The now Frenchman, number 2 in the world rankings (76th on December 16th) believes that the number of points awarded this week at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is too high.
Romain Langasque has moved up… but not only in the world rankings where he reached his highest ranking on Monday, December 16th, climbing to 76th place, still quite far behind Matthieu Pavon (30th) but ahead of Victor Perez (79th).
Romain Langasque, statements
No, the Grasse native is surprised by the number of points at stake in the DP World Tour calendar year tournament this week in Mauritius.
Indeed, despite a relatively small field of players – the highest ranked in the world rankings is Antoine Rozner, 145th – the event will award 3,000 points.
What a field of players… The winner will still get 500 points for his victory!! Here’s why I hate the DP World Tour points system
Romain Langasque on X
Annoyed, Romain Langasque expressed his deepest thoughts in a post on his X account. The 22nd in the last Race to Dubai would have liked to see the points scale evolve more fairly in 2025.
“2,000 points for each co-sanctioned stage, 3,000 points for the regular DP Tour tournaments, 4,000 points for the 9 Back 9 tournaments, 6,000 points for the Rolex Series and 8,000 points for the last 2 tournaments of the year (the Playoffs).”
The Majors at 10,000
3,000 points is the minimum for a DP World Tour tournament but the gap with the other tournaments is not big enough for the Frenchman. In 2025, there will be 5,000 points at the FedEx Open de France (a Back9 tournament), a Rolex Series offers 8,000 points while each Major will distribute 10,000 points.
Finally, the last two tournaments of the season, decisive for the number 1 spot and accession to the PGA Tour, offer respectively 9,000 (Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship) and 12,000 points (DP World Tour Championship).
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