Kenya Savannah Classic R4

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4
March 18-21
Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Daniel van Tonder secured his first European Tour title at the Kenya Savannah Classic supported by Absa after defeating Jazz Janewattananond with a birdie on the third play-off hole at Karen Country Club.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

“I’ve been working hard. Last year I had four wins on the Sunshine Tour, my stroke average was quite low – then Covid happened and it made everything a bit hard travel-wise and getting in to tournaments. It wasn’t easy. I had to work hard and keep myself motivated. It paid off, so I’m very happy.”

The 30-year-old South African posted a closing seven under par round of 64 to join Thailand’s Janewattananond on 21 under par and after both players parred the first two trips back down the 18th hole, it was third time lucky for van Tonder as he converted his short birdie putt following a sublime approach.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

“He (Daniel van Tonder) outplayed me today, for sure,” said Janewattananond. “During the play-off especially he hit it closer than me on those play-off holes. But I’m happy with my result today. Last week I didn’t go quite well – it was a big improvement from last week, so I’ll take it.”

“When you put yourself in that position it’s great fun, that’s why we play golf, to get in those positions. You put yourself in that position and play your best.”

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

“Things are looking up for me again. I struggled last year during Covid, I couldn’t go home for a year and a month. I got home after Saudi, sat in the hotel for 16 days, walked around for two days and then came back out to play golf. It’s been a tough year, but things are looking up.”

Van Tonder was eight under par after 13 holes following five gains in a row from the ninth hole, but back-to-back bogeys at the 14th and 15th handed the advantage to Janewattananond. He needed to find something special and he holed a lengthy birdie putt on the 18th to force extra holes.

“I tried to keep it easy,” said van Tonder. “It’s 18 holes, I needed to 18 tee shots and 18 second shots and try to make it as easy as possible. That was in my mind, just to hit fairways first then hit the second on the green and try and make the putt. The first nine went well and I started the second nine also very well. But I had the two bogeys in a row, two big fliers – I don’t know how – but luckily my wife is on the bag and she kept me calm and reminded me of a few things, and it worked.”

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

“I’m a bit different. I love pressure, if there’s pressure I get more in the zone. For me, I tried to keep it as easy as possible – hit the fairway first, then the second, put the other player under pressure and see what happens from there. I took it shot-by-shot and it worked.”

The victory is van Tonder’s fifth in his last 13 worldwide starts, while Janewattananond secured his best European Tour finish since his tied second place at the 2017 Fiji International. England’s Sam Horsfield and Scotland’s Calum Hill both carded seven under par final rounds of 64 to share third place on 20 under par, while David Drysdale, of Scotland, and South Africa’s Jacques Kruyswijk finished two shots further back in a tie for fifth place on 18 under par.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

“All aspects of my game were pretty solid,” said Hill. “I didn’t really do too well in the first two rounds, but the final two rounds were great. Lots of positives from the weekend.”

“I’ve really liked this course. Everything about it is a lot of fun. It’s a golf course that tests a bit of everything. You have to hit it very straight, control your distances into the greens, they are undulated, the Kikuyu around the greens is tricky to chip from. It tests everything”

