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Erik van Rooyen betting profile: PGA Championship
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Erik van Rooyen enters play May 16-19 in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club following a fourth-place finish in the Myrtle Beach Classic his last time in competition.
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The PGA Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 16-19, 2024
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Course: Valhalla Golf Club
- Par: 71 / 7,609 yards
- Previous winner: Brooks Koepka
At the PGA Championship
- van Rooyen's average finish has been 30th, and his average score 1-over, over his last four appearances at the PGA Championship.
- In 2022, van Rooyen missed the cut (with a score of 11-over) in his most recent appearance at the PGA Championship.
- With numbers of 4.78 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (seventh in field), 5.32 in SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 4.191 in SG: Putting (13th), Brooks Koepka won this tournament in 2023.
- In addition, Koepka's average driving distance was 319 (fourth in field), he hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), and he averaged 26 putts per round (first).
van Rooyen's recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/19/2022 | MC | 75-76 | +11 |
| 5/20/2021 | MC | 72-81 | +9 |
| 8/6/2020 | 51 | 71-70-74-66 | +1 |
| 5/16/2019 | 8 | 70-68-70-73 | +1 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- van Rooyen has finished in the top five in one of his last five appearances.
- He's qualified for the weekend in three of his last five appearances.
- Over his last five tournaments, van Rooyen has finished in the top 10 once.
- He has an average score relative to par of 3-under in his last five events.
- Off the tee, Erik van Rooyen has averaged 300.8 yards in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, van Rooyen is averaging 1.561 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, van Rooyen has an average of 2.303 in his past five tournaments.
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van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.249 (53rd) this season, while his average driving distance of 300.5 yards ranks 69th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, van Rooyen ranks 43rd on TOUR, posting an average of 0.371, while he ranks 31st with a Greens in Regulation mark of 68.56%.
- On the greens, van Rooyen's 0.501 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 19th this season, while he averages 28.56 putts per round (61st).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 69 | 300.5 | 300.8 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 31 | 68.56% | 64.24% |
| Putts Per Round | 61 | 28.56 | 28.6 |
| Par Breakers | 47 | 27.51% | 21.88% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 36 | 13.41% | 14.24% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- van Rooyen has participated in 13 tournaments this season, and he has secured two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- In those 13 tournaments, he had a 76.9% success rate in terms of making the cut (10 cuts made).
- van Rooyen, who has 689 points, currently ranks 44th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, van Rooyen posted 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 performance this season came at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, as he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 4.456.
- In terms of 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 posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.007) at the Myrtle Beach Classic in May 2024. 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 | 53 | 0.249 | -0.106 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 43 | 0.371 | 1.413 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 134 | -0.166 | -0.566 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 19 | 0.501 | 1.561 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 13 | 0.955 | 2.303 |
van Rooyen's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- |
| 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 |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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