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Ruan De Smidt

BIRTHDATE: 25-Oct-89
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
2026-01-25 Cell C Challenge Killarney (South Africa) South Africa Southern Africa mc 74  82        156
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

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 75.46
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
2026----
2025--1-
20242-1-
2023111-
20223--1

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
2026---
2025---
2024---
20230/1--
2022-0/10/1

Significant Birthday
Player�s current age: 36 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: 81.14
Average score last season: 75.50
Difference: 5.64
Awarded Symbol: True

Past his best
Average score this season: 81.14
Average score last season: 75.50
Average score 2 seasons ago: 75.09
Awarded Symbol: True

Plays well when fresh from a break
Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 76.04
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 75.47
Average score having played the previous week: 75.27
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player
Five season scoring average: 72.53
Standard Deviation: 3.46
Significant score is less than: 69.07
Awarded Symbol: True
Streaky performances in the last five seasons
Date Event Course Location Tour Pos 1 2 3 4 5 Total
2024-10-13Vodacom Origins - Wild Coast SunWild Coast SunSouth AfricaSouthern Africa4666768--201
2024-01-14Big Easy Tour - DainfernDainfernSouth AfricaBig Easy2676464--195
2022-09-04Big Easy Tour - ERPMERPMSouth AfricaBig Easy1696868--205
2022-08-14Ubunye ChampionshipBlue ValleySouth AfricaSouthern Africa19676769--203

 Virgin Golfer
Career Victories: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Ruan De Smidt - 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 %
Jan775.6136.71-14.2914.29
Feb478.4850.00---
Mar974.9148.11---
Apr777.3038.57--14.29
May874.9543.13---
Jun1075.7139.30--10.00
Jul1075.3133.30-20.0020.00
Aug1575.3338.67--6.67
Sep1374.1936.387.697.6915.38
Oct1375.2240.62-7.6915.38
Nov1376.0238.62-7.6915.38
Dec274.5126.50-50.0050.00

Performance by Tournament Quality
Rank Events Score Finish Win % Top-5 % Top-10 %