Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is a golfer who is attracting a lot of attention, securing a PGA Tour card for next year. Playing on a prestigious tour like the PGA is certainly the dream of every golfer, including a 24-year-old. The Danish golfer excelled at the last DP World Tour Championship, fighting for the trophy alongside McIlroy and Matthew Fitzpatrick. Although he did not manage to win, he left a positive impression on the Northern Irish golfer who had nothing but praise for the young Dane.
Rory McIlroy, speaking to the media, pointed out that he was looking forward to playing with Rasmus, given that he had heard many positive things about him.
Its amazing. I was really looking forward to playing with Rasmus today because I heard so many good things about him. He went through college system, played at Oklahoma, overlapped a little bit with Viktor [Hovland] at Viktors time at Oklahoma, he said in his press conference after losing out to Fitzpatrick.
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I guess hes been on the radar of a lot of people for the last year, and I thought his attitude today was good. He didnt get off to the best of starts, but he hung in there and he played a great back nine to give himself a chance to win the golf tournament."
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The Northern Irish golfer emphasizes that Rasmus has a bright future ahead of him, drawing a parallel with Ludvig Aberg, who came to the PGA Tour a few years ago and showed that he really belongs at the very top of golf.
The 36-year-old is looking forward to such players as they will further strengthen the European team that wants to win at the next editions of the Ryder Cup. We'll see how much this young golfer really progresses and whether he'll be part of the Ryder Cup in two years.
