Jul 22, 2024
Erik van Rooyen betting profile: 3M Open
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In his most recent competition at the Genesis Scottish Open, Erik van Rooyen concluded the weekend at 8-under, good for a 39th-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 3M Open July 25-28 seeking a better finish.
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The 3M Open tournament and course info
- Date: July 25-28, 2024
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota, USA
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Purse: $8.1M
- Previous winner: Lee Hodges
At the 3M Open
- In his last three appearances at the 3M Open, van Rooyen has an average finish of 58th, and an average score of 2-under.
- van Rooyen missed the cut (with a score of 3-under) in his most recent appearance at the 3M Open in 2023.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Lee Hodges posted numbers of 1.885 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (24th in field), 9.219 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 6.196 in SG: Putting (fourth).
- Hodges averaged 310.9 yards off the tee (25th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 80.56% (ninth), and attempted 28 putts per round (fourth) in that victory a year ago.
van Rooyen's recent history at the 3M Open
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/27/2023 | MC | 68-71 | -3 |
| 7/22/2021 | 58 | 68-72-75-67 | -2 |
| 7/23/2020 | MC | 74-69 | +1 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- van Rooyen has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five events.
- He's made the cut in four of his last five appearances.
- Over his last five events, van Rooyen has finished within three shots of the leader once and carded a score that's better than average once.
- He has an average score of 8-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Erik van Rooyen has averaged 308.6 yards in his past five starts.
- van Rooyen is averaging 0.972 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, van Rooyen has an average of 2.871 in his past five tournaments.
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van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.402 ranks 22nd on TOUR this season, and his 63.3% driving accuracy average ranks 74th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, van Rooyen sports a 0.322 mark (46th on TOUR).
- On the greens, van Rooyen's 0.424 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 24th on TOUR this season, and his 28.98 putts-per-round average ranks 104th. He has broken par 25.80% of the time (36th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 60 | 302.5 | 308.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 12 | 69.77% | 72.53% |
| Putts Per Round | 104 | 28.98 | 29.9 |
| Par Breakers | 36 | 25.80% | 21.91% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 36 | 13.56% | 13.89% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- van Rooyen has played 18 tournaments this season, coming away with two top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 18 events, he made the cut 14 times.
- Currently, van Rooyen ranks 56th in the FedExCup standings with 813 points.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the RBC Canadian Open, where he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 3.942 (he finished 42nd in that event).
- van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season came at the Genesis Scottish Open in July 2024, as he produced a 5.424 mark, which ranked him sixth in the field. He finished 39th in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, van Rooyen's best mark this season was at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in March 2024, as he produced a 3.010 mark, which ranked him fifth in the field. He finished 25th in that tournament.
- At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, van Rooyen recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.706 (his best mark this season), which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished second in that tournament.
- van Rooyen recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.007) in May 2024 at the Myrtle Beach Classic. That ranked fourth in the field.
van Rooyen's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 22 | 0.402 | 2.544 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 46 | 0.322 | 0.808 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 150 | -0.245 | -1.453 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 24 | 0.424 | 0.972 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 20 | 0.903 | 2.871 |
van Rooyen's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 68-71 | -3 | -- |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 73-67 | E | -- |
| September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 30 | 71-67-73-70 | -7 | -- |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 67-68-69-72 | -12 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 23 | 70-67-68-65 | -14 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 1 | 68-64-66-63 | -27 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 22 | 72-65-69-65 | -21 | 85 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 52 | 69-67-68-69 | -7 | 7 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 66-67-69-67 | -19 | 30 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 20 | 69-70-68 | -9 | 88 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 72-69 | -1 | -- |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 8 | 63-69-70-70 | -12 | 75 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 2 | 66-71-70-63 | -14 | 245 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 25 | 72-73-72-71 | E | 65 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 71-74 | +1 | -- |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 70-76 | +2 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 55 | 71-76-78-76 | +13 | 10 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 33 | 72-66-72-67 | -7 | 27 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 4 | 67-67-65-70 | -15 | 59 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 53 | 72-68-71-68 | -5 | 10 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 42 | 66-70-70-72 | -2 | 11 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 76-72 | +8 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 6 | 69-64-68-72 | -15 | 89 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 39 | 67-67-64-74 | -8 | 14 |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the 3M Open.
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