ournament: Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge
Venue: Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, Le Vaudreuil, France
Hashtag: #LeVaudreuilGolfChallenge
Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge preview
Félix Mory is hoping to become the first Frenchman to win the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge when he tees it up at Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil this week.
The 30-year-old has enjoyed a strong start to the Road to Mallorca season after picking up a second HotelPlanner Tour win – and a first since 2021 – in the Swiss Challenge earlier this month.
The Frenchman sits sixth in the season-long Road to Mallorca Rankings after 14 events of the 29-event schedule and could go a long way to securing promotion the DP World Tour with a win in Normandy this week.
Mory has been close to promotion in each of the last two seasons, finishing 31st on the Rankings in 2023 and 26th in 2024, with the leading 20 players graduating to Golf’s Global Tour.
Despite having one eye on promotion following his win, Mory is adamant his focus remains on seeing consistent improvements week-in week-out.
“The win confirms that the work I’m doing is pushing me in the right direction,” he said. “I feel like I’m managing to get better every season, and the win proved that to me.
“One win doesn’t mean you get promoted, and there’s always something to work on.
“We are here for a reason, to firstly get better as golfers, but to also move forwards in our career and that’s definitely the goal. I feel like I have the level to play on the DP World Tour.”
Mory has teed it up on four previous occasions at Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, with last year’s 12th place finish his best to date.
The two-time HotelPlanner Tour winner is excited for the 12th edition of the event to get under way, as he looks to impress in front of home support.
“It’s always nice to play on home soil,” he added. “We always want to do well at home and there’s always a few more people that come out to watch you which is fun.
“Around here if you can hit the fairways, you’re going to set yourself up with a lot of birdies because it’s not too long, but you have to be smart. There’s also long grass on almost every hole so you’ve got to hit the right yardages.
“I finished 12th last year, so obviously better than that would be great, but golf is full of surprises. Lets see what I can do.”
Mory joins a strong field in Normandy that includes last week’s Blot Play9 winner, James Morrison, and DP World Tour winners Eddie Pepperell from England, Scotsman David Law and Spaniard Adri Arnaus.
The first round of the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge gets under way tomorrow at 8:00am local time, with Mory teeing off alongside Englishman Jamie Rutherford and Norwegian Baard Skogen at 1:50pm.
