PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Thomas Pieters is a homebody at heart.
It’s why the emerging European Tour star, who is making big moves toward securing his PGA Tour card this year, isn’t any closer to moving back to the United States, where he won an NCAA individual title for the University of Illinois.
Pieters, 25, loves his Belgian home.
“He’s very, very close to family,” said Mike Small, Pieters’ college coach.
With his tie for second at the Genesis Open Sunday, where he played on a sponsor’s exemption, Pieters nearly locked up special temporary PGA Tour membership.