Player Profile

Danie Van Niekerk

BIRTHPLACE: South Africa
VICTORIES: 0
PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-11-30	South African PGA Championship	St Francis Links	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	77	76				153
2025-11-23	Vodacom Origins - Final	Pezula	South Africa	Southern Africa	23	71	65	71	66		273
2025-11-16	Players Championship	Randpark (Firethorn)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	69				142
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	69				141
2025-10-19	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	77				150
2025-10-12	Limpopo Championship	Euphoria	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	76				149
2025-09-28	Vodacom Origins - Devonvale	Devonvale	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	70	75				145
2025-09-21	SunBet Challenge - Umhlali	Umhlali	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	67	78				145
2025-09-14	Vodacom Origins - Gowrie Farm	Gowrie Farm	South Africa	Southern Africa	114	78	79				157
2025-09-07	SunBet Challenge - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	76	69				145
2025-08-24	SunBet Challenge - Wingate Park	Wingate Park	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	75	69				144
2025-08-17	Vodacom Origins - Parys	Parys	South Africa	Southern Africa	20	69	73	74			216
2025-08-10	Eswatini Challenge	Royal Swazi	Swaziland	Southern Africa	mc	75	71				146
2025-06-08	Zambia Open	Nkana	Zambia	Southern Africa	63	75	68	77	78		298
2025-06-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Benoni	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	76				150
2025-05-18	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	82				156
2025-05-11	Zimbabwe Open	Royal Harare	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	mc	74	72				146
2025-03-23	The Serengeti Playoffs	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	51	71	74	72	71		288
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	76	66				142
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	70	75			217
2025-02-09	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	28	71	69	68	75		283
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	w	72					72
2025-01-26	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	54	69	70	77	70		286
2025-01-19	Mediclinic Invitational	Heron Banks	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	72				144
2024-12-22	Mauritius Open	Mont Choisy Le Golf	Mauritius	Southern Africa	mc	76	75				151

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 74.30
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.92
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
This data is presently unavailable

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 74.30
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 74.41
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 10.12
Number of times in contention: 5
Average score relative to contenders: 2.02
Awarded Symbol: Lack Of Bottle

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

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

Proven front runner

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

Retained Leads

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

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: Invalid date format 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: 1
Awarded Symbol: True

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 75.34
Average score last season: 73.77
Difference: 1.57
Awarded Symbol: True

Past his best

Average score this season: 75.34
Average score last season: 73.77
Average score 2 seasons ago: 74.71
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 73.69
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 74.19
Average score having played the previous week: 74.48
Awarded Symbol: True

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 72.01
Standard Deviation: 3.34
Significant score is less than: 68.67
Awarded Symbol: False

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Danie Van Niekerk - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

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Events

Score

Finish

Win %

Top-5 %

Top-10 %

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	4	74.31	33.75	-	-	25.00
Feb	10	73.44	38.20	-	-	-
Mar	5	74.49	50.00	-	-	-
Apr	4	75.43	43.25	-	-	-
May	10	74.16	34.80	-	-	10.00
Jun	7	75.26	42.00	-	-	-
Jul	4	73.28	22.75	-	-	25.00
Aug	12	74.27	35.92	-	-	-
Sep	13	75.79	43.62	-	-	7.69
Oct	13	74.31	37.62	-	7.69	7.69
Nov	9	73.50	37.44	-	-	-
Dec	4	73.14	49.75	-	-	-