- Open de France
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Open de France Tournament information Location 
Paris, FranceEstablished 1906 Course(s) Le Golf National Par 71 Length 7,300 yards Tour(s) European Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund € 3,000,000 Month played July Tournament record score Aggregate 262 Lu Liang-Huan (1971) To par -23 Barry Jaeckel (1972) Current champion Thomas LevetThe Open de France is a European Tour golf tournament. Inaugurated in 1906 it is the oldest national open in Continental Europe and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour's inception in 1972.
Originally played at La Boulie Golf Club, the tournament has been hosted by many different venues, but since 1991, it has been held at the Le Golf National near Paris every year except for 1999 and 2001.
Since the turn of the Millennium the Fédération Française de Golf has made a concerted effort to enhance the stature of the event. One of these measures included the dropping of title sponsorship from 2003. In 2004 qualifying tournaments were introduced on the model of those for The Open Championship and the U.S. Open and are open to professionals and amateurs. The prize fund rose from €865,000 in 1999 to €4 million from 2006 to 2009, putting the Open de France in the top group of European Tour events (excluding the majors and the World Golf Championships, which are co-sanctioned by the U.S. based PGA Tour). For 2010 and 2011 the prize fund was reduced to €3 million.
Winners
Year Venue Winner Score Runner(s)-up Alstom Open de France 2011 Le Golf National Thomas Levet277 (−7) 
Mark Foster, 
Thorbjørn Olesen2010 Le Golf National 
Miguel Ángel Jiménez273 (−11)PO Alejandro Cañizares, 
Francesco MolinariOpen de France ALSTOM 2009 Le Golf National 
Martin Kaymer 271 (−13)PO Lee Westwood2008 Le Golf National Pablo Larrazábal 269 (−15) 
Colin Montgomerie2007 Le Golf National Graeme Storm 277 (−7) Søren Hansen2006 Le Golf National John Bickerton 273 (−11) 
Pádraig HarringtonOpen de France 2005 Le Golf National Jean-François Remésy 273 (−11)PO Jean van de Velde2004 Le Golf National Jean-François Remésy 272 (−12) 
Richard Green, Nick O'Hern2003 Le Golf National Philip Golding 273 (−15) David HowellNovotel Perrier Open de France 2002 Le Golf National Malcolm MacKenzie 274 (−14) 
Trevor Immelman2001 Lyon Villette José María Olazábal 268(−12) 
Greg Turner, Paul Eales, Costantino Rocca2000 Le Golf National Colin Montgomerie 272 (−16) Jonathan Lomas1999 Pian Médoc Retief Goosen 272 (−12)PO Greg TurnerPeugeot Open de France 1998 Le Golf National Sam Torrance 276 (−12) Massimo Florioli, Bernhard Langer,
Mathew Goggin, Olivier Edmond1997 Le Golf National Retief Goosen 271 (−17) Jamie Spence1996 Le Golf