Player Profile

Ryan Van Velzen

BIRTHPLACE: South Africa
VICTORIES: 5 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	Australian PGA Championship	Royal Queensland	Australia	Australasian	76	72	68	74	78		292
2025-11-16	Players Championship	Randpark (Firethorn)	South Africa	Southern Africa	11	68	70	67	68		273
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	67	66	66		266
2025-10-26	Blu Label Unlimited Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	9	73	69	70	69		281
2025-10-19	India Championship	Delhi	India	PGTI	mc	79	75				154
2025-10-05	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	St Andrews	Scotland	DP World	154	71	75	77			223
2025-09-28	Vodacom Origins - Devonvale	Devonvale	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	68	64	76			208
2025-09-21	Open de France	St Nom la Breteche	France	DP World	mc	75	76				151
2025-08-31	European Masters	Crans-sur-Sierre	Switzerland	DP World	mc	73	77				150
2025-08-24	British Masters	The Belfry	England	DP World	mc	75	72				147
2025-08-17	Danish Golf Championship	Fureso	Denmark	DP World	mc	69	74				143
2025-08-10	Nexo Championship	Trump International Golf Links	Scotland	DP World	19	74	72	70	74		290
2025-07-06	BMW International Open	Munchen Nord-Eichenried	Germany	DP World	mc	71	73				144
2025-06-29	Italian Open	Argentario	Italy	DP World	mc	70	75				145
2025-06-08	KLM Open	The International (Netherlands)	Netherlands	DP World	mc	77	74				151
2025-06-01	Austrian Open	Gut Altentann	Austria	DP World	mc	70	70				140
2025-05-25	Soudal Open	Rinkven International	Belgium	DP World	mc	75	69				144
2025-05-18	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	15	65	70	71	68		274
2025-05-11	Turkish Airlines Open	Carya	Turkey	DP World	mc	71	77				148
2025-03-30	Indian Open	DLF (Player)	India	PGTI	mc	70	84				154
2025-03-23	Singapore Classic	Laguna National (Classic)	Singapore	DP World	mc	71	73				144
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	42	70	68	70	70		278
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	73				146
2025-02-23	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Kenya	DP World	11	69	71	67	68		275
2025-02-09	Qatar Masters	Doha	Qatar	DP World	61	73	70	73	75		291
2025-02-02	Bahrain Championship	The Royal (Bahrain)	Bahrain	DP World	mc	75	71				146
2025-01-26	Ras Al Khaimah Championship	Al Hamra	United Arab Emirates	DP World	61	72	71	69	75		287
2025-01-19	Dubai Desert Classic	Emirates	United Arab Emirates	DP World	mc	78	74				152
2024-12-22	Mauritius Open	Mont Choisy Le Golf	Mauritius	Southern Africa	63	71	73	70	78		292
2024-12-15	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Leopard Creek	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	70	69	65	72		276
2024-12-08	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	DP World	48	79	74	71	72		296

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.93
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.53
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.93
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 72.36
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.93
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 71.60
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -18.83
Number of times in contention: 27
Average score relative to contenders: -0.70
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	-	-	1
2024	2	2	2	1
2023	5	1	1	1
2022	-	-	1	2
2021	2	1	3	1

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 33%
Retained After 3: 40%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

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

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: 7
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 72.92
Average score last season: 72.05
Difference: 0.87
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 72.92
Average score last season: 72.05
Average score 2 seasons ago: 73.01
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 73.64
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.39
Average score having played the previous week: 72.87
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.69
Standard Deviation: 3.44
Significant score is less than: 67.26
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-11-09	Hyundai Open	Ebotse	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	67	67	66	66	-	266
2024-03-24	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	7	70	63	67	64	-	264
2023-04-16	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	67	67	67	68	-	269

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 5
Awarded Symbol: False

Ryan Van Velzen - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	1	71.60	50.00	-	-	-
Kentucky	1	71.60	50.00	-	-	-

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	3	71.78	33.67	33.33	33.33	33.33
Feb	11	72.19	34.64	-	9.09	18.18
Mar	10	72.33	31.60	10.00	10.00	20.00
Apr	7	72.30	7.43	14.29	42.86	57.14
May	12	72.98	28.42	-	16.67	25.00
Jun	8	72.78	27.50	-	25.00	25.00
Jul	6	74.37	36.33	-	-	-
Aug	16	72.57	24.50	6.25	18.75	25.00
Sep	14	73.84	30.07	-	21.43	28.57
Oct	17	74.17	34.76	-	11.76	23.53
Nov	9	73.31	23.56	-	22.22	22.22
Dec	9	71.88	33.00	-	33.33	33.33

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	2	72.25	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	2	72.25	50.00	-	-	-