Victor Perez (golfer)
| Victor Perez | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 September 1992 Séméac, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  France |
| Residence | Dundee, Scotland[1] |
| Career | |
| College | University of New Mexico |
| Turned professional | 2015 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Highest ranking | 29 (4 April 2021)[2] (as of 3 November 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
Victor Perez (born 2 September 1992) is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Amateur career
Perez attended the University of New Mexico from 2011 to 2015.[3] 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.
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.
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, and then finishing second behind Adrià Arnaus in the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final. He also earned his first main 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.
Amateur wins
- 2010 Grand Prix du Medoc
- 2012 Aggie Invitational, Grand Prix des Landes-Hossegor
- 2013 Grand Prix de Chiberta
Professional wins (4)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Sep 2019 | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | −22 (64-68-64-70=266) | 1 stroke |  Matthew Southgate
|
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Turkish Airlines Open | Tyrrell Hatton, Benjamin Hébert, Kurt Kitayama,  Matthias Schwab, Erik van Rooyen
|
Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole Kitayama eliminated with birdie on third hole Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated with birdie on first hole |
Challenge Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Oct 2017 | Challenge de España | −24 (67-71-61-65=264) | 3 strokes |  Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
|
| 2 | 21 Oct 2018 | Foshan Open | −19 (68-65-67-69=269) | Playoff |  Robert MacIntyre
|
Alps Tour wins (1)
- 2016 Alps de Las Castillas
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2014
See also
References
- ^ Nicolson, Eric (29 September 2019). "Dunhill LInks Championship: Victor Perez secures Dundee (kind of) victory". The Courier.
- ^ "Week 14 2021 Ending 4 Apr 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "The University of New Mexico Lobos 2014-15 Men's Golf Roster Victor Perez". golobos.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
External links
- Victor Perez at the European Tour official site
- Victor Perez at the Official World Golf Ranking official site