A little more than two weeks after fulfilling his contract during the final of the Road to Mallorcanamely finishing in the top 22 of the Challenge Tour and thus achieve the goal he set at the beginning of the year, Pierre Pineau25 years old since August 6, is already attacking the DP World Tour. It is in fact aligned from Thursday in Brisbane on the first event of the 2024-25 season, co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia : the BMW Australian PGA Championship (1.23 million euros endowment).
A tournament which is far from being unknown for the golfer followed by Altus Performance : this is in fact the third time that he has started. In 2022, he finished in 48th place before missing the cut the following year (Editor's note, he has ten starts on the DP World Tour between 2022 and 2023, including a 50th place at the 2022 French Open.). Arriving in Australia this Monday at 8 a.m. (11 p.m. Sunday in France), the Frenchman, who admits not to suffer too much from jet lag, loves playing in these distant lands. “ It's a country that I love very muchhe emphasizes on the other end of the phone. Even if it's far away, the fact that we play two tournaments in two weeks is worth it (Editor’s note, theISPS Handa Australian Open is scheduled from November 28 to December 1, in Melbourne). These are courses that are demanding. I like it when they are hard, with greens that roll fast and are firm. You have to think strategically. It’s not the race for birdies… »
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