Victor Dubuisson announces shock retirement

Victor Dubuisson has announced his retirement from professional golf.

In an interview with L’Équipe, the 2014 Ryder Cup winner revealed that he is ending his 13-year career at the age of just 33.

“I’ve been thinking for a few years about the fact that I’ve given up on my life as a professional golfer for some time,” said the Frenchman. “I was finding it more and more difficult to cope with life on tour. I’m turning the page but life goes on.”

Dubuisson withdrew earlier this week from the upcoming LIV Golf Promotions Event sparking speculation about his future in the game.

The two-time DP World Tour winner made only eight appearances on the former European Tour this year, withdrawing on three of those occasions.

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That followed six withdrawals and a disqualification in 2022 and five withdrawals in 2021.

Speaking to L’Équipe, he explained how “the solitude had become extremely heavy” but insisted that he was walking away from the game with “no regrets”.

I started from nothing so I’m extremely satisfied with what I’ve done. I see myself as a little kid with my little bag and my Decathlon clubs. I “I wasn’t at all predestined to have this career.

“A lot of people will say that I could have done more and that I could have been world number 1,” he said. “But my strength is being satisfied with what I had. I’m happy with that.” amply. I don’t live in regret to dwell on all the time.”

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Fiercely private, the enigmatic Dubuisson shunned the spotlight for much of his career and rarely gave interviews. That, he says now, was a consequence of his upbringing.

“I don’t like talking about this, but when I signed professionally with IMG, we were still living in a small maid’s room with my mother and my sister in Antibes,” he said.

He added that he now plans to shift his focus to coaching.

“I spent 15 years alone on the Tour, curled up on myself. I missed contact with people. So it’s just simple human relationships around golf that I want to have,

Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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