Victor Perez admits he is a 'little sour' after missing out on Olympic medal on home soil

Roared on by a partisan crowd, Perez charged through the field with a closing 63 at Le Golf National last week but finished a shot behind bronze medal winner Hideki Matsuyama.

The 31-year-old is one of 21 Paris Olympians to have immediately made the journey to North Carolina for the final event of the PGA Tour's regular season, with the top 70 in the standings on Sunday advancing to the FedEx Cup play-offs.

Perez starts the week in 70th position, just three points ahead of Davis Riley in 71st and eight clear of Andrew Putnam in 72nd.

"I had a very good week last week, very happy with everything,“ Perez said in his pre-event press conference at Sedgefield Country Club.

"I think the turnout with the crowds and everything was probably what most of us didn't expect, so it was great that a lot of people showed up for the golf.

"I think the crowd pushing me on for four days was something that I never experienced as strongly with the French fans because the French Open's obviously not as big as the Olympics.

"I was quite happy to make a run, but still, you know, whether you look at it positively or negatively, it's still a little sour to not have gotten the medal, which would have been the best (result) in a sense."

Asked if he had previous experience of the kind of position he finds himself in on the FedEx Cup standings, Perez added: "Yeah, I have actually.

"I think when I got on the Challenge Tour in Europe, my first year (2017) I was like 16th going into the final and top 15 would get their cards.

"I remember just absolutely crumbling the last week and not getting my card, finishing 18th.

"Looking back in hindsight, I think it was probably great that I didn‘t get my card and I was able to get another year on the Challenge Tour, I finished third and then I did end up getting my card.

"I can draw back from those experiences and look at this week with a little bit less pressure than I would have if I was 22 years old, where you feel like every week is do or die.

"Obviously making the play-offs is important, but I think making the top 50 (in the FedEx Cup) is probably even more important with everything that comes with it.

"I think we've seen how much this year the Signature Events have an impact. Having played well in Canada and getting into two Signature Events on either side of the US Open has really put me in a place where I'm competitive for the play-offs."