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Erik van Rooyen betting profile: FedEx St. Jude Championship
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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 07: Erik van Rooyen lines his putt on the 15th green during practice before the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 07, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
Erik van Rooyen placed seventh in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in 2021, shooting a 14-under on the par-70 course. His sights are set higher Aug. 15-18 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, at TPC Southwind .
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The FedEx St. Jude Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Aug. 15-18, 2024
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Course: TPC Southwind
- Par: 70 / 7,243 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Lucas Glover
At the FedEx St. Jude Championship
- van Rooyen has played the FedEx St. Jude Championship once recently (in 2021), posting a score of 14-under and finishing seventh.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Lucas Glover posted numbers of 0.986 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (31st in field), 2.227 in SG: Approach the Green (18th), and 3.058 in SG: Putting (12th).
- Glover's average driving distance was 300.9 (37th in field), he hit 63.89% of greens in regulation (37th), with 26 putts per round (fifth) en route to his win last year.
van Rooyen's recent history at the FedEx St. Jude Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2021 | 7 | 69-67-62-72 | -14 |
van Rooyen's recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, van Rooyen has one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes.
- He has made three cuts over his last five tournaments.
- van Rooyen has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in two of his last five tournaments, including one finish within three strokes of the leader.
- In his last five tournaments, his average score has been 11-under.
- Off the tee, Erik van Rooyen has averaged 307.3 yards in his past five tournaments.
- van Rooyen is averaging 0.941 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, van Rooyen has an average of 1.536 in his past five tournaments.
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van Rooyen's advanced stats and rankings
- van Rooyen has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.348 this season (33rd on TOUR). His average driving distance (302.8 yards) ranks 55th, while his 63.2% driving accuracy average ranks 73rd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, van Rooyen ranks 68th on TOUR with a mark of 0.190.
- On the greens, van Rooyen's 0.384 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 25th on TOUR this season, and his 29.03 putts-per-round average ranks 106th. He has broken par 27.96% of the time (24th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 55 | 302.8 | 307.3 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 15 | 69.58% | 49.65% |
| Putts Per Round | 106 | 29.03 | 30.5 |
| Par Breakers | 24 | 27.96% | 24.65% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 65 | 14.94% | 11.46% |
van Rooyen's best finishes
- van Rooyen has participated in 21 tournaments this season, coming away with two top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 21 events, he made the cut 15 times, a success rate of 71.4%.
- As of now, van Rooyen has accumulated 813 points, which ranks him 58th in the FedExCup standings.
van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, van Rooyen delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the RBC Canadian Open (May 2024), ranking seventh in the field at 3.942.
- van Rooyen's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Genesis Scottish Open, where he ranked sixth in the field with a mark of 5.424 (he finished 39th in that tournament).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, van Rooyen put up his best performance this season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, ranking fifth in the field at 3.010. In that event, he finished 25th.
- At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, van Rooyen posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.706, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him No. 1 in the field (he finished second in that event).
- van Rooyen recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.007) in May 2024 at the Myrtle Beach Classic, which ranked fourth in the field. He finished fourth in that event.
van Rooyen's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 33 | 0.348 | 1.626 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 68 | 0.190 | 0.553 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 155 | -0.285 | -1.583 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 25 | 0.384 | 0.941 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 39 | 0.638 | 1.536 |
van Rooyen's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 30 | 71-67-73-70 | -7 | -- |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 67-68-69-72 | -12 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 23 | 70-67-68-65 | -14 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 1 | 68-64-66-63 | -27 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 22 | 72-65-69-65 | -21 | 85 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 52 | 69-67-68-69 | -7 | 7 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 66-67-69-67 | -19 | 30 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 20 | 69-70-68 | -9 | 88 |
| 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 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for van Rooyen as of the start of the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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