Erik van Rooyen
(van-ROY-in)
Height: 6'3" (1.9 m)
Weight: 194 (88 kg)
Age: 33 (February 21, 1990)
Birthplace: Bellville, South Africa
Residence: Johannesburg, South Africa
Family:
Wife, Rose; Valerie, Gabriel
Education:
University of Minnesota
Special Interests:
Enjoys outdoors, playing guitar and spending time with his wife and family on weeks off.
Turned Professional:
2013
City plays from:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTournament winner (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (1):
2021 (1) Barracuda Championship.International Victories (3):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2023 The American Express (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#22 : 2021 TOUR ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#40 : 2020 Travelers ChampionshipCareer Largest Paycheck:
$630,000 : 2021 Barracuda Championship (Finished 1)National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 79 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 46 | 31 | 2 | $4,501,822 | |||
| 2023 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 126 | $605,456 | ||||
| 2022 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 150 | $927,524 | |||||
| 2021 | 27 | 73 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 22 | $2,211,281 | |||
| 2020 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | $171,345 | |||||
| 2019 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 6 | $476,502 | |||||||
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | $109,714 | ||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2022 | T13 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T60 | ||||
| 2021 | W/D | CUT | T23 | CUT | T9 | T37 | |||
| 2020 | CNL | T51 | T38 | T20 | T3 | ||||
| 2019 | T8 | T43 | T20 | T22 | T36 | ||||
| 2018 | T17 | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | T22 | |
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.