Player Profile

Jaco Van Zyl

BIRTHDATE: 23-Feb-79
BIRTHPLACE: Kostad, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Lonehill, South Africa
FAMILY: spouse: Jessica, 2005; children: Cameron, 2008; Oliver, 2010;
VICTORIES: 15 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-8
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-06-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Benoni	South Africa	Southern Africa	w	74					74
2025-05-18	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	48	69	71	70	73		283
2025-05-11	Zimbabwe Open	Royal Harare	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	34	70	72	75	71		288
2025-03-30	Southern Africa Tour Championship	Blair Atholl	South Africa	Southern Africa	45	75	75	71	76		297
2025-03-23	The Serengeti Playoffs	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	27	73	71	70	68		282
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	65	67	70	72	73		282
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	71	73				144
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	72	70			214
2025-02-09	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	74				148
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	19	65	71	69	66		271
2025-01-26	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	16	68	68	70	73		279
2025-01-19	Mediclinic Invitational	Heron Banks	South Africa	Southern Africa	27	66	67	72	69		274
2024-12-15	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Leopard Creek	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	73				145

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Elliott Symbols

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Nappy Factor
Last Child born in 2010
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.50
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 73.44
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.50
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 68.41
Awarded Symbol: True

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.50
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 72.30
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 10.70
Number of times in contention: 18
Average score relative to contenders: 0.59
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2025	-	-	-	-
2024	1	-	1	1
2023	1	2	2	2
2022	1	2	-	2
2021	-	-	3	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 33%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	-	-	-
2024	-	-	-
2023	-	0/2	-
2022	-	1/1	0/1
2021	0/1	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 46 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 3
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 73.64
Average score last season: 73.91
Difference: -0.27
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 73.64
Average score last season: 73.91
Average score 2 seasons ago: 73.55
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 73.08
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 73.94
Average score having played the previous week: 73.44
Awarded Symbol: True

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 71.32
Standard Deviation: 3.12
Significant score is less than: 68.20
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2024-10-13	Vodacom Origins - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	7	67	67	68	-	-	202
2024-03-24	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	30	66	68	66	70	-	270
2023-04-16	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	6	66	65	67	68	-	266

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 15
Awarded Symbol: False

Jaco Van Zyl - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region

Events

Score

Finish

Win %

Top-5 %

Top-10 %

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	3	72.40	21.67	-	-	-
Feb	14	73.40	43.43	-	7.14	7.14
Mar	17	73.40	43.06	-	-	5.88
Apr	4	72.69	23.25	-	-	25.00
May	9	73.61	34.78	-	-	11.11
Jun	6	73.02	26.17	-	-	16.67
Jul	4	74.24	28.25	-	-	25.00
Aug	9	74.67	35.44	-	11.11	22.22
Sep	11	73.23	25.09	9.09	27.27	36.36
Oct	12	74.12	31.08	-	-	8.33
Nov	8	73.36	36.00	-	12.50	12.50
Dec	8	73.17	42.38	-	-	-