker, who was in the house on 15 under par, could only watch and applaud as van Tonder secured his first national title.
Hennie du Plessis birdied the final hole in the same group as von Tonder and Justin Harding to secure solo third place.
van Tonder won the $79,255 winner's share of the $500,000 purse.
2021 South Africa Open highlights
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South Africa Open recap notes
van Tonder earned 32 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win. The field for the tournament was top heavy, earning von Tonder critical OWGR points.
There was a cut this week, with 81 of 154 qualifying players finishing the event in the final event of the year.
van Tonder would have earned Race to Dubai points for his performance, but the co-sanctioned event only counted toward the Sunshine Tour after the Omicron Covid variant was found and forced foreign-born players to largely leave the country.
The Sunshine Tour is done for 2021.
2021 South Africa Open final leaderboard, results and prize money payouts
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| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOT | MONEY |
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| 1 | -16 | Daniel van Tonder | 69 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 272 | $79,255 |
| 2 | -15 | Oliver Bekker | 65 | 67 | 75 | 66 | 273 | $55,003 |
| 3 | -12 | Hennie du Plessis | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 276 | $37,102 |
| 4 | -11 | Dean Burmester | 71 | 74 | 66 | 66 | 277 | $24,552 |
| 5 | -9 | CJ du Plessis | 73 | 73 | 66 | 67 | 279 | $20,651 |
| T6 | -8 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 70 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 280 | $13,888 |
| T6 | -8 | Rupert Kaminski | 69 | 75 | 66 | 70 | 280 | $13,888 |
| T6 | -8 | Neil Schietekat | 65 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 280 | $13,888 |
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| T6 | -8 | Justin Harding | 68 | 67 | 68 | 77 | 280 | $13,888 |
| T10 | -7 | Jacques Blaauw | 73 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 281 | $8,713 |
| T10 | -7 | Hennie O'Kennedy | 67 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 281 | $8,713 |
| T10 | -7 | Bryce Easton | 66 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 281 | $8,713 |
| T10 | -7 | Jovan Rebula | 71 | 72 | 66 | 72 | 281 | $8,713 |
| T14 | -6 | Louis de Jager | 71 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 282 | $6,850 |
| T14 | -6 | Lars van Meijel | 70 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 282 | $6,850 |
| T14 | -6 | Trevor Fisher Jnr | 69 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 282 | $6,850 |
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| T14 | -6 | Jacques P de Villiers | 71 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 282 | $6,850 |
| T14 | -6 | Brandon Stone | 72 | 73 | 66 | 71 | 282 | $6,850 |
| T19 | -5 | Rourke van der Spuy | 77 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 283 | $5,730 |
| T19 | -5 | Ockie Strydom | 72 | 74 | 67 | 70 | 283 | $5,730 |
| T19 | -5 | Dylan Frittelli | 70 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 283 | $5,730 |
| T19 | -5 | Shaun Norris | 69 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 283 | $5,730 |
| T19 | -5 | Thriston Lawrence | 74 | 70 | 67 | 72 | 283 | $5,730 |
| T24 | -4 | Alex Haindl | 74 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 284 | $5,025 |
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| T24 | -4 | Deon Germishuys | 72 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 284 | $5,025 |
| T24 | -4 | Zander Lombard | 73 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 284 | $5,025 |
| T24 | -4 | Nikhil Rama | 70 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 284 | $5,025 |
| T28 | -3 | Jaco Prinsloo | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 285 | $4,575 |
| T28 | -3 | Heinrich Bruiners | 67 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 285 | $4,575 |
| T30 | -2 | George Coetzee | 73 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 286 | $4,150 |
| T30 | -2 | Jayden Schaper | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 286 | $4,150 |
| T30 | -2 | Jean Hugo | 71 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 286 | $4,150 |
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| T30 | -2 | Luca Filippi | 70 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 286 | $4,150 |
