{"id":299725,"date":"2025-07-28T23:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299725\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T23:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:38:12","slug":"ex-ryder-cup-star-refuses-prize-money-after-ending-two-year-retirement-with-comeback-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299725\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ryder Cup star refuses prize money after ending two-year retirement with comeback win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Dubuisson made a winning return to competitive golf on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Frenchman claimed victory on the Alps Tour two years after retiring from the sport.<\/p>\n

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Ryder Cup hero Dubuisson made a winning return to golf in France on SundayCredit: AFP\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 35-year-old came out of retirement to win the Biarritz Cup on the Alps TourCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Dubuisson walked away from professional golf aged 33 in 2023 to pursue coaching.<\/p>\n

However, he’s now back playing the game and Dubuisson showed no signs of rust as he triumphed in the 54-hole Biarritz Cup in his native France.<\/p>\n

After rounds of 62, 65 and 61, Dubuisson beat Spain’s Jorge Maicas in a play-off to take home the trophy.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his win, he explained: “Those putts are never easy \u2013 especially uphill ones, which I don\u2019t particularly like \u2013 and I had a few more than usual today.<\/p>\n

“But once you hit a good putt, it\u2019s out of your hands whether it drops or not. That last one was an excellent putt to finish with.”<\/p>\n

The former Ryder Cup star also made an incredible gesture after his win at Biarritz Le Phare.<\/p>\n

Duibuisson refused his \u00a36,600 in prize money having taken part on the invitation of a sponsor.<\/p>\n

Instead, he gave it up as a ‘gesture of personal principle’, with Maicas taking home the winnings as a result.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old has spent his retirement as a golf coach in Tenereife.<\/p>\n

He now runs clinics for holidaymakers at the Abama Golf Resort, and it’s currently unclear if he is planning a permanent comeback.<\/p>\n

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Dubuisson was unbeaten across three matches at the 2014 Ryder Cup at GleneaglesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Speaking last year about his decision to retire, Dubuisson explained: “I was feeling good with my game but I was just feeling bad with all the travelling and I felt like I wanted to do something else.<\/p>\n

“I was not mentally in a good place. After 13 years I was tired of it and wanted to have a different life.”<\/p>\n

As a player, Dubuisson was a two-time winner on the European Tour with victories at the Turkish Airlines Open in 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he claimed top ten finishes at both the PGA Championship and The Open.<\/p>\n

Dubuisson was also a member of the victorious European team in the 2014 Ryder Cup<\/a> at Gleneagles.<\/p>\n

He ended the weekend unbeaten, halving his singles match against Zach Johnson as Team Europe won 16 \u00bd – 11 \u00bd.<\/p>\n

Trend Adj: ‘He won’t be able to talk’ – Tiger Woods was stunned by unheralded Italian when Ryder Cup last visited SpainWhen is the 2025 Ryder Cup?<\/p>\n

The 45th Ryder Cup<\/a> will be held at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York later this year.<\/p>\n

Team Europe will defend the title they won in 2023 between September 26 and 28.<\/p>\n

The holders are once again captained by Luke Donald, with Keegan Bradley leading Team USA.<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have already booked their places at the Ryder Cup, with 11 spots still up for grabs<\/a> on each team.<\/p>\n

American players have until the end of the BMW Championship on August 17 to secure one of six automatic berths.<\/p>\n

As for Europe, their cut-off for automatic qualifiers is a week later following the British Masters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Dubuisson made a winning return to competitive golf on Sunday. The Frenchman claimed victory on the Alps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[110859,97848,2826,4298,4321,79,16,15,110860],"class_list":{"0":"post-299725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-alps-tour","9":"tag-european-tour","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-pga-tour","12":"tag-ryder-cup","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-victor-dubuisson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114933498269949762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}