After obtaining a partial membership for the American PGA Tour the previous week, Thomas Detry finished fifth on Sunday in the BMW Championship, the flagship tournament of the European circuit which took place on the London course of Wentworth. Something to smile about after a disappointing first half of the season. At 29, the Brussels player has clearly taken a step forward. “All the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place. It is clearly a new chapter opening”, s …
After obtaining a partial membership for the American PGA Tour the previous week, Thomas Detry finished fifth on Sunday in the BMW Championship, the flagship tournament of the European circuit which took place on the London course of Wentworth. Something to smile about after a disappointing first half of the season. At 29, the Brussels player has clearly taken a step forward. “All the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place. It is clearly a new chapter that opens,” smiles the protégé of Jérôme Theunis. Thomas Detry has never hidden his ambition to make a career in the United States. Trained at the University of Illinois, he has the DNA of a “made in USA” champion. This means that he is proud and happy to now be able to participate in the PGA Tour, the Champions League of golf. “By finishing in the top 25 in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, I only got the right to play for most of the PGA Tour tournaments. But if I perform well at the start of the season, I will have full access for the whole season. . This is obviously my goal, “explains the verb tinged with ambitions. As a true globetrotter, Thomas Detry is divided between Dubai (where he lives), London (the city of his wife) and, of course, Brussels. He now he will also have a port of origin on the other side of the Atlantic. But these changes don’t scare him. “I am looking for the best plan. It is not impossible that we first put our bags in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic. It is very close to the south of the United States and we have many friends”, continues the happy father of little Sophia Dolores, just five months old. . However, it is in the United States that the Belgian player will evolve in the coming weeks. The 2022-23 PGA Tour season kicks off this Thursday in California and will be right on schedule. “This promotion obviously will not prevent me from playing on the European tour as well. I will try to organize my schedule so that I can score as many points as possible on both circuits and climb the top 50 in the world as soon as possible.” And more if affinity! To Wentworth, he still showed both his form and his ambition of him. During this tournament reduced to three rounds due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, he stood up to the best and finished 15 under par, behind the wheel of Irishman Shane Lowry, Spaniard Jon Rahm and Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy. On the 54 holes he only conceded two bogeys!
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