Ryan van Velzen

South African professional golfer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ryan van Velzen (born 4 October 2001) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit. He also finished runner-up at the 2023 Investec South African Open Championship and the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Championship.[1]

Born (2001-10-04) 4 October 2001 (age 24)
Sporting nationality South Africa
Turned professional2021
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Ryan van Velzen
Personal information
Born (2001-10-04) 4 October 2001 (age 24)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceBenoni, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2021
Current toursEuropean Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2024
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner
2023–24
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Professional career

Van Velzen won two tournaments on the 2020–21 Big Easy Tour as an amateur,[2][3] before turning professional in April 2021.[4] He joined the Sunshine Tour and recorded a best finish in his rookie season with a tie for 4th at the Kit Kat Group Pro-Am. On the 2022–23 Sunshine Tour, he secured his maiden title at the Limpopo Championship, the penultimate regular event of the season.[5]

On the 2023–24 Sunshine Tour, he was runner-up at the Investec South African Open Championship, three shots behind winner Dean Burmester.[6] He also won the Mediclinic Invitational[7] and lost in a playoff to Mikael Lindberg at the Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open.[8] He secured the top spot in the Order of Merit and was promoted to the 2025 European Tour.[9] It also earned him starts at the 2024 PGA Championship (his first major appearance) and the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon.[10]

In his fourth start on the 2025 European Tour, he finished runner-up at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2024, one shot behind Shaun Norris.[11]

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

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No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 2 Apr 2023 Limpopo Championship −12 (69-67-68=204)[a] 1 stroke South Africa Luca Filippi, South Africa Jaco Prinsloo,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder
2 28 Jan 2024 Mediclinic Invitational −25 (66-69-64-64=263) 4 strokes South Africa Neil Schietekat
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Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

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No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Sweden Mikael Lindberg Lost to birdie on second extra hole
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Big Easy Tour wins (2)

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No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 21 Oct 2020 Big Easy Road To #1
(as an amateur)
−16 (65-66-69=200) 2 strokes South Africa Dylan Kok, South Africa Vaughn van Deventer,
South Africa Warwick Purchase
2 25 Mar 2021 Big Easy Road To #8
(as an amateur)
−13 (68-68-67=203) 1 stroke South Africa Matthew Rushton
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Results in major championships

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  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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