Matthieu Pavon's mother, Béatrice, promised Tuesday that she would go this week to kiss the oak tree located near the old driving range. She had made the wish that her son would one day be invited to compete with the best in the sanctuary of American golf.

Pavon: “I think she's part of our history and it's best that she stays here forever.” While waiting for a possible Pavon saga at Augusta, the Bordelais will experience the great thrill this Thursday at the start of the 1 (1 p.m. in Augusta, 7 p.M. in… The 25th player in the world discovered, at the age of 31, the most selective tournament on the golf planet. Between excitement and ambition. The French number one sees even further. “It will be quite impossible to find this piece,” Pavon whispered the new star of French golf. ‘I'll probably bury one somewhere to wish my son (Aaron) would come play here someday in the next twenty or thirty years...’