“He was emotionally super high” – French LPGA star reflects on tips she got from Matthieu Pavon at the Olympics

Matthieu Pavon and Victor Perez failed to win a medal for Team France at the men's golf event at the Paris Olympics. With the women's golf event left, there's still hope in the French camp.

Celine Boutier and Perrine Delacour will represent France in the women's golf event starting on Wednesday, August 7, at Le Golf National. Delacour got a few tips from Pavon before her event.

Talking about it in the pre-tournament press conference, Delacour said (via ASAP Sports):

"Like we had the men's before and that was good, and yesterday I spent some time with Matthieu asking a couple questions like how he felt on the first tee to kind of have a couple tips and get ready for Wednesday."

She was further asked about what advice Pavon gave him for the Paris Olympics. Delacour said:

"Breathe. He actually struggled the first tee last Thursday. He was emotionally like way like super high, which is normal. You don't expect to have that on the first tee -- he did say during the end of the week, he was so much emotion on Thursday that he struggled during the week.

Matthieu Pavon finished 58th in a field of 60 players at Le Golf and scored 71, 75, 77 and 74 in the four rounds. Perrine Delacour took a lesson and said:

"That for myself personally helped me, like, okay, I need to put some rest early in the week to be able to carry it for four days in a row."

Delacour won her first European Tour event two months ago. Her maiden Ladies European Tour (LET) victory came at Dormy Open Helsingborg in the playoffs where she won with a birdie on the first extra hole against Helem Briem. However, her performance on the LPGA Tour has been dismal. In the 13 starts, she has only one top-25 finish and seven missed cuts.

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A look at Matthieu Pavon's performances in 2024

Matthieu Pavon has had a great 2024 season and is currently positioned 16th on the PGA Tour's FedExCup standings. He has had one win, four top-10 finishes, and six top-25 finishes this year and is leading the PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year.

Matthieu Pavon won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines by one stroke over Nicolai Hojgaard. His other notable performances include a third finish at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a fifth finish at the US Open and a T7 finish at the Sony Open.

Let's take a look at Matthieu Pavon's performances in the 2024 season:

2024 OLY Golf (M) Tournaments

• Olympic Men's Golf Competition: 58 (71-75-77-74, 297, +13)

2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments

• Sony Open in Hawaii: T7 (66-66-67-67, 266, -14)
• The American Express: T39 (67-66-68-70, 271, -17)
• Farmers Insurance Open: 1 (69-65-72-69, 275, -13)
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: 3 (65-70-66, 201, -15)
• Cognizant Classic: T28 (67-68-70-70, 275, -9)
• Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: T52 (74-68-76-76, 294, +6)
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Missed Cut (70-77, 147, +3)
• Masters Tournament: T12 (70-73-74-72, 289, +1)
• RBC Heritage: T49 (69-73-70-69, 281, -3)
• Wells Fargo Championship: 67 (76-74-74-77, 301, +17)
• PGA Championship: Missed Cut (76-77, 153, +11)
• the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: Missed Cut (77-75, 152, +8)
• U.S. Open: 5 (67-70-69-71, 277, -3)
• Travelers Championship: T16 (71-65-62-68, 266, -14)
• Genesis Scottish Open: Missed Cut (74-70, 144, +4)
• The Open: T50 (72-72-77-72, 293, +9)

2023-24 DP World Tournaments

• AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open: Missed Cut (70-76, 146, +2)
• Porsche Singapore Classic: 5 (68-68-71-67, 274, -14)
• ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP: T30 (68-68-64-73, 273, -7)