After a mixed 2024, LIV Golf’s Thomas Pieters is starting his 2025 season with a positive mindset.
The Belgian star, who plays in the LIV Golf League, will be one of six LIV players competing in the DP World Tour Dubai Desert Classic, a year after finishing 30th in the individual LIV Golf event. Peters hopes to achieve that this year A good start.
Pieters’ best finish at LIV 2024 was a tie for 5th at the LIV Golf Competition in Singapore
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“I still have a year off (on the DP World Tour) and if I want to hit my form and get some reps, then my only thought is how do I get into Dubai?” Peters told Golf Monthly .
“I'll be racing two weeks in a row in Dubai where the weather and competition are great. I can race in Belgium and when the LIV season is over I hope to be able to race at Wentworth and those races.”
Although in March last year, Peters claimed that the level of competition in the LIV Golf League was “10 times better” than the DP World Tour, he still highly regarded the circuit, even revealing that “I have missed one of those (DP World Tour events) Dot.”
Speaking about his time on the tour, the former Ryder Cooper explained: “I miss playing in Europe. You would go to some cool towns like Paris, London and stuff like that. I never Don't like playing in America because when your round is over, what do you do?
“For me, it's very different when you play in Prague, Madrid or elsewhere. That's why I love my job, so I miss that, but as I said, I will play five to Six games in Europe, it will be good.”
Although Pieters suffered his “biggest heartbreak” at the 2024 Soudal Open in his native Belgium, narrowly missing out on victory, the 32-year-old regrouped at the end of the year and posted some good results, Reached the top of the list. Finished 15th in the Qatar International Series and the Saudi International Series.
However, the new 4Aces player did not play in any majors, missing out on all four of men's golf's biggest events in 2024.
Many LIV players, including Kevin Na, have called for an exemption from the Major, and Pieters is hoping to make a splash, but in terms of his path to the top four, he seems content with his decision.
“If you're in the top 10 at LIV, then you're a good golfer and you should be playing in the majors. Obviously, it's up to all these governing bodies to come together and figure this out, but for me personally, This is something I haven't really thought about yet.
“I made the decision that no majors are for me, which is fine with me. If I happened to play another major, that would obviously be great, but it's not in my schedule. “
