Player Profile

Wilco Nienaber

BIRTHDATE: 07-Apr-00
BIRTHPLACE: Bloemfontein, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Bloemfontein, South Africa
VICTORIES: 2 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2026-03-08	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	36	65	70	70	71		276
2026-03-01	South African Open	Stellenbosch	South Africa	Southern Africa	9	70	66	72	65		273
2026-02-22	Durban Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	57	67	68	79			214
2026-02-15	NTT Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	18	69	69	70			208
2026-02-08	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	22	66	70	73	72		281
2026-02-01	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	39	73	67	68	74		282
2026-01-25	Cell C Challenge	Killarney (South Africa)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	68	74				142
2025-12-21	Mauritius Open	Heritage La Reserve	Mauritius	Southern Africa	21	71	72	70	68		281
2025-12-14	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Royal Johannesburg (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	72				144
2025-11-30	South African PGA Championship	St Francis Links	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	75				147
2025-11-23	Vodacom Origins - Final	Pezula	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	69	64	72	66		271
2025-11-02	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Alcanada	Spain	European Challenge	31	71	79	70	69		289
2025-10-19	Hangzhou Open	Hangzhou Westlake International	China	China	26	68	67	72	72		279
2025-10-12	Hainan Open	Sanya Luhuitou	China	China	31	67	73	69	72		281
2025-10-05	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	St Andrews	Scotland	DP World	61	70	71	70			211
2025-09-14	Open de Portugal	Royal Obidos	Portugal	European Challenge	63	71	69	68	78		286
2025-08-24	Dutch Futures	The Dutch	Netherlands	European Challenge	29	72	70	70	68		280
2025-08-17	Finnish Challenge	Vierumaki	Finland	European Challenge	39	65	71	76	70		282
2025-08-10	Nexo Championship	Trump International Golf Links	Scotland	DP World	mc	77	77				154
2025-08-03	Scottish Challenge	Schloss Roxburghe	Scotland	European Challenge	mc	69	72				141
2025-07-13	Czech Challenge	Royal Beroun	Czech Republic	European Challenge	mc	70	68				138
2025-07-06	BMW International Open	Munchen Nord-Eichenried	Germany	DP World	mc	69	76				145
2025-06-29	Italian Open	Argentario	Italy	DP World	mc	72	73				145
2025-06-08	KLM Open	The International (Netherlands)	Netherlands	DP World	mc	71	77				148
2025-06-01	Austrian Open	Gut Altentann	Austria	DP World	mc	71	74				145
2025-05-25	Soudal Open	Rinkven International	Belgium	DP World	mc	72	71				143
2025-05-11	Turkish Airlines Open	Carya	Turkey	DP World	33	68	65	72	72		277
2025-04-20	Abu Dhabi Challenge	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	24	69	68	64	70		271
2025-03-30	Indian Open	DLF (Player)	India	PGTI	52	75	74	78	75		302
2025-03-23	Singapore Classic	Laguna National (Classic)	Singapore	DP World	mc	72	73				145

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Elliott Symbols

CR CT D PB F S V

Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.76
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 71.67
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.76
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 70.59
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.76
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.21
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 31.82
Number of times in contention: 15
Average score relative to contenders: 2.12
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
2026	-	-	-	1
2025	-	1	1	-
2024	-	1	3	3
2023	-	1	1	1
2022	-	1	1	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 14%
Retained After 2: 67%
Retained After 3: 25%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2026	-	-	-
2025	1/1	1/1	1/1
2024	0/5	1/2	0/3
2023	-	-	-
2022	0/1	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 25 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: 2
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 71.75
Average score last season: 72.30
Difference: -0.55
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 71.75
Average score last season: 72.30
Average score 2 seasons ago: 71.97
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.15
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.26
Average score having played the previous week: 71.56
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.52
Standard Deviation: 3.34
Significant score is less than: 67.18
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-02-16	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	1	60	66	66	70	-	262
2024-04-21	Abu Dhabi Challenge	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	38	67	60	66	75	-	268

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 2
Awarded Symbol: False

Wilco Nienaber - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. West	1	70.97	50.00	-	-	-
California	1	70.97	50.00	-	-	-

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	3	71.32	19.33	-	66.67	66.67
Feb	18	71.72	32.22	5.56	5.56	22.22
Mar	15	71.20	34.87	-	-	13.33
Apr	9	72.00	22.11	-	22.22	33.33
May	11	72.46	42.36	-	-	-
Jun	13	71.29	35.62	-	-	-
Jul	7	71.95	35.86	-	-	14.29
Aug	14	71.64	30.86	-	7.14	21.43
Sep	9	72.46	47.89	-	-	-
Oct	13	71.79	40.08	-	-	-
Nov	6	72.81	35.17	-	-	-
Dec	9	71.16	32.89	-	-	-

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	1	70.97	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	1	70.97	50.00	-	-	-