Tyrone van Aswegen

Tyrone van Aswegen (born 6 January 1982) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Tyrone van Aswegen
Personal information
Born (1982-01-06) 6 January 1982
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality South Africa
ResidenceMcKinney, Texas, U.S.
SpouseCristin
Career
CollegeOklahoma City University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Other1

Van Aswegen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He played in college at Oklahoma City University from 2000 to 2004, where he was a three-time NAIA All-American, led OCU to four NAIA team championships, and won seven times, including the 2002 individual national title.[1]

Van Aswegen turned pro in 2004 after graduation, and began playing on the Sunshine Tour. He won twice on that tour in 2008, and finished a career-best seventh on the Order of Merit in 2009. He tied for 74th at the 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, which gave him status for 2011 on the Web.com Tour (then known as the Nationwide Tour). After three seasons on the Web.com Tour, van Aswegen earned his PGA Tour card for the first time at the inaugural 2013 Web.com Tour Finals.[2]

In his 2014 rookie season on the PGA Tour, van Aswegen finished 144th in the FedEx Cup and returned to the Web.com Tour Finals. He regained his card for 2015, but a poor season in which he finished 191st in the FedEx Cup necessitated another return to the Finals, through which he again regained his card.

His best finish on the PGA Tour is a T-3 at the 2015 Frys.com Open. His best finish on the Web.com Tour is T-3 at the 2009 Soboba Classic.

Van Aswegen became a United States citizen in 2013.[2]

Professional wins (3)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 25 Apr 2008 Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Pretoria CC		 −15 (67-69-65=201) 4 strokes Darren Fichardt, Neil Schietekat
2 3 Dec 2008 Nedbank Affinity Cup −12 (65-71-68=204) 1 stroke Andrew Curlewis

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2006 Dimension Data Pro-Am Alan McLean Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2012 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Jake Roos, Jaco van Zyl,
Mark Williams		 Roos won with birdie on second extra hole
van Zyl eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (1)
  • 2009 Long Beach Open

See also

References
  1. "OCU alum Van Aswegen to join NAIA Hall of Fame". Oklahoma City University Athletics. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. "Tyrone van Aswegen player profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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