Tournament: Big Green Egg German Challenge powered by VcG
Venue: Wittelsbacher Golfclub, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Hashtag: #GermanChallenge
Tournament preview
Lucas Bjerregaard is hoping to continue his recent good form as he prepares to tee it up in the Big Green Egg German Challenge powered by VcG at Wittelsbacher Golfclub.
The Dane lost his DP World Tour card in 2022 and considered quitting golf earlier this year, however he is back in form with four top ten finishes in his last five starts, including a tie for second on home soil at the Danish Golf Championship.
The 33-year-old has experienced both the highs and lows in his golfing journey after he won DP World Tour titles in 2017 and 2018, before making headlines the following year by defeating Tiger Woods in the quarter-finals of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
“I’ve been working hard on my game for a long time and it’s nice to see that paying off in recent weeks,” he said. “I was at a really low point in my career mentally and I was thinking to myself whether golf is really what I wanted to do moving forwards.
“I’ve started to gain some confidence recently and it’s been by far the most fun I’ve had on a golf course over the last few years. I’m starting to enjoy my golf again.
“I’ve had time to realise what is important in life and even if I did stop playing golf, I know that my family and my children will not think any different of me. It has been a healthy process for me to go through.”
Bjerregaard has climbed to 22nd on the Road to Mallorca Rankings and admits regaining his DP World Tour playing privileges this season would be a proud moment in his golfing career.
“Getting my DP World Tour card back would mean so much to me and would rank extremely high on my career achievements,” he said. “It’s what I’ve been trying to do and right now I’m trying to focus on one week at a time.
“For players in my position it can be tough out here on the Challenge Tour because you have experienced the highs of professional golf, but now I am back here and the fields are so much stronger. It can be a lonely place at times but it is a great Tour and a fantastic platform for these young stars.”
A strong field assembles in Neuburg an der Donau this week, including Road to Mallorca Number One Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Number Three Joakim Lagergren, who has two victories in his last three starts.
The first round will get under way at 7:25am local time, with Bjerregaard teeing it up alongside England’s David Horsey and German Philipp Katich at 8:20am.
