Erik van Rooyen

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Erik van Rooyen
Personal information
Full nameFrederik van Rooyen
Born (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 34)
Bellville, South Africa
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Johannesburg, South Africa
SpouseRose van Rooyen
Children1
Career
College University of Minnesota
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking 40 (23 February 2020) [1]
(as of 16 June 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T55: 2024
PGA Championship T8: 2019
U.S. Open T23: 2020
The Open Championship T17: 2018
Achievements and awards
European Tour
Graduate of the Year 		2018

Frederik van Rooyen (born 21 February 1990) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won twice on the PGA Tour, as well as once on the European Tour.

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Amateur career

Van Rooyen attended the University of Minnesota from 2009 through 2013. [2] During this experience, he won the 2012 Minnesota State Amateur. [3]

Professional career

In 2013, Van Rooyen turned professional. He has played on the Sunshine Tour since turning professional. In early 2017, he had his first win on the tour, the Eye of Africa PGA Championship, making a birdie at the first extra hole in a three-man playoff. [4] He played on the 2017 Challenge Tour where he had his second professional win, the Hainan Open. A number of other good finishes, including fourth place in the Kazakhstan Open and a tie for third in the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, put van Rooyen third in the Challenge Tour Race to Oman rankings, earning a card for the 2018 European Tour season.

Erik van Rooyen at the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the driving range before the second round Erik van Rooyen at the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation.jpg
Erik van Rooyen at the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the driving range before the second round

In December 2017, van Rooyen was runner-up in the Joburg Open, three strokes behind Shubhankar Sharma. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry to the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship. [5] He led the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open by four strokes after three rounds, but a final round 74 dropped him into a tie for 4th place.

Van Rooyen made a good start to 2019, finishing joint runner-up in the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and the Hassan II Golf Trophy. He also had a top-10 finish in the 2019 PGA Championship.

On 25 August 2019, van Rooyen won his first European Tour title at the Scandinavian Invitation at Hills Golf & Sports Club, outside Gothenburg, Sweden. He sank a 12 feet birdie putt on the finishing par 5 72nd hole, to win by a stroke with a new tournament record 261 on the par 70 course. [6]

After van Rooyen tied for third at the WGC-Mexico Championship in February 2020, he advanced to a career best 40th on the Official World Golf Ranking.

After a T20 finish at the 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in August 2020, van Rooyen was granted Special Temporary Membership until the end of the 2019–20 PGA Tour season. [7]

In August 2021, van Rooyen won his first PGA Tour event at the Barracuda Championship. He broke the tournament scoring record by shooting a total of 50 points (modified stableford) over four rounds. [8]

In November 2023, van Rooyen won the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship for his first PGA Tour win in over two years. He made a putt for an eagle on the par-5 18th hole on Sunday to win. In the last round, van Rooyen played the back nine in 8-under 28 as part of a 9-under 63. [9]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
18 Aug 2021 Barracuda Championship 50 pts (7-17-10-16=50)5 points Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Putnam
25 Nov 2023 World Wide Technology Championship −27 (68-64-66-63=261)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kuchar, Flag of Colombia.svg Camilo Villegas

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Aug 2019 Scandinavian Invitation −19 (65-68-64-64=261)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Matt Fitzpatrick

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Turkish Airlines Open Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton, Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert,
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama, Flag of France.svg Victor Perez,
Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Schwab 		Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole
Kitayama eliminated by birdie on third hole
Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
112 Feb 2017 Eye of Africa PGA Championship −16 (69-68-68-67=272)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli, Flag of South Africa.svg Makhetha Mazibuko

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Eye of Africa PGA Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli, Flag of South Africa.svg Makhetha Mazibuko Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
115 Oct 2017 Hainan Open 1−18 (67-65-67-71=270)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Forrest, Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Jun 2016Tapemark Charity Pro-Am−13 (69-64-67=200)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Justin Smith

Source: [10]

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament WDCUTT55
PGA Championship T8T51CUTCUTT53
U.S. Open T43T23CUTCUTCUT
The Open Championship T17T20NTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000031
PGA Championship 00001153
U.S. Open 00000152
The Open Championship 00000232
Totals000014168

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament202220232024
The Players Championship T13CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20182019202020212022
Championship T36T3T37
Match Play NT1R16T60
Invitational T20
Champions T22T38NT1NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

Team appearances

Professional

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References

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  2. ↑ "Erik van Rooyen". Golden Gophers. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "MGA Amateur Championship". Minnesota Golf Association. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Van Rooyen pulls off Eye of Africa play-off victory". Sunshine Tour. 12 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sharma romps to maiden win at Joburg Open". European Tour. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Van Rooyen jumps into Race to Dubai top ten". European Tour. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Erik van Rooyen accepts Special Temporary Membership". PGA Tour. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Erik van Rooyen wins first PGA Tour title in style, setting tourney scoring record". Golf Digest. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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