Officially qualified on March 13 due to his 63rd birthday^e place in the world rankings, Victor Perez is about to dispute that WGC—Dell Technologies Matchplay for the second time in his career. It will also be the last as the organizers announced two weeks ago that this 24th^e edition of the last World Golf Championship still appearing on the international calendars, no 25 would follow^e… for the Frenchman, who climbed to 61st placeOfficial World Golf Rankings after his 45th^e room at Valspar Championship last weekend on PGA Tourso it’s a good opportunity to bid farewell to the tournament two years after reaching the semi-finals on his debutAustin Country Club.

In March 2021, Perez had pulled himself out of a pool that also included the Australian Marc Leishmanthe American Russell Henley and the Korean Sunjae Imbefore dismissing the Scot Robert MacIntyre in eighths, then the Spaniard Sergio Garcia in the quarterfinals. The American Billy HorselThe eventual tournament winner then suspended his entry to the final before the Frenchman lost to another US player. Matt Kucharin the game for the 3rd^e Location.

Despite losses in its last two meetings, the No. 1 tricolor had found the key to success on the Texas route and intends to use it again this week: “It’s a course that isn’t necessarily very long, so there are a lot of opportunities with short clubs. Since the greens are quite soft, the spin with the small clubs must be well controlled so that the balls don’t fall down. So mastering iron shots between 80 and 140 m will be the most important thing this week.”he explains to our colleagues Golf+.