Vian Jansen Van Vuuren
Availability status: Committed
University: East Tennessee State University
Country: South Africa
Date of birth: 27/01/2006
Height: 6 feet 1 inches
Weight: 198 lbs
Sex: Male
School: Anchored Education
Graduation Year: 2025
Enrollment Year: 2025
Qualifications:
High School Grades: Coming soon…
SAT: Not taken yet
Scoring Average: 70.8
Tournament Low Score: 64
Current Handicap: +5
Golf RSA Junior U19 Ranking: 2
Mens National Ranking (South Africa): 28
Top tournament results:
1st place 2024 South Africa Boys Stroke Play Championship (70,68,72,64)
4th place 2024 The Freestate Open (Mens) (69,71,71,66)
4th place 2024 Cobra/Puma Northern Amateur Qualification (70,72,68,65)
3rd place 2024 NOMADS Coastal National Championship (69,68,76)
2nd place 2024 NOMADS Inland National Championship (69,69,74)
11th place 2023 Ekurhuleni Open (69,69,71,76)
T1st place 2023 The Bobby Lock Invitational (74,69,69)
23rd place 2023 Mpumalanga Open (72,72,78,69)
47th place 2023 NOMADS SA Boys U19 Championship Qualification (71,73,79,76)
5th place 2023 Dimension Data Junior Open (72,68,73)
1st place 2024 Nedbank Golf Challenge (74,68,74)
16th place 2023 NOMADS North & South Championship (74,74,70)
50th place 2023 South Africa Stroke Play Championship (73,76,77,74)
2022 NOMADS SA Boys U19 Championship Qualification (76,79,83,70)
2022 Ekurhuleni Open (69,76,71,75)
2022 Limpopo Open Stroke Play (79,68,69)
2022 Dimension Data Junior Open (70,70)
2022 GN Junior – WKF (78,67)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
Passionate, committed, hardworking, healthy, strong.
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
My best memory in golf was when I won the Junior and Open Club Championships in the same year at my home club. I also have made 4 hole in ones in my life and they have all been extremely special moments.
Goals:
My goal is to be the in the top 10 Ranking Junior in South Africa by the end of 2024 and make it on to the national squad.
Anything else we should know?
I am passionate about golf and will do what is necessary to achieve my goals.