Erik van Rooyen

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Tournament winner (thru 2022-23)

PGA TOUR Victories (1)

• 2021 Barracuda Championship

International Victories (3)

• 2017 Eye of Africa PGA Championship
• 2017 Hainan Open
• 2019 Scandinavian Invitation

National Teams

• 2018 World Cup

Personal

• Born in Bellville, South Africa, a suburb of Cape Town. Grew up playing all sports in season in South Africa, including rugby, cricket and track and field, before focusing solely on golf.
• Starting competing at age 14 and played college golf at the University of Minnesota where he met his wife, Rose.
• Self-taught guitarist since the age of 14. Loves playing music by the Foo Fighters, AC/DC and Guns N' Roses.

Special Interests

• Enjoys outdoors, playing guitar and spending time with his wife and family on weeks off.

Career Highlights

2021 Season

Earned first career PGA TOUR title at the Barracuda Championship and qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in his first season on TOUR, advancing to the TOUR Championship and ending the season No. 22 in the FedExCup standings. Stood 139th in the FedExCup standings before winning to move inside the top 125 (No. 78) and entered the Playoffs at No. 76. Recorded five top-10s, with three coming in the final five events of the season, and made 16 cuts in 27 starts.

• Barracuda Championship: Earned his first career PGA TOUR win at the Barracuda Championship in his 41st start at the age of 31 years, 5 months, 18 days. At 50 points, became the first player with a winning score of +50 since the Modified Stableford scoring system was introduced in 2012. Became the sixth consecutive first-time winner of the Barracuda Championship and the first player since Collin Morikawa (2019) to win the Barracuda Championship in his debut. Became the third player from South Africa to win on TOUR during the 2020-21 season (Branden Grace/Puerto Rico Open, Garrick Higgo/Palmetto Championship at Congaree).

2020 Season

Recorded one top-10 and earned enough non-member FedExCup points to secure membership for the 2020-21 season via the Top 125 Non-Member category. Accepted Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the season following a T20 at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Made six cuts in 11 starts, with his best result of the season coming at the WGC-Mexico Championship (T3).

• World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship: Earned his first career top-five on the PGA TOUR with a T3 at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. Co-led the field in Par-4 Scoring Average (3.77) and Total Eagles (2).

2019 Season

• Scandinavian Invitation: Birdied the 72nd hole to earn his maiden European Tour title at the Scandinavian Invitation. Finished one shot ahead of Matthew Fitzpatrick with a final-round 6-under 64. Climbed inside the top 10of the Race to Dubai Rankings Presented by Rolex with the victory. Marked the 150th European Tour victory by a South African.
• PGA Championship: Earned his first top-10 in a major in just his second major championship start, finishing T8 at the PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park Black Course .