Pro’s raw interview reveals he debated giving up

“You’ve been on the Challenge Tour this year, but have played so well these past two weeks. How do you explain that?”

“I don’t know, I think it’s been coming a little bit,” Bjerregaard said. “I had three top 10s on the Challenge Tour before last week, so game’s obviously been trending a bit. Before that, there wasn’t much pointing in the direction of any good result. I think I was maybe on the verge of giving up the game a little bit, and I think that’s helped me to just go out there and play a little more carefree and not worry too much about it.”

He’s right about the top 10s — starting last month at the Black Desert NI Open, Bjerregaard’s tied for seventh, eighth, eighth again and second. But that had followed a 2023 campaign where he had just one top 25. And 2022 and 2021 seasons where he had three.  

“If you don’t mind, could you tell us about the last few years? When it’s not going well, what’s that like?”

“I’m not sure what the reason is,” Bjerregaard said. “I think it’s a bit of a snowball effect with many things. I think my technique hasn’t been good enough, and my confidence sure as anything hasn’t been anywhere near where it was back in my prime. It’s been tough, no doubt. I felt very alone. I felt very much looking for answers and not finding anything and it felt the more I tried, the less success I had. Start of the year, I hurt my back vacuuming at home and I had two, two and a half months where I couldn’t play, and it was a pretty dark time where I thought about maybe doing something else than playing golf, so again, maybe I had to get there before I could start playing better again.” 

“You said you almost quit the game. What gave you the motivation to keep going?”

“Probably my wife and kids,” Bjerregaard said. “Most of the things I do is for them. They’ve supported me, and I think it would be wrong to give up. My wife has stood behind me through all of this, and it’s been tough as a family to go through it, but she believes in me and I’ve got a good group of people at home believing in me and helping me out as much as they can, and I think I owe it to give it my all.”

Bjerregaard’s wife is Henriette; his children are Josephine and Noah. 

“Thanks for being so open and honest. It’s great to see you playing well. Good luck, Lucas.” 

“Thank you.” 

Nick Piastowski

Golf.com Editor

Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash away his score. You can reach out to him about any of these topics — his stories, his game or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.