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T1	Daniel van Tonder	-21	65	64	70	64	263
T1	Jazz Janewattananond	-21	66	68	65	64	263
T3	Calum Hill	-20	67	68	65	64	264
T3	Sam Horsfield	-20	66	68	66	64	264
T5	David Drysdale	-18	65	65	69	67	266
T5	Jacques Kruyswijk	-18	70	64	68	64	266
T7	Victor Dubuisson	-17	67	66	68	66	267
T7	Joost Luiten	-17	64	68	70	65	267
T7	Matthias Schwab	-17	66	70	66	65	267
T10	Marcus Armitage	-16	65	67	67	69	268
T10	Nino Bertasio	-16	67	70	68	63	268
T10	Darren Fichardt	-16	65	66	68	69	268
T10	Darius van Driel	-16	70	62	69	67	268
T14	Ashley Chesters	-15	67	68	65	69	269
T14	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-15	66	66	68	69	269
T14	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	-15	70	67	67	65	269
T14	Justin Harding	-15	64	66	66	73	269
T14	Masahiro Kawamura	-15	67	64	71	67	269
T14	Niklas Lemke	-15	66	65	71	67	269
T20	Alejandro Cañizares	-14	64	71	67	68	270
T20	Louis De Jager	-14	71	65	64	70	270
T20	Rhys Enoch	-14	67	67	69	67	270
T20	Kristoffer Reitan	-14	69	65	65	71	270
T20	Jayden Schaper	-14	69	67	69	65	270
T20	Lee Slattery	-14	66	68	69	67	270
T26	Liam Johnston	-13	66	69	66	70	271
T26	Sebastian Soderberg	-13	68	67	70	66	271
T28	Aaron Cockerill	-12	69	68	64	71	272
T28	James Morrison	-12	70	65	66	71	272
T30	Steven Brown	-11	68	67	67	71	273
T30	Romain Langasque	-11	67	65	74	67	273
T30	Ondrej Lieser (a)	-11	72	66	66	69	273
T30	Aaron Rai	-11	70	68	67	68	273
T30	Lorenzo Scalise	-11	70	66	70	67	273
T30	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-11	66	69	70	68	273
T30	Shubhankar Sharma	-11	69	69	69	66	273
T30	Toby Tree	-11	67	71	64	71	273
T38	Matthieu Pavon	-10	66	71	66	71	274
T38	Garrick Porteous	-10	69	68	64	73	274
T38	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-10	70	68	69	67	274
T38	Dale Whitnell	-10	70	67	73	64	274
T42	Gaganjeet Bhullar	-9	70	67	66	72	275
T42	Scott Hend	-9	66	70	72	67	275
T42	Mathiam Keyser	-9	65	70	69	71	275
T42	Adrian Otaegui	-9	68	70	67	70	275
T42	Richie Ramsay	-9	71	66	68	70	275
T42	Scott Vincent	-9	67	67	72	69	275
T48	Maverick Antcliff	-8	67	69	68	72	276
T48	Wil Besseling	-8	67	69	70	70	276
T48	Julien Guerrier	-8	70	64	70	72	276
T48	David Howell	-8	70	67	71	68	276
T48	Maximilian Kieffer	-8	68	69	68	71	276
T48	Jack Senior	-8	67	69	68	72	276
T48	Cormac Sharvin	-8	65	72	70	69	276
T48	Clement Sordet	-8	64	70	70	72	276
T48	Lars van Meijel	-8	68	68	72	68	276
T57	Lucas Bjerregaard	-7	69	68	71	69	277
T57	Jonathan Caldwell	-7	65	68	70	74	277
T57	Ben Evans	-7	68	68	71	70	277
T57	Sihwan Kim	-7	68	70	71	68	277
T57	David Wakhu	-7	66	68	74	69	277
T57	Daniel Young (a)	-7	73	65	69	70	277
T63	Dave Coupland	-6	70	68	70	70	278
T63	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	-6	66	70	71	71	278
T63	Hurly Long (a)	-6	69	65	71	73	278
66	Julian Suri	-5	66	70	71	72	279
T67	Jens Fahrbring	-4	67	69	70	74	280
T67	Ricardo Santos	-4	68	68	72	72	280
69	Søren Kjeldsen	-2	74	64	68	76	282
70	Martin Simonsen	-1	70	68	72	73	283
71	Daan Huizing	E	68	70	75	71	284
72	Jose-Filipe Lima	1	68	70	74	73	285
73	Ross McGowan	4	65	71	77	75	288
CUT	Dean Burmester	-3	69	70			139
CUT	John Catlin	-3	69	70			139
CUT	Craig Howie	-3	68	71			139
CUT	Francesco Laporta	-3	70	69			139
CUT	Alexander Levy	-3	69	70			139
CUT	Adrian Meronk	-3	71	68			139
CUT	Carlos Pigem	-3	67	72			139
CUT	Romain Wattel	-3	71	68			139
CUT	Oliver Farr	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	-2	69	71			140
CUT	David Law	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Tae Hee Lee	-2	68	72			140
CUT	Chris Paisley	-2	71	69			140
CUT	Benjamin Poke	-2	70	70			140
CUT	JC Ritchie	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	-2	72	68			140
CUT	Robin Roussel	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Matthew Southgate	-2	73	67			140
CUT	Johannes Veerman	-2	70	70			140
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-1	68	73			141
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	-1	75	66			141
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	-1	73	68			141
CUT	Richard Mansell (a)	-1	70	71			141
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	-1	72	69			141
CUT	Pep Angles	E	71	71			142
CUT	Adel Balala	E	73	69			142
CUT	George Coetzee	E	70	72			142
CUT	Grant Forrest	E	72	70			142
CUT	Eirik Tage Johansen	E	73	69			142
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	E	69	73			142
CUT	Richard McEvoy	E	71	71			142
CUT	Samuel Njoroge Chege	E	71	71			142
CUT	Marcel Schneider	E	67	75			142
CUT	Greg Snow	E	71	71			142
CUT	Connor Syme	E	71	71			142
CUT	Matt Ford	1	74	69			143
CUT	Garrick Higgo	1	72	71			143
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	1	74	69			143
CUT	Simon Ngige Mburu	1	77	66			143
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	1	73	70			143
CUT	Jordan Smith	1	71	72			143
CUT	Robson Chinhoi	3	75	70			145
CUT	Gavin Kyle Green	3	74	71			145
CUT	Dismas Indiza Anyonyi	3	72	73			145
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	3	75	70			145
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	3	70	75			145
CUT	Jastas Madoya Asena	3	72	73			145
CUT	Haydn Porteous	3	76	69			145
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	3	71	74			145
CUT	Oliver Wilson	3	71	74			145
CUT	Richard Bland	4	74	72			146
CUT	Nicolai Højgaard	4	76	70			146
CUT	Anton Karlsson	4	73	73			146
CUT	Mohit Mediratta	4	72	74			146
CUT	Kyong-Jun Moon	4	72	74			146
CUT	Andrew Oche Odoh	4	74	72			146
CUT	Damien Perrier	4	73	73			146
CUT	Ooko Erick Obura	5	76	71			147
CUT	Tyler Koivisto	5	72	75			147
CUT	Zander Lombard	5	75	72			147
CUT	Guido Migliozzi	5	73	74			147
CUT	Max Schmitt	5	77	70			147
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	6	72	76			148
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	7	76	73			149
CUT	Isaac Ogolla Makokha	7	73	76			149
CUT	Joel Stalter	7	72	77			149
CUT	Cj Wangai	7	73	76			149
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	8	80	70			150
CUT	Adrien Saddier	8	72	78			150
CUT	Riz Charania	9	71	80			151
CUT	Jaydeep Singh Sandhu	9	72	79			151
CUT	Edwin Inana Asuza	10	76	76			152
CUT	Yi Keun Chang	11	74	79			153
CUT	Oliver Fisher	11	75	78			153
CUT	Phillip Kasozi	11	76	77			153
CUT	Michael Karanga	13	75	80			155
CUT	Mathew Omondi	13	78	77			155
CUT	Deo Akope	14	82	74			156
CUT	Njoroge Njonge Kibugu	15	78	79			157
CUT	Taimur Malik	16	82	76			158
W/D	Mathew Wahome	E
W/D	Jamie Donaldson	1	72				72