Feb 17, 2025
Erik van Rooyen betting profile: Mexico Open At VidantaWorld
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Erik van Rooyen seeks better fortunes this time around in the 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld. He placed eighth at the par-71 Vidanta Vallarta in 2024.
Latest odds for van Rooyen at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
The Mexico Open at VidantaWorld tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 20-23, 2025
- Location: Vallarta, MEX
- Course: Vidanta Vallarta
- Par: 71 / 7,436 yards
- Purse: $7M
- Previous winner: Jake Knapp
At the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
- van Rooyen's average finish has been 21st, and his average score 10-under, over his last two appearances at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
- van Rooyen last participated in the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in 2024, finishing eighth with a score of 12-under.
- With numbers of 2.769 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (11th in field), 8.709 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 3.201 in SG: Putting (17th), Jake Knapp won this tournament in 2024.
- Knapp also posted numbers of 322.5 in average driving distance (second in field), 76.39% in terms of greens in regulation (fifth), and 28 putts per round (24th).
van Rooyen's recent history at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/22/2024 | 8 | 63-69-70-70 | -12 |
| 4/27/2023 | 33 | 64-66-72-74 | -8 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- In his last five tournaments, van Rooyen has an average finish of 35th.
- He's qualified for the weekend in two of his last five tournaments.
- van Rooyen has finished with a better-than-average score in two of his last five tournaments.
- In his last five tournaments, his average score has been 9-under.
- Erik van Rooyen has averaged 310.1 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- van Rooyen is averaging -0.194 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, van Rooyen is averaging -0.549 Strokes Gained: Total.
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van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen had a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.278 last season, which ranked 40th on TOUR. Meanwhile his average driving distance (308.2 yards) ranked 35th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, van Rooyen had a 0.095 mark (94th on TOUR).
- On the greens, van Rooyen's 0.403 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranked 26th last season, while he averaged 29.09 putts per round (103rd).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 35 | 308.2 | 310.1 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 38 | 69.83% | 69.26% |
| Putts Per Round | 103 | 29.09 | 29.5 |
| Par Breakers | 28 | 26.65% | 24.81% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 65 | 13.71% | 14.44% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- van Rooyen last season took part in 25 tournaments, earning two top-five finishes and collecting four finishes in the top 10.
- In those 25 tournaments, he made the cut on 19 occasions.
- Last season van Rooyen had his best performance at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort (The Champion). He shot 14-under and finished second (three shots back of the winner).
- With 813 points last season, van Rooyen ranked 58th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season van Rooyen put up his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at the RBC Canadian Open (May 2024), ranking seventh in the field at 3.942.
- van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Approach mark last season came at the Genesis Scottish Open in July 2024, as he posted 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 performance last season was at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in March 2024, as he put up 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 delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.706, his best mark last season. That ranked him No. 1 in the field (he finished second in that tournament).
- van Rooyen posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (10.007) at the Myrtle Beach Classic in May 2024, a performance that ranked him fourth in the field.
van Rooyen's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 40 | 0.278 | -0.442 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 94 | 0.095 | 0.731 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 149 | -0.216 | -0.643 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 26 | 0.403 | -0.194 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 45 | 0.560 | -0.549 |
van Rooyen's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 75-74 | +7 | -- |
| August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 17 | 67-69-69-70 | -9 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 71-71 | +2 | -- |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 33 | 68-66-71-71 | -4 | 80 |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 43 | 68-66-68-72 | -10 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 46 | 68-70-70-69 | -7 | -- |
| November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 64 | 68-71-71-75 | -3 | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 69-68-68-66 | -9 | 24 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 71-72-70 | -3 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 67-80 | +3 | -- |
| January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 40 | 67-77-68-68 | -8 | 18 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 73-70 | +1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
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