Victor Perez (golfer)

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.

Victor Perez
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992
Séméac, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Nationality France
ResidenceDundee, Scotland[1]
Career
CollegeUniversity of New Mexico
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking38 (16 February 2020)[2]
(as of 9 August 2020)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT22: 2020
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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 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. 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 in the Order of Merit 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 was a runner-up in the Abu Dhabi HSBC 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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
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 by birdie on third hole
Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by 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 Open1 −19 (68-65-67-69=269) Playoff Robert MacIntyre

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

Alps Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 23 Jul 2016 Alps de Las Castillas −15 (66-67-68=201) 2 strokes Daniel Berna, Fabien Marty

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T22
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20192020
Championship T53
Match Play NT1
Invitational T65
Champions T4

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. Nicolson, Eric (29 September 2019). "Dunhill LInks Championship: Victor Perez secures Dundee (kind of) victory". The Courier.
  2. "Week 7 2020 Ending 16 Feb 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. "The University of New Mexico Lobos 2014-15 Men's Golf Roster Victor Perez". golobos.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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