After finishing third in the 2023 PGA TOUR University ranking – behind Åberg and NCAA champion Fred Biondi – Dumont de Chassart won in his pro debut on the Korn Ferry Tour. He finished second the following week, clinching his PGA TOUR card in almost unprecedented fashion. They were the first of a record six consecutive top-10s on the Korn Ferry Tour, a run that, like Åberg, put him in the conversation for one of Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup selections.
His upbringing magnified those characteristics as well. Dumont de Chassart’s father, Arnaud, didn’t let him use a driver until he was below a 30 handicap. So, instead of chasing speed as a youngster, Dumont de Chassart refined his short game. He played well enough to earn the driver by age 11, but the unfamiliarity with the club persisted into college. It was a relatively simple choice to attend Illinois. Small had previously recruited Dumont de Chassart’s fellow countrymen Thomas Detry and Thomas Pieters, who spoke highly of the program.
Just two weeks after his career at Illinois ended with a loss in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I team championship, Dumont de Chassart shot 65 in the final round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX in June to make it into a playoff with Josh Teater. De Chassart won with par on the first playoff hole.