Alexander Levy, a slap that did good

Like what can bring to life, Alexander Levy is a lunatic. A hot-blooded man capable of renaming a bullet with a bird's name for not having found his target; and in less than twenty minutes, the time to put a string on the next green, to make way for a happy guy moving with his hindquarters, fist raised, to celebrate an eagle in the last round of the final of Challenge Tour in Majorca. “ That's Alex », sums up with a smile his sister, Pauline, who came to encourage him all week with their father, Philippe.

When taking stock of his season in the second European division, the 34-year-old displays the same duality, happy on the one hand to have finished among the 22 promoted players who will (re)discover the DP World Tour in 2025, but unsatisfied with not winning a title this year to ensure he was still capable. Deep down, he knows it, he can. This forgotten flavor of winning is what returned to him while playing in the second stratum of European golf. “ When you're on the top level, you don't realize what's happening below, that this circuit is difficult and that you have to make top 3s every week to be able to score points. Coming back to it was a slap in the face. I was close several times, but I didn't convert, so it makes me want to come harder on the DP and win again. » To find traces of his latest success, we must go back to the Hassan II Trophy of 2018. His fifth victory in a series started in 2014. At the end of this prosperous period, the young 27-year-old from that he was perhaps did not imagine having to one day go back to the lower level. “ I never asked myself the question, he fumbles. There are great players to whom this has happened… »


Golf

-

-

NEXT The crazy rise of Ryggs Johnston, winner in Melbourne, Adrien Saddier one step away from the top 10