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Erik van Rooyen betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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Erik van Rooyen will compete March 13-16 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, at the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship. In his most recent tournament he placed ninth in the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, shooting 14-under at PGA National Resort (The Champion).
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THE PLAYERS Championship tournament and course info
- Date: March 13-16, 2025
- Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
- Course: TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)
- Par: 72 / 7,352 yards
- Purse: $25M
- Previous winner: Scottie Scheffler
At THE PLAYERS Championship
- van Rooyen's average finish has been 13th, and his average score 6-under, over his last two appearances at THE PLAYERS Championship.
- van Rooyen last participated in THE PLAYERS Championship in 2024, missing the cut with a score of 1-over.
- When Scottie Scheffler won this tournament in 2024, he had 6.477 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 6.326 SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.228 SG: Putting (37th).
- Scheffler averaged 299.1 yards off the tee (14th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 76.39% (third), and attempted 28 putts per round (25th) in that victory a year ago.
van Rooyen's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2024 | MC | 71-74 | +1 |
| 3/10/2022 | 13 | 71-67-74-70 | -6 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- van Rooyen has finished in the top 10 once over his last five appearances.
- He has made three cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Over his last five events, van Rooyen has finished within five shots of the leader once. He's carded a score that's better than average twice.
- He has carded an average score of 9-under over his last five appearances.
- Erik van Rooyen has averaged 304.6 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, van Rooyen is averaging 0.010 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, van Rooyen has an average of -0.217 in his past five tournaments.
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van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.113, which ranks 81st on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (308.6 yards) ranks 44th, and his 59.4% driving accuracy average ranks 84th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, van Rooyen sports a 0.344 mark (54th on TOUR).
- On the greens, van Rooyen has delivered a -0.058 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 108th on TOUR, while he ranks 115th with a putts-per-round average of 29.09. He has broken par 26.57% of the time (18th on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 44 | 308.6 | 304.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 35 | 71.50% | 71.53% |
| Putts Per Round | 115 | 29.09 | 29.4 |
| Par Breakers | 18 | 26.57% | 28.13% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 128 | 14.01% | 14.93% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- Although van Rooyen hasn't won any of the seven tournaments he has played this season, he has come away with one top-10 finish.
- In those seven events, he made the cut four times.
- Currently, van Rooyen has 124 points, ranking him 88th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, van Rooyen produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, ranking No. 1 in the field at 4.069. In that tournament, he finished ninth.
- van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came in January 2025 at The American Express, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 2.446. He missed the cut in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, van Rooyen's best effort this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open, where his 0.408 mark ranked in the field.
- At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in January 2025, van Rooyen delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 3.965 (his best mark this season), which ranked 10th in the field. He finished 40th in that event.
- van Rooyen posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.516) in February 2025 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. That ranked ninth in the field.
van Rooyen's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 81 | 0.113 | -0.307 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 54 | 0.344 | 0.868 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 142 | -0.207 | -0.789 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 108 | -0.058 | 0.010 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 89 | 0.192 | -0.217 |
van Rooyen's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 59 | 69-68-68-74 | -5 | 5 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 9 | 68-67-70-65 | -14 | 78 |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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