| T30 | -2 | Dylan Naidoo | 70 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 286 | $4,150 |
| T30 | -2 | Yurav Premlall (a) | 70 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 286 | $0 |
| T36 | -1 | Thomas Aiken | 75 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 287 | $3,750 |
| T36 | -1 | Jbe' Kruger | 73 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 287 | $3,750 |
| T36 | -1 | Martin Rohwer | 71 | 74 | 68 | 74 | 287 | $3,750 |
| T39 | E | Keenan Davidse | 72 | 67 | 76 | 73 | 288 | $3,300 |
| T39 | E | Callum Mowat | 72 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 288 | $3,300 |
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| T39 | E | Christiaan Basson | 69 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 288 | $3,300 |
| T39 | E | Darius van Driel | 73 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 288 | $3,300 |
| T39 | E | Lyle Rowe | 66 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 288 | $3,300 |
| T39 | E | Jaco Van Zyl | 69 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 288 | $3,300 |
| T45 | 1 | Malcolm Mitchell | 75 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 289 | $2,750 |
| T45 | 1 | Peter Karmis | 72 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 289 | $2,750 |
| T45 | 1 | Kieron van Wyk (a) | 73 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 289 | $0 |
| T45 | 1 | David Drysdale | 72 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 289 | $2,750 |
| T45 | 1 | Pieter Moolman | 72 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 289 | $2,750 |
| T45 | 1 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 74 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 289 | $2,750 |
| T51 | 2 | Ulrich van den Berg | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 290 | $2,250 |
| T51 | 2 | Werner Deyzel (a) | 69 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 290 | $0 |
| T51 | 2 | Rhys Enoch | 69 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 290 | $2,250 |
| T51 | 2 | Gregory Mckay | 70 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $2,250 |
| T51 | 2 | Michael Hollick | 75 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $2,250 |
| T51 | 2 | Gideon van der Vyver | 70 | 72 | 78 | 70 | 290 | $2,250 |
| T57 | 3 | James Hart du Preez | 71 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 291 | $1,900 |
| T57 | 3 | Thanda Mavundla | 71 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 291 | $1,900 |
| T59 | 4 | Luke Brown | 71 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 292 | $1,638 |
| T59 | 4 | Madalitso Muthiya | 72 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 292 | $1,638 |
| T59 | 4 | Anthony Michael | 73 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 292 | $1,638 |
| T59 | 4 | Divan van den Heever | 74 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 292 | $1,638 |
| T63 | 5 | Ruan Korb | 72 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 293 | $1,475 |
| T63 | 5 | Jaco Ahlers | 76 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 293 | $1,475 |
| T65 | 6 | Adilson Da Silva | 74 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 294 | $1,400 |
| T65 | 6 | Kyle De Beer (a) | 74 | 71 | 77 | 72 | 294 | $0 |
| T67 | 7 | Stefan Wears-Taylor | 72 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 295 | $1,275 |
| T67 | 7 | Clinton Grobler | 76 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 295 | $1,275 |
| T67 | 7 | Combrinck Smit | 75 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 295 | $1,275 |
| T67 | 7 | Martin Vorster | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 295 | $1,275 |
| T71 | 8 | Luke Jerling | 71 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 296 | $1,125 |
| T71 | 8 | Jacquin Hess | 71 | 75 | 78 | 72 | 296 | $1,125 |
| 73 | 9 | Jake Redman | 69 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 297 | $1,050 |
| 74 | 10 | Ruan Conradie | 73 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 298 | $1,000 |
| 75 | 11 | Albert Venter | 67 | 73 | 80 | 79 | 299 | $800 |
| T76 | 13 | Doug McGuigan | 70 | 76 | 73 | 82 | 301 | $795 |
| T76 | 13 | Dylan Kok | 69 | 74 | 78 | 80 | 301 | $795 |
| T78 | 14 | Toto Thimba Jnr | 73 | 73 | 77 | 79 | 302 | $788 |
| T78 | 14 | Paul Boshoff | 67 | 74 | 82 | 79 | 302 | $788 |
| T78 | 14 | Yubin Jung | 76 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 302 | $788 |
| 81 | 15 | Riekus Nortje | 74 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 303 | $781 |
