Victor Perez Misses Cut and Unlikely to Make European Ryder Cup Team

Victor Perez will most likely not be in the European Ryder Cup team that will face the United States in less than a month in Rome. By missing the cut this week in Switzerland, the French number one has certainly said goodbye to his last mad hope of joining the team of Luke Donald who will announce his last six choices on Monday.

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We felt it coming for many weeks, as the results became less and less convincing. The last automatic place offered to the third in the European classification will not officially be intended for Victor Perez. If the probable sanction will officially fall on Monday, we can even reasonably doubt the presence of the French number one among the six players who will be chosen by the captain. Luke Donald.

Held back by covid-19 in the home stretch, Perez was too rough last week in the Czech Republic (11th) and downright disappointing this week with the par, relegated to three strokes from the cut of the Omega European Masters. Nothing catastrophic. But insufficient for a candidate already “limited” to a place in the Ryder Cup.

A failure of results since May

Unable to sign any podium since his brilliant victory in January on the prestigious Rolex Serie of Abu Dhabi, the Tarbais has gradually returned to the ranks. His top 10 at the Italian Open in early May on the Roman course of the next Ryder Cup (September 29-October 1), immediately followed by a twelfth place on the PGA Championship Major, had given even more credit to his eventual selection. But since then, not much to put in their mouths and a place in the twelve Europeans who are moving away inexorably.

A small slap for French golf

Victor Perez is a great Champion. He is currently third in the Race to Dubai and guaranteed to play many tournaments on the PGA Tour next season (remains to define his category which will certainly not be complete). But he is unlikely to be in Europe’s next Ryder Cup squad and will not join Jean Van de Velde (1999), Thomas Livet (2004) et Victor Dubuissonone of the great men of the 2014 Ryder Cup. It would be a blow for all of French golf, which saw itself in it six months ago…