Ugo Coussaud and Victor Perez’s fanfare departure from Wentworth

Both authors of a very solid card of 67 (-5), Ugo Coussaud and Victor Perez occupy at midday the 3rd place of the BMW PGA Championship in the company of Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Shane Lowry and Matteo Manassero. Just that!

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They held the top spot on the leaderboard for a long time. Before being overtaken at the end of the morning by the Danish Niklas Norgaard66 (-6), currently the only leader in the clubhouse. Ugo Coussaud And Victor Perez got their week off to a perfect start on the West Course of Wentworthhost of the BMW PGA Championship3rd Rolex Series of the season on the DP World Tour.

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While he only discovered the course this Monday after a missed cut at theIrish OpenUgo Coussaud, for his big debut at Wentworth, signed an excellent 67 (-5) with seven birdies (including four between holes 4 and 9) against two bogeys. It is now up to him to confirm this great start. The Angoumoisin, 32 years old on October 10, trained by Robin Cocqadmits that he is currently struggling to string together four good laps… He will set off this Friday at 11:10 a.m. (12:10 p.m. in France) with the Irishman Simon Thornton and the Paraguayan Fabrizio Zanotti.

” There were quite a few birdiesunderlines the one who climbs this season of the Challenge Tour. A little three putt (bogey at 1) qui woke me up a little by saying to me: “Come on, you have to concentrate!” Then, I had a lot of opportunities, I hit my irons very well. I also played a very good game on the long game… In short, it’s a great week. We are treated like kings, the course is magnificent, there are people, it’s a great week to try to play well! »

Back this week on the European Tour from the Genesis Scottish Open in mid-July, Victor Perez71st of the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tourquickly caught fire this Thursday morning by lining up four consecutive birdies from 1 to 4, thereby giving himself the lead in this prestigious tournament with a prize pool of 9 million dollars.

Visibly sharp, the Tarbais confirmed a few minutes later with two other birdies on holes 12 and 17 before committing his one and only error of the day with a bogey on the par 5 of the 18th, his second shot ending its course in the frontal water hazard.

” This is a very nice partsummarizes Victor Perez at the end of the recording at the DPWT microphone. It wasn’t easy at the beginning because the wind was blowing a little more than we thought. I’m very happy with my day with this great start which allows us to be relaxed in the second part of the day. »

He also returned to the European Tour after taking 17th place in the final of the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour, Matthew Pavon had more difficulty, settling for a par card (72) weighed down in particular by three bogeys in a row from the 15th to the 17th… The Bordeaux native currently appears in 68th position while the last games of the afternoon in the great suburbs south-west of London have finally started…

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