DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

November 12, 2026

Jacob Skov Olesen

Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course

Quick Quotes

Q. Jacob, a really solid start to your week in some tough conditions. How was it from your point of view?

JACOB SKOV OLESEN: Yeah, it was very solid, especially the first 11 holes. Got quite scruffy there for basically the rest of the back nine, except for 18.

But as you said, it was very tough conditions out there, a lot of wind. And it's not that easy to feel, inside the trees out here. Sometimes it's a bit hard to trust, the wind being there.

But yeah, I'm very pleased with how I grinded it out, but also with some of the good stuff left in there.

Q. You've had a fantastic season. We saw you coming into this week top 10 in the Race to Dubai rankings. But last week was a little mixed. Give us an idea of how you've reset yourself and what you've been working on that clearly has paid off.

JACOB SKOV OLESEN: Yeah, I think we've worked quite a lot on the driver, really, these last -- well, actually since Sunday afternoon. We drove straight from Abu Dhabi on Sunday out to the Trump course to practise. Just working on some things. It's not fully there yet, but it's better, and it's a little more comfortable.

But I think I've had a lot of weeks where I've actually played quite all right after a horrendous week like last week was. So I wouldn't say I wasn't worried, but I wasn't also that worried because, you know, it's a new week, and I've had three and a half days to practise.

Q. It feels like just yesterday you were winning the Amateur Championship. It was in 2024, but since then you've found yourself here, competing with some of the very best in the world with a PGA Tour card within grasp. Do you find yourself sometimes pinching yourself that it's all fallen into place for you at the professional level quite so quickly?

JACOB SKOV OLESEN: Yeah, a little bit. I think I was lucky and privileged to get some starts in a couple of DP events, and obviously also the Open whilst I was an amateur.

So once I got through Q school and got out here as a pro, I was at least a little more comfortable. And I tested my level against the guys I was going to compete against and had seen that I could do that when I finished fifth in Denmark as an amateur.

Yeah, so I think I knew kind of a little bit how it was. So it wasn't a total change. I knew some faces, and I knew where everything was kind of. So I think that's helped a lot.

Yeah, I think I've been in many places since I was like 18, so -- and I've always done quite well, I think. So yeah, it's been nice.