We met Félix Mory a few days after the final of the Challenge Tour, played in Majorca (Spanish Balearic island). A tournament where he finished in 26th place and subsequently 35th in the Challenge Tour general rankings. Solid stuff. Even if the goal was to be among the top 20 and qualify directly for the European Tour is not achieved.
I knew I needed to get a top 3 or 4 finish to get into the top 20. I tried not to think about it too much because the more pressure you put on yourself during a tournament, the harder it is to play well. Anyway, It's still a stand out tournament in the season. Its organisation is different and there is a special atmosphere. You feel as if there is more at stake than usual.
The course is magnificent, with sloping greens and a series of challenging holes from 10 to 12. On paper, it could have suited me. In the first round, I'm 2 under par, and in 15th place. Then, it became a bit complicated with strong winds starting to blow. I hit the ball well but I made a few errors in club choices that cost me a bogeys. I hit a 2 over par on Friday and a +3 on Saturday. There weren't many with below-par scorecards due to the complicated weather conditions. After the third day, I would have had to score something like 10 under par to get into a top 3. It was virtually impossible. That being said, you should never give up, there is still experience to go out and get.
The first thing is that I know I've got the potential to play on the European Tour. It's my first full season on the Challenge Tour, and it's highly formative. Nothing beats playing up against top-level players to progress. Even though you might work on playing pressure situations in practice, nothing replaces what it feels like when playing the fourth round at the end. It's mental combat. When I won in Sweden, I managed to stay focused in the present moment. You virtually have to reach a state of meditation on the course. In Denmark, where I was also playing to win, I probably got ahead of myself thinking about the consequences of a potential victory.
On a technical level, I need to be more assured when reading the greens. For me, the area where there is the biggest margin for progress is putting.Each time I've putted well, I got good results. I'm also going to make a few changes to the equipment. I want to have less spin with my driver, meaning I can go and get an extra 10-15 metres. And I would like to find a 4-wood to hit a fuller shot that carries 255 metres. It's a very useful distance on numerous courses on the Challenge Tour, where driving is too risky an option.
I am leaving to do a photoshoot with Inesis. I am then coming back a few days to Munich, before heading off to the US where I did my studies, to see a few contacts and friends. Training will soon be starting again. I will have to look for good weather conditions to work properly, maybe in Portugal or Dubai.
I am then going to improve my training method. Write down all my shots on the course, and with my team, we subsequently have all the data to know what I have to work on. For example, we noticed that I hit a considerable amount of shots between 120 and 150 metres. I will therefore be spending a lot more time working on these shots than on distances that I am only going to face once or twice on the Tour.
We don't yet have all the info, but it will be at the start of February in South Africa. Thanks to my victory this season, I am lucky enough to be in a good category and I will therefore be able to choose my tournaments. I now know the courses thanks to this first year, and I will be able to match my schedule to primarily play the courses where I have a better chance of playing well. A 4 week rhythm of tournaments in a row pace suits me well. If I do a longer series, I play less well.
I am aiming for the top 5 on Challenge Tour and qualifying for the European Tour. I would like to play the French Open, a tournament on the European Tour, and why not a few others if they fit into the schedule at the right time. But the priority is to play well regularly on the Challenge Tour.
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