Erik van Rooyen betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 15: Erik van Rooyen of South Africa lines up a putt on the ninth green during the final round of the Shriners Children's Open at TPC Summerlin on October 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Erik van Rooyen will appear in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open from Feb. 6-9 after a 40th-place finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The WM Phoenix Open tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 6-9, 2025
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- Course: TPC Scottsdale
- Par: 71 / 7,261 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous winner: Nick Taylor
At the WM Phoenix Open
- In his last three appearances at the WM Phoenix Open, van Rooyen has an average finish of 50th, and an average score of 1-under.
- van Rooyen missed the cut (with a score of 1-under) in his most recent go-round at the WM Phoenix Open in 2024.
- With numbers of 0.112 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (42nd in field), 5.118 in SG: Approach the Green (ninth), and 8.934 in SG: Putting (first), Nick Taylor won this tournament in 2024.
- En route to his victory last year, Taylor posted an average driving distance of 293.8 (35th in field), hit 81.94% of greens in regulation (second), and took 28.25 putts per round (seventh).
van Rooyen's recent history at the WM Phoenix Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
2/8/2024 | MC | 72-69 | -1 |
2/9/2023 | 50 | 72-69-74-68 | -1 |
2/4/2021 | MC | 73-67 | -2 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, van Rooyen has an average finish of 45th.
- He's made the cut in three of his last five events.
- Over his last five events, van Rooyen has carded a score that's better than average in two of those outings.
- He has finished with an average score of -7 those three times he's made the cut.
- Off the tee, Erik van Rooyen has averaged 309.0 yards in his past five tournaments.
- van Rooyen has an average of 0.730 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, van Rooyen is averaging 0.027 Strokes Gained: Total.
van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.278 (40th) last season, while his average driving distance of 308.2 yards ranked 35th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, van Rooyen had a 0.095 mark that ranked 94th on TOUR. He ranked 38th with a 69.83% Greens in Regulation rate.
- 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 | 309.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 38 | 69.83% | 71.57% |
Putts Per Round | 103 | 29.09 | 29.6 |
Par Breakers | 28 | 26.65% | 25.49% |
Bogey Avoidance | 65 | 13.71% | 12.42% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- van Rooyen participated in 25 tournaments last season, securing two finishes in the top five and earning four top-10 finishes.
- In those 25 events, he made the cut 19 times, a success rate of 76%.
- Last season van Rooyen's best performance came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. He shot 14-under and finished second in that event.
- van Rooyen's 813 points last season ranked him 58th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the RBC Canadian Open, where his 3.942 mark ranked seventh in the field.
- van Rooyen put up his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark last season at the Genesis Scottish Open (July 2024), ranking sixth in the field with a mark of 5.424.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, van Rooyen produced his best effort last season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (March 2024), ranking fifth in the field with a mark of 3.010.
- 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 recorded 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 | -0.778 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 94 | 0.095 | 0.756 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 149 | -0.216 | -0.681 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 26 | 0.403 | 0.730 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 45 | 0.560 | 0.027 |
van Rooyen's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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