Erik van Rooyen secured his second PGA Tour victory at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico yesterday.
Erik sealed victory with an eagle at the last to finish -27 after playing the back 9 on incredible -8.
“There’s bigger stuff in life than golf,” he said, fighting back tears thinking of his former University of Minnesota teammate. “If you look at my ball … it has the initials ‘JT’ and it’s for Jon Trasamar, our best friend. He’s got melanoma, and he’s not going to make it. And every shot out there was for him. And when you’re playing for something bigger than some silly trophy it puts things in perspective, and at the end of the day whether I won here or whether I lost here, it really did not matter.
Well done, Erik. We are all so proud of you.
