DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

November 12, 2026

Victor Perez

Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course

Quick Quotes

Q Victor, a round of 69 today, well played. How do you reflect on that?

VICTOR PEREZ: Yeah, very happy, very pleased. Obviously it wasn't a day where I hit the ball particularly well. I drove it really poorly today, which is obviously key to the Earth course, which is why Rory does so well around here. He drives it long and straight, and then it's a course that you can attack with quite a few bunkers that you hope to carry.

I was off line a lot off the tee and spent all day in the rough, basically. I was fortunate to make a lot of putts, which is always a nice bonus.

So hopefully I can go hit a few balls, rectify a little bit. The start line was definitely the issue off the tee, and I hope it gets better for the rest of the week.

Q You had a triple bogey on 10. Talk me through that hole.

VICTOR PEREZ: Yeah, not my finest moment, unfortunately, but I just played in my bunker shot. I was going to -- I was trying to hit it left after my second, I was in the rough, and it just didn't come out, got in the front bunker.

And a ton of sand. I was trying to hit a long bunker shot with the 56 and thinned it over the green. And then trouble began, completed with a short putt missed.

So, yeah, it wasn't the best.

Q The back nine seems to be quite difficult. You still have four birdies. How is it playing?

VICTOR PEREZ: Yeah, I think the wind is a bit dusty. Like I was saying, generally you don't get such strong winds in the morning.

I think there's always a blessing in disguise. And like you just qualify, then you get the fortune to go out early. And then you can sometimes shoot a really good round and no wind, and then the wind picks up in the afternoon.

Luckily for us, it was the afternoon wind already. So I think this course is well known for having an easy wind and a hard wind.

That north wind is generally a bit easier. You get the par-5s, the downwind, that would have been nice. But on 18, to push the tee up as well, usually on Thursday the tee is back.

But, yeah, two good shots -- three good shots to finish with, really, with a great shot on 17 and holed a nice putt, and then good shots on 18 and a nice 5-footer to finish.