Player Profile

Ruan De Smidt

BIRTHDATE: 32806
BIRTHPLACE: South Africa
RESIDENCE: Krugersdorp, South Africa
VICTORIES: 6 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-2
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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	79	77				156
2025-11-23	Vodacom Origins - Final	Pezula	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	76				150
2025-11-16	Players Championship	Randpark (Firethorn)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	75	72				147
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	75				148
2025-10-19	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	75				149
2025-10-12	Limpopo Championship	Euphoria	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	74				148
2025-09-28	Vodacom Origins - Devonvale	Devonvale	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	70	74				144
2025-09-21	SunBet Challenge - Umhlali	Umhlali	South Africa	Southern Africa	36	72	69	72			213
2025-09-14	Vodacom Origins - Gowrie Farm	Gowrie Farm	South Africa	Southern Africa	47	74	69				143
2025-09-07	SunBet Challenge - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	71				143
2025-08-24	SunBet Challenge - Wingate Park	Wingate Park	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	71	75				146
2025-08-17	Vodacom Origins - Parys	Parys	South Africa	Southern Africa	28	70	76	71			217
2025-08-10	Eswatini Challenge	Royal Swazi	Swaziland	Southern Africa	mc	76	71				147
2025-06-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Benoni	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	77	70				147
2025-05-18	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	44	70	68	72	71		281
2025-05-11	Zimbabwe Open	Royal Harare	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	mc	73	76				149
2025-03-23	The Serengeti Playoffs	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	33	68	72	74	69		283
2025-01-26	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	80				152
2025-01-19	Mediclinic Invitational	Heron Banks	South Africa	Southern Africa	44	67	70	71	69		277

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Elliott Symbols

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 75.64
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 74.32
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
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Excellent wind player
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Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -13.90
Number of times in contention: 11
Average score relative to contenders: -1.26
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	-	-	1	-
2024	2	-	1	-
2023	1	1	1	-
2022	3	-	-	1
2021	-	-	-	-

Proven front runner

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

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 75.50
Average score last season: 75.09
Difference: 0.41
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 75.50
Average score last season: 75.09
Average score 2 seasons ago: 76.36
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 76.15
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 75.92
Average score having played the previous week: 75.45
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 72.82
Standard Deviation: 3.47
Significant score is less than: 69.34
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	4	66	67	68	-	-	201
2024-01-14	Big Easy Tour - Dainfern	Dainfern	South Africa	Big Easy	2	67	64	64	-	-	195
2022-09-04	Big Easy Tour - ERPM	ERPM	South Africa	Big Easy	1	69	68	68	-	-	205
2022-08-14	Ubunye Championship	Blue Valley	South Africa	Southern Africa	19	67	67	69	-	-	203

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Ruan De Smidt - 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	6	74.91	34.50	-	16.67	16.67
Feb	4	78.48	50.00	-	-	-
Mar	13	75.46	46.92	-	-	-
Apr	8	77.44	40.00	-	-	12.50
May	10	75.09	44.50	-	-	-
Jun	11	75.90	40.27	-	-	9.09
Jul	10	75.31	33.30	-	20.00	20.00
Aug	18	75.45	40.56	-	-	5.56
Sep	15	74.58	38.20	6.67	6.67	13.33
Oct	16	75.57	41.50	-	6.25	12.50
Nov	15	76.35	40.13	-	6.67	13.33
Dec	3	75.84	34.33	-	33.33	33.33