Erik Van Rooyen Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

I like taking a shot at some lower-owned European Tour players in The Open Championship, and Van Rooyen is one of my favorite sleepers this time around. Both Rafael Cabrera-Bello and Bernd Wiesberger (discussed above) are fine options, but they will be chalkier than some of you might like in GPP contests. I’ll happily pivot some GPP ownership to Van Rooyen. He’s a talented player who made the cut in the last two majors on U.S. soil, and he has top 16 finishes at the BMW and the Scottish Open on his European Tour resume over the past four weeks. At a fraction of the ownership of RCB and Wiesberger, this is a really intriguing contrarian pick — especially since Van Rooyen sits at a similar salary as the other two on most sites. He carries a little more risk but sneaky upside.

EVR is one of the best golfers on the European Tour. We’ve seen many golfers try their hand at the PGA Tour and fail, but we’ve also seen many come over here and sustain their success. In his last four appearances on this side of the pond, he hasn’t finished outside of the top 40. He’s one of the best ball strikers on the Euro Tour and it feels like we are getting a steep discount given the field strength at the RBC Canadian Open. One of the reasons why I shy away from Euro golfers often is their lack of course history, but very few golfers in this field have ever played at Hamilton Golf and Country Club. We know EVR can go low and many are expecting a shootout given the soft conditions of the course.