Player Profile

Jaco Van Zyl

BIRTHDATE: 23-Feb-79
BIRTHPLACE: Kostad, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Lonehill, South Africa
FAMILY: spouse: Jessica, 2005; children: Cameron, 2008; Oliver, 2010;
VICTORIES: 15 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-8
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2024-11-17	Vodacom Origins - Final	Oubaii	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	75	72				147
2024-11-03	Blue Label Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	54	72	74	75	71		292
2024-10-20	Fortress Invitational	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	48	70	69	76	71		286
2024-10-13	Vodacom Origins - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	7	67	67	68			202
2024-10-06	SunBet Challenge - Umhlali	Umhlali	South Africa	Southern Africa	14	69	71	70			210
2024-09-22	Vodacom Origins - Sishen	Sishen	South Africa	Southern Africa	21	72	68	75			215
2024-09-15	Ubunye Championship	Silver Lakes	South Africa	Southern Africa	5	67	69	66	68		270
2024-09-01	Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge	Kyalami	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	74				147
2024-08-25	SunBet Challenge - Wingate Park	Wingate Park	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	75	78				153
2024-08-18	Vodacom Origins - Highland Gate	Highland Gate	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	73				147
2024-07-28	SunBet Challenge - Wild Coast Sun	Wild Coast Sun	South Africa	Southern Africa	13	67	71	68			206
2024-06-09	SunBet Challenge - Gary Player	Gary Player	South Africa	Southern Africa	24	71	75	75			221
2024-05-26	Kit Kat Group ProAm	Irene	South Africa	Southern Africa	59	69	73	76	72		290
2024-05-12	Zimbabwe Open	Royal Harare	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	17	70	73	69	71		283
2024-04-14	Southern Africa Tour Championship	Serengeti	South Africa	Southern Africa	24	72	75	68	68		283
2024-03-24	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	30	66	68	66	70		270
2024-03-10	Jonsson Workwear Open	Glendower	South Africa	Southern Africa	64	69	69	74	70		282
2024-03-03	SDC Championship	St Francis Links	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	73	77				150
2024-02-25	NMB Championship	Humewood	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	72	74				146
2024-02-18	Dimension Data Pro-Am	Fancourt (Montagu)	South Africa	Southern Africa	53	72	75	70	72		289
2024-02-11	Cape Town Open	Royal Cape	South Africa	Southern Africa	37	70	68	73	70		281
2024-02-04	SDC Open	Zebula	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	72				146
2023-12-17	Mauritius Open	Heritage La Reserve	Mauritius	Southern Africa	mc	72	81				153
2023-12-10	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Leopard Creek	South Africa	Southern Africa	25	68	74	72	70		284
2023-12-03	South African Open	Blair Atholl	South Africa	Southern Africa	25	71	72	71	71		285
2023-11-26	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	37	67	73	69	69		278

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Elliott Symbols

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Nappy Factor
Last Child born in 2010
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.45
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 73.66
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.45
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 68.41
Awarded Symbol: True

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.45
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 72.16
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 10.71
Number of times in contention: 18
Average score relative to contenders: 0.59
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
2024	-	-	1	1
2023	1	2	2	2
2022	1	2	-	1
2021	-	-	3	-
2020	-	-	1	1

Proven front runner

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

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2024	-	-	-
2023	-	0/2	-
2022	-	1/1	0/1
2021	0/1	-	-
2020	-	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 45 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: 73.97
Average score last season: 73.63
Difference: 0.34
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 73.97
Average score last season: 73.63
Average score 2 seasons ago: 74.11
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 73.36
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 73.83
Average score having played the previous week: 73.39
Awarded Symbol: True

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 71.39
Standard Deviation: 3.27
Significant score is less than: 68.12
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2024-03-24	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	30	66	68	66	70	-	270
2023-04-16	Players Championship	Dainfern	South Africa	Southern Africa	6	66	65	67	68	-	266

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 15
Awarded Symbol: False

Jaco Van Zyl - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

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Score

Finish

Win %

Top-5 %

Top-10 %

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	3	72.12	20.67	-	-	-
Feb	15	73.23	40.47	-	6.67	6.67
Mar	13	73.21	43.08	-	-	7.69
Apr	4	72.69	23.25	-	-	25.00
May	7	73.54	33.00	-	-	14.29
Jun	5	72.83	21.40	-	-	20.00
Jul	4	74.24	28.25	-	-	25.00
Aug	11	74.32	34.18	-	9.09	27.27
Sep	13	73.70	28.23	7.69	23.08	30.77
Oct	10	75.13	31.60	-	-	-
Nov	8	72.66	31.50	-	12.50	12.50
Dec	8	73.26	42.38	-	-	-