Player Profile

J.C. Ritchie

BIRTHDATE: 24-Feb-94
BIRTHPLACE: Standerton, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Pretoria, South Africa
VICTORIES: 12 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-4
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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	Dubai Desert Classic	Emirates	United Arab Emirates	DP World	33	68	73	72	73		286
2025-12-21	Mauritius Open	Heritage La Reserve	Mauritius	Southern Africa	9	74	69	68	65		276
2025-12-14	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Royal Johannesburg (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	32	67	66	73			206
2025-11-16	Players Championship	Randpark (Firethorn)	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	65	68	65	69		267
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	18	67	67	69	72		275
2025-11-02	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Alcanada	Spain	European Challenge	7	68	72	68	71		279
2025-10-19	Hangzhou Open	Hangzhou Westlake International	China	China	19	72	67	71	68		278
2025-10-12	Hainan Open	Sanya Luhuitou	China	China	w	69	71				140
2025-09-21	Italian Challenge Open	Nazionale	Italy	European Challenge	1	69	63	68	68		268
2025-09-14	Open de Portugal	Royal Obidos	Portugal	European Challenge	1	70	66	67	66		269
2025-09-07	Rosa Challenge Tour	Rosa	Poland	European Challenge	20	67	68	70	71		276
2025-08-31	Dormy Open	Upsala	Sweden	European Challenge	mc	72	68				140
2025-07-20	German Challenge	Wittelsbacher	Germany	European Challenge	1	67	66	65	66		264
2025-07-13	Czech Challenge	Royal Beroun	Czech Republic	European Challenge	mc	73	66				139
2025-07-06	Interwetten Open	Schladming Dachstein	Austria	European Challenge	3	66	61	66	65		258
2025-06-15	Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge	Kaskada	Czech Republic	European Challenge	15	70	68	67	70		275
2025-06-08	Swiss Challenge	Sempachersee	Switzerland	European Challenge	mc	71	72				143
2025-06-01	Challenge de Cadiz	Novo Sancti Petri	Spain	European Challenge	24	69	72	68	75		284
2025-05-18	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	6	65	66	69	69		269
2025-05-11	Zimbabwe Open	Royal Harare	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	mc	69	77				146
2025-04-20	Abu Dhabi Challenge	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	36	71	65	64	73		273
2025-04-13	UAE Challenge	Al Zorah	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	2	64	70	67	67		268
2025-03-30	Southern Africa Tour Championship	Blair Atholl	South Africa	Southern Africa	12	65	71	72	72		280
2025-03-23	The Serengeti Playoffs	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	27	71	71	70	70		282
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	69				143
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	33	69	69	72			210
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	6	66	70	70	66		272
2025-02-09	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	70	71	67	73		281
2025-02-02	MyGolfLife Open	Pecanwood	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	72				146

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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: 71.53
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 70.42
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.53
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 74.33
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.53
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.29
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -10.76
Number of times in contention: 22
Average score relative to contenders: -0.49
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	3	4	2	3
2024	1	3	1	-
2023	-	-	2	1
2022	1	1	-	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 60%
Retained After 2: 60%
Retained After 3: 100%
Awarded Symbol: True

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2026	-	-	-
2025	1/2	2/3	3/3
2024	1/1	0/1	-
2023	0/1	-	-
2022	1/1	1/1	1/1

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 31 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: 12
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 69.82
Average score last season: 71.50
Difference: -1.68
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 69.82
Average score last season: 71.50
Average score 2 seasons ago: 72.07
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 71.70
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.65
Average score having played the previous week: 71.46
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.12
Standard Deviation: 3.31
Significant score is less than: 66.81
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-07-20	German Challenge	Wittelsbacher	Germany	European Challenge	1	67	66	65	66	-	264
2025-07-06	Interwetten Open	Schladming Dachstein	Austria	European Challenge	3	66	61	66	65	-	258
2022-02-27	Jonsson Workwear Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	61	63	65	71	-	260

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 12
Awarded Symbol: False

J.C. Ritchie - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	1	70.23	24.00	-	-	-
Kentucky	1	70.23	24.00	-	-	-
U.S. West	1	69.62	10.00	-	-	100.00
California	1	69.62	10.00	-	-	100.00

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	6	71.68	30.00	-	16.67	33.33
Feb	13	71.04	21.69	15.38	30.77	46.15
Mar	14	71.88	31.50	-	-	7.14
Apr	4	71.22	17.25	-	50.00	50.00
May	12	71.45	27.75	-	-	16.67
Jun	8	71.54	31.00	-	-	-
Jul	10	71.15	31.40	10.00	20.00	30.00
Aug	7	72.81	43.00	-	-	-
Sep	12	71.26	25.33	16.67	16.67	16.67
Oct	10	71.88	37.70	-	10.00	20.00
Nov	8	71.82	25.38	12.50	12.50	25.00
Dec	9	71.26	35.00	-	-	11.11

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Low-Rank	2	69.92	17.00	-	-	50.00