Lucas Bjerregaard hits a shot on Friday on the seventh gap on the Belfry.
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Query one was a layup.
“Seven birdies and an eagle in the present day. What goes by means of your thoughts when it’s going so effectively?”
“Yeah, I used to be within the zone and issues simply got here somewhat bit simpler in the present day,” Lucas Bjerregaard stated, “and yeah, hoping for extra days like that.”
Query two then dug somewhat deeper.
Bjerregaard was speaking in what’s been dubbed the Inexperienced Room, a platform concocted by the DP World Tour, and its format’s unfussy: only a computerized-sounding questioner and a yellow chair on which to chill out and reply. Different professionals have jumped in. Friday, after the British Masters’ second spherical, Bjerregaard made for a logical selection.
He’d simply shot a scorching six-under 66 on the Belfry, and he was 4 again of the lead getting into the weekend. However it’s been some time because the 33-year-old Dane’s been in such a spot. In 2017, he received the Portugal Masters. A yr later, he received the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship. In 2019 and 2020, he hopped throughout the pond for PGA Tour occasions. However golf is fickle. This yr, Bjerregaard’s been enjoying occasions on the Problem Tour, the circuit slightly below the DP World Tour.
And the Inexperienced Room’s voice was inquisitive about all of it.
What adopted was uncooked honesty. Under is the interview. Under that’s the backwards and forwards, with the questions written in italics, and a few further ideas.
“You’ve been on the Problem Tour this yr, however have performed so effectively these previous two weeks. How do you clarify that?”
“I don’t know, I feel it’s been coming somewhat bit,” Bjerregaard stated. “I had three high 10s on the Problem Tour earlier than final week, so sport’s clearly been trending a bit. Earlier than that, there wasn’t a lot pointing within the path of any good end result. I feel I used to be perhaps on the verge of giving up the sport somewhat bit, and I feel that’s helped me to simply go on the market and play somewhat extra carefree and never fear an excessive amount of about it.”
He’s proper in regards to the high 10s — beginning final month on the Black Desert NI Open, Bjerregaard’s tied for seventh, eighth, eighth once more and second. However that had adopted a 2023 marketing campaign the place he had only one high 25. And 2022 and 2021 seasons the place he had three.
“If you happen to don’t thoughts, may you inform us about the previous couple of years? When it’s not going effectively, what’s that like?”
“I’m unsure what the reason being,” Bjerregaard stated. “I feel it’s a little bit of a snowball impact with many issues. I feel my approach hasn’t been adequate, and my confidence certain as something hasn’t been anyplace close to the place it was again in my prime. It’s been robust, little question. I felt very alone. I felt very a lot on the lookout for solutions and never discovering something and it felt the extra I attempted, the much less success I had. Begin of the yr, I damage my again vacuuming at residence and I had two, two and a half months the place I couldn’t play, and it was a reasonably darkish time the place I considered perhaps doing one thing else than enjoying golf, so once more, perhaps I needed to get there earlier than I may begin enjoying higher once more.”
“You stated you nearly give up the sport. What gave you the motivation to maintain going?”
“Most likely my spouse and children,” Bjerregaard stated. “Many of the issues I do is for them. They’ve supported me, and I feel it might be unsuitable to surrender. My spouse has stood behind me by means of all of this, and it’s been robust as a household to undergo it, however she believes in me and I’ve bought a superb group of individuals at residence believing in me and serving to me out as a lot as they will, and I feel I owe it to offer it my all.”
Bjerregaard’s spouse is Henriette; his youngsters are Josephine and Noah.
“Thanks for being so open and trustworthy. It’s nice to see you enjoying effectively. Good luck, Lucas.”
“Thanks.”
