LeMesurier: I am better now than ever before

In 2004 Martin LeMesurier was a regular on the European Tour having come second in the Challenge Tour rankings the previous season. However, three years later he had lost his passion to play and quit professional golf, seemingly for good.

That was until last summer when, unable to find work and with renewed desire, he made a return to the game at PGA EuroPro Tour Qualifying School.

Twice in 2003 LeMesurier was victorious on the Challenge Tour and nine top-ten finishes helped him earn his European Tour card for 2004. His BGC British Masters win at Lingfield Park earlier this month was his first professional title since returning to the game.

“I got a bit fed up with it all I suppose, like you might do with any job,” he said when reflecting on his decision to opt for a change in career.

“I didn’t really know what I was doing or where I was going. I lost all of my confidence and I was just playing for the sake of playing really. I was spending money that I couldn’t really afford to spend, so I decided to hang up the clubs.

“At the time I didn’t anticipate coming back to professional golf to be honest, but I had little chance of getting another job so I picked the clubs up again about 12 months ago.

“I wanted to come back, that was the main thing. Not being able to get a job pushed me to get back into it and once I had decided I was going to return to golf I did actually want it and I felt it was something I did want to do again.”

It hasn’t taken long for LeMesurier to readapt to the rigours of professional golf. Alongside his win at Lingfield Park, the Winchester man achieved three top-ten finishes from the seven EuroPro Tour events he played in 2011. Last summer also marked a return to the Challenge Tour for LeMesurier, with two appearances in the competition he once excelled in, including a tied-fifth finish at the English Challenge.

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