This handout photo taken and received by OneAsia on April 27, 2014 shows Alexander Levy of France celebrates after winning the final round of the Volvo China Open at the Genzon Golf Club in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. PHOTO: AFP
The 23-year-old secured the first European Tour victory of his short career on Sunday, triumphing by four shots at Shenzhen’s par-72 Genzon Golf Club to collect prize winnings of $530,000.
France has only ever had one major winner — Arnaud Massy, who won the British Open way back in 1907— but recent successes have sparked hopes that the century-long drought could soon be ended.
“There have been some great wins for Victor Dubuisson, Julien Quesne, Greg Bourdy and Raphael Jacquelin over the past couple of years,” said Levy.
Dubuisson started last year at 134th in the world rankings but rose to 23rd after winning the Turkish Airlines Open in November and following it up with three top-10 finishes.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2014.
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