Erik van Rooyen

Erik van Rooyen
Personal information
Born (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990
Bellville, South Africa
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Spouse Rose Van Rooyen
Career
College University of Minnesota
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T17: 2018
PGA Championship DNP

Erik van Rooyen (born 21 February 1990) is a South African professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour. In 2017 he won the Eye of Africa PGA Championship and the Hainan Open.

Amateur career

Van Rooyen attended the University of Minnesota from 2009, turning professional in 2013.[1]

Professional career

Van Rooyen 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.[2] 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.

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.[3] After three rounds, he led the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open by four strokes but a final round 74 dropped him into a tie for 4th place.

Amateur wins

  • 2011 Southern Cape Open
  • 2012 Minnesota State Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 15 Oct 2017 Hainan Open −18 (67-65-67-71=270) 2 strokes Scotland Grant Forrest, Finland Tapio Pulkkanen

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 12 Feb 2017 Eye of Africa PGA Championship −16 (69-68-68-67=272) Playoff South Africa Dylan Frittelli, South Africa Makhetha Mazibuko

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Erik van Rooyen". Golden Gophers. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Van Rooyen pulls off Eye of Africa play-off victory". Sunshine Tour. 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sharma romps to maiden win at Joburg Open". European Tour. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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