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Amateur Matthis Lefevre wins his first victory as a pro in the United States

Thanks to a lavish last card on a course he knew at the end of the clubs, Matthis Lefevre last week won the IPS New Mexico Open, a professional tournament of the local section of PGA America.

It costs a whopping 62 (-9) last card. Mattis Lefevre went to snatch the victory. Two bogeys, but above all an eagle and nine birds, the last of which at 18, allowed the player who did all his Hossegor win this tournament by counting for the local PGA. He surpassed two American pros by one point.

Dressed in a suit identical to that of his idol Rory McIlroy, in the last lap, when he won the Travel to Dubaithe young golfer trained by Laurent PonceletProfessional of the Landes golf course, he has put his excellent knowledge of the course to good use.

In fact, he is studying a New Mexico Junior Collegelocated a few kilometers from Rockwind Community Links where the tournament took place.

He certainly helped me get to know the course for this tournament

Winning for me is a great result, I’m very proud of itthe 21-year-old reacted. I know the greens well, they were faster and firmer than usual, but it certainly helped me to know the course for this tournament. “.

Winner this summer’s Grand Prix of the Landes at home in Hossegor, Matthis Lefevre is the first amateur to win this IPS New Mexico opened since the late 1960s.

He is also the first Frenchman to accomplish this feat. He will enroll in college next year. TCU in Fort Worth. A university through which they too have passed Giuliano Marrone et Paolo Barjon.

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