Victor Perez (golfer)

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Victor Perez
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32)
Séméac, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Residence Dundee, Scotland [1] [2]
PartnerAbigail Gliksten
Career
College University of New Mexico
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 29 (4 April 2021) [3]
(as of 13 October 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T46: 2020
PGA Championship T12: 2023
U.S. Open CUT: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
The Open Championship T34: 2022

Victor Perez (born 2 September 1992) is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, as well as the 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

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Amateur career

Perez attended the University of New Mexico from 2011 to 2015. [4] [2] He represented France in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy, where he was the joint-second lowest individual scorer behind Jon Rahm.

Professional career

Perez finished second in the Alps Tour qualifying school in December 2015 to earn a place on the tour for 2016. He was runner-up in the Open Frassanelle and won the Alps de Las Castillas, finishing the season fifth in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the 2017 Challenge Tour. [5]

In his first season on the Challenge Tour Perez finished 18th in the Order of Merit, just outside the top-15 that gained cards for the European Tour. He was runner-up in the Made in Denmark Challenge and won the Challenge de España. [6] [7]

In his second season on the Challenge Tour, Perez finished 3rd in the Order of Merit which obtained him a place on the 2019 European Tour. He ended the 2018 season by winning the Foshan Open after a playoff with Robert MacIntyre, [8] and then finishing second behind Adri Arnaus in the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final. He also earned his first European Tour top 10 by finishing 6th in the Belgian Knockout in May.

Perez made a good start to the 2019 European Tour, finishing joint 3rd in the first event of the season, the Honma Hong Kong Open, played in November 2018. In September 2019, Perez earned his first European Tour victory by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. [9] He tied for 4th place in the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions and the following week was joint runner-up in the Turkish Airlines Open after a six-man playoff. Perez finished the European Tour season 13th on the Race to Dubai and ended 2019 at 45th in the Official World Golf Ranking to qualify for the 2020 Masters Tournament, his first major championship.

In January 2020, Perez finished tied-for-second at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. He finished runner-up again in October 2020, at the BMW PGA Championship.

In May 2022, Perez won the Dutch Open in a playoff over Ryan Fox. He holed two long-range putts on the third and fourth playoff holes to extend and eventually win the playoff. It was his second European Tour victory. [10]

In January 2023, Perez won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. He shot a final-round 66 to win by one shot ahead of Min Woo Lee and Sebastian Söderberg. [11]

Personal life

Perez was born in Séméac in southwestern France, and he studied psychology at the University of New Mexico. [2]

In 2017, Perez moved from France to Dundee, Scotland [2] and then to Edinburgh in 2023.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
129 Sep 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship −22 (64-68-64-70=266)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Matthew Southgate
229 May 2022 Dutch Open −13 (67-70-69-69=275)Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox
322 Jan 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship −18 (71-65-68-66=270)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Min Woo Lee, Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Söderberg

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2019 Turkish Airlines Open Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton, Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert,
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama, Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Schwab,
Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen 		Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole
Kitayama eliminated by birdie on third hole
Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by birdie on first hole
2 2022 Dutch Open Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
11 Oct 2017 Challenge de España −24 (67-71-61-65=264)3 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
221 Oct 2018 Foshan Open 1−19 (68-65-67-69=269)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Robert MacIntyre

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Foshan Open Flag of Scotland.svg Robert MacIntyre Won with birdie on first extra hole

Alps Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
123 Jul 2016 Alps de Las Castillas−15 (66-67-68=201)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Berna, Flag of France.svg Fabien Marty

French Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 Apr 2017Open de Mont de Marsan−13 (68-66-66=200)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Robin Roussel

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20202021202220232024
Masters Tournament T46CUT
PGA Championship T22CUTT12CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
The Open Championship NTCUTT34T41CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2021
The Players Championship T9
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20192020202120222023
Championship T53T52
Match Play NT14T31
Invitational T6561
Champions T4NT1NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Nicolson, Eric (29 September 2019). "Dunhill Links Championship: Victor Perez secures Dundee (kind of) victory". The Courier.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Oliver, Angus (8 April 2021). "How a golf-obsessed Scotland helped Frenchman flourish". The Times. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Week 14 2021 Ending 4 Apr 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "The University of New Mexico Lobos 2014-15 Men's Golf Roster Victor Perez". golobos.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Vella, Lionel (23 July 2016). "Alps de Las Castillas (Alps Tour) : Victoire de Victor Perez". FF Golf (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Cachard-Berger, Sébastien (1 October 2017). "Challenge de España (CT) : Victor Perez sacré". FF Golf (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Perez the Victor after ace in Spain". PGA European Tour. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Perez jumps to second place on Road to Ras Al Khaimah with Foshan Open win". PGA European Tour. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Tait, Alistair (29 September 2019). "Matthew Southgate slips to give Victor Perez Alfred Dunhill Links win". Golfweek. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Casey, Phil (29 May 2022). "Dundee-based Victor Perez claims Dutch Open title after four-hole play-off". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Radley, Paul (22 January 2023). "Victor Perez wins Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after dramatic finish at Yas Links". The National. Retrieved 22 January 2023– via MSN.
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