Won his first Challenge Tour title on home soil at the 2017 Hauts de France Golf Open, en route to graduating to the European Tour by finishing sixth in the Road to Ras Al Khaimah.

That was the second time he graduated from the second tier, having earned a debut campaign on the European Tour by finishing 16th in the 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings.

Comes from a family with a rich sporting pedigree: his grandfather was a fencing world champion; his grandmother played basketball for France; his mother played basketball in the French First Division; and his father played football in the French Second Division.

First took up golf at primary school and soon got down to scratch, enjoying a superb amateur career which culminated his victory at the 2006 Amateur Championship.