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Erik van Rooyen brutally honest after qualifying for Truist via Aon Swing 5
Erik van Rooyen brutally honest after qualifying for Truist via Aon Swing 5

NBC Sports

time04-05-2025

  • Sport
  • NBC Sports

Erik van Rooyen brutally honest after qualifying for Truist via Aon Swing 5

When it came to chasing down Scottie Scheffler on Sunday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, there was nothing Erik van Rooyen could do. He said so himself. But there was a consolation prize for van Rooyen's closing 63 and solo runner-up finish at TPC Craig Ranch: a spot in next week's Truist Championship. With 300 FedExCup points earned, van Rooyen jumped inside the Aon Swing 5 just in time to receive an exemption into the PGA Tour's $20 million signature event in Philadelphia along with Garrick Higgo, Sam Stevens (solo third at Nelson), Michael Thorbjornsen and Rasmus Hojgaard. The Swing 5 for the Truist included results from the Corales Puntacana Championship, Zurich Classic and Nelson. Van Rooyen had missed two straight cuts entering this week. Van Rooyen, who has been critical of recent PGA Tour changes in the past, was asked about qualifying for the Truist on Sunday evening. 'How honest do you want me to be?' responded van Rooyen, who tied for 40th at the signature event at Pebble Beach earlier this year. 'I hate it (laughter). I strongly believe that the strongest fields are the ones with the most players in them. The guys on the PGA Tour are so good. It's so deep. I get that you've got the Scotties of the world, the Rorys of the world, and people want to see them, it's entertaining. Like the PGA Championship coming up, for example, I think it's the strongest field in the game, similar to The Players. I love competing, so selfishly I want to compete against those guys. Again, really proud of playing my way into it.' Nicolai Hojgaard finished four points shy of bumping his brother, whom he finished second at Zurich with. Keith Mitchall also fell out of Swing 5, dropping to 10th.

Motivated by Pebble invite snub, Daniel Berger earns Genesis spot via Aon Swing 5
Motivated by Pebble invite snub, Daniel Berger earns Genesis spot via Aon Swing 5

NBC Sports

time10-02-2025

  • Sport
  • NBC Sports

Motivated by Pebble invite snub, Daniel Berger earns Genesis spot via Aon Swing 5

Daniel Berger and Michael Kim may have finished as distant runners-up to Thomas Detry on Sunday at the WM Phoenix Open, but they did earn the right to tee it up next week. Berger and Kim jumped inside the final Aon Swing 5 for the Genesis Invitational, the $20 million signature event that will be held at Torrey Pines' South Course in La Jolla, California. For Berger, one of his four career major top-20s came at Torrey Pines, where he was T-7 at the 2021 U.S. Open. 'It was really tough,' Berger said, 'so hopefully it's tough again. I saw a couple weeks ago when we played it, it was very difficult, so excited to go back.' It will also mark Berger's first signature event after he missed significant time in recent years with a back injury. 'I asked for a sponsor exemption into Pebble Beach, where the last time I played it I won, and two years in a row I didn't get that exemption,' Berger said, 'so it kind of was a little chip on my shoulder to get it done without needing anyone's help.' Kim, who will make his signature debut as well, attended Torrey Pines High School, though his best finish at Torrey is a T-23 at the 2018 Farmers. Here are the five players who punched their Genesis tickets via the Swing 5: Sam Stevens Daniel Berger Michael Kim J.J. Spaun Andrew Novak Justin Lower and Lee Hodges fell out after qualifying for last week AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am via the Swing 5. Jordan Spieth was a shot away from cracking the Swing 5 and bumping out Novak, though Spieth will still play Genesis on a sponsor invite.

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