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Thomas Pieters recovered after a day without: “I couldn’t eat or sleep”

Saturday on the course of the Kasumigaseki Country Club, the Antwerpois quite simply signed the second best score of the day with a lap punctuated in 64 moves, that is to say seven under the par. He and Thomas Detry share 14th place ahead of the 4th round of the Olympic Games men’s golf tournament. They posted the total of 205 shots, six lengths from the head. “If I still have such a day on Sunday, it might still be possible to hang something. I would need some help from the golfers in front of me but I’m glad I gave myself this chance,” said declared the 29-year-old Belgian at the end of his career.

On Friday, Pieters struggled with his bad 76 card, five strokes over par. “I couldn’t sleep or eat. It was really bad. Luckily I had my wife and daughter on the phone. It gave me a bit of perspective even though the disappointment was still there. are the Games and the chance to shine there only happens every four years. “

On Saturday, Pieters presented himself with a new state of mind on the Japanese course. “I played a really good round, although I missed a few balls. On Friday two balls got stuck in a tree, which happens maybe once every ten years. I don’t really know the to explain, there is no logic. But this Saturday was good. “

Five years after taking 4th place in Rio, Thomas Pieters therefore has another opportunity to shine at the Games even if his second round could cost him dearly in the final scoring. “Of course I come to think of it. I had the same scores back then. If I can do this well, I could come home with my head held high.”

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