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, as well as the 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Victor Perez
Personal information
Born (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992
Séméac, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationality France
ResidenceDundee, Scotland[1][2]
PartnerAbigail Gliksten
Career
CollegeUniversity of New Mexico
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking29 (4 April 2021)[3]
(as of 22 October 2023)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT46: 2020
PGA ChampionshipT12: 2023
U.S. OpenCUT: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
The Open ChampionshipT34: 2022

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 he moved from France to Dundee, Scotland.[2]

Amateur wins
  • 2010 Grand Prix du Medoc
  • 2012 Aggie Invitational, Grand Prix des Landes-Hossegor
  • 2013 Grand Prix de Chiberta

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (3)
Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Sep 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship −22 (64-68-64-70=266) 1 stroke England Matthew Southgate
2 29 May 2022 Dutch Open −13 (67-70-69-69=275) Playoff New Zealand Ryan Fox
3 22 Jan 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship −18 (71-65-68-66=270) 1 stroke Australia Min Woo Lee, Sweden Sebastian Söderberg

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2019 Turkish Airlines Open England Tyrrell Hatton, France Benjamin Hébert,
United States Kurt Kitayama, Austria Matthias Schwab,
South Africa 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 New Zealand Ryan Fox Won with birdie on fourth extra 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 Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
2 21 Oct 2018 Foshan Open1 −19 (68-65-67-69=269) Playoff Scotland Robert MacIntyre

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Foshan Open Scotland 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 Spain Daniel Berna, France Fabien Marty

French Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 7 Apr 2017 Open de Mont de Marsan −13 (68-66-66=200) 2 strokes France Robin Roussel

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2020202120222023
Masters Tournament T46 CUT
PGA Championship T22 CUT T12
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship NT CUT T34 T41
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2021
The Players Championship T9
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20192020202120222023
Championship T53 T52
Match Play NT1 4 T31
Invitational T65 61
Champions T4 NT1 NT1 NT1

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

  • Hero Cup (representing Continental Europe): 2023 (winners)

See also

References
  1. Nicolson, Eric (29 September 2019). "Dunhill Links Championship: Victor Perez secures Dundee (kind of) victory". The Courier.
  2. 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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