Benjamin Hébert: “I think I have done the hardest part”

What will be the hardest for you from now on?
Honestly, I think I've done the hardest part. I started from very low and at the finish I held the top 20 of the Challenge Tour. And when we see the level of play on the Challenge Tour, I tell myself that it's harder today to make the top 20 than to keep the DP World Tour card. Of the twenty who joined last year, sixteen kept the card I believe and three of them even won on the DP World Tour. Ten years ago, we were far from that. There must have been three who kept their cards and the others went back down… The level of the Challenge Tour is more and more demanding, more and more difficult. So I think the hardest part has been done. We must now be on this path, have this desire to work and then keep this base of play which allows me to make a lot of cuts, while improving a few small points like trying to make a few more putts, being more consistent chipping and putting. There's no reason why it shouldn't work. I know the European Tour well, we now have to get used to the challenge of the Tour courses a little because two years on the Challenge Tour don't require the same things in terms of play.

You will be 38 years old next February. Are you going to set new goals for yourself on the Tour?
We're going to start little by little… We're going to start with work objectives, which we will put in place in two weeks when I resume training in Morocco. Then, we will say behavioral or concentration objectives on the course. I know that when I'm good at it, I manage to have consistency in my game. That's what allowed me this year to be where I am today (Editor's note, 24 tournaments played, 20 cuts made, 8 top 10s including a 2nd place at Vaudreuil). And then the results objectives will obviously be to keep the card.