Erik van Rooyen Betting Profile: Masters Tournament
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 08: Erik van Rooyen of South Africa hits his shot from the tenth tee during a practice round prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 08, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Erik van Rooyen hits the links April 11-14 in the 2024 Masters Tournament after missing the cut in the same tournament in 2022.
The Masters Tournament & Course Info
- Date: April 11-14, 2024
- Location: Augusta, Georgia
- Course: Augusta National Golf Club
- Par: 72 / 7,555 yards
- Previous Winner: Jon Rahm
At the Masters Tournament
- van Rooyen has missed the cut in his last two appearances at the Masters Tournament.
- van Rooyen missed the cut (with a score of +8) in his most recent appearance at the Masters Tournament in 2022.
- Jon Rahm won this tournament in 2023, posting a driving average of 298.8 yards (24th in the field) with a 85.71% driving accuracy (fourth) and 28.75 putts per round (17th).
van Rooyen's Recent History at the Masters Tournament
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/7/2022 | MC | 73-79 | +8 |
| 11/12/2020 | W/D | 76 | +4 |
van Rooyen's Recent Performances
- Over his last five appearances, van Rooyen has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- He's qualified for the weekend in three of his last five events.
- van Rooyen has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last five appearances. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score three times.
- He has finished with an average score of -9 those three times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Erik van Rooyen has averaged 302.3 yards in his past five starts.
- van Rooyen is averaging 1.592 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- van Rooyen is averaging 3.503 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
van Rooyen's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- van Rooyen has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.358 this season, which ranks 33rd on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (301.2 yards) ranks 55th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, van Rooyen ranks 49th on TOUR with a mark of 0.298.
- On the greens, van Rooyen has delivered a 0.401 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 34th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 46th with a putts-per-round average of 28.52, and he ranks 16th by breaking par 29.50% of the time.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 55 | 301.2 | 302.3 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 24 | 69.92% | 66.32% |
| Putts Per Round | 46 | 28.52 | 28.2 |
| Par Breakers | 16 | 29.50% | 25.00% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 47 | 13.22% | 15.63% |
van Rooyen's Best Finishes
- van Rooyen has played 10 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has collected one finish in the top-five and two finishes in the top-10.
- In those 10 events, he made the cut seven times.
- Currently, van Rooyen has 594 points, placing him 30th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- This season, van Rooyen delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, ranking seventh in the field at 3.532. In that tournament, he finished eighth.
- van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 4.456 (he finished 52nd in that tournament).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, van Rooyen's best performance this season was at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where his 3.010 mark ranked fifth in the field.
- At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, van Rooyen posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 7.706, which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished second in that tournament.
- van Rooyen recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (9.627) at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (which ranked him second in the field). In that tournament, he finished second.
van Rooyen's Strokes Gained Rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 33 | 0.358 | 0.850 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 49 | 0.298 | 1.111 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 139 | -0.200 | -0.051 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 34 | 0.401 | 1.592 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 24 | 0.856 | 3.503 |
van Rooyen's Past Results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13-16 | RBC Heritage | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| April 27-30 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 33 | 64-66-72-74 | -8 | 21 |
| May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | MC | 73-72 | +3 | -- |
| May 11-14 | AT&T Byron Nelson | MC | 71-71 | E | -- |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 76-72 | +8 | -- |
| June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 76-77 | +9 | -- |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 72-73 | +5 | -- |
| June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
| July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 68 | 72-63-73-73 | +1 | 3 |
| 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 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the Masters Tournament.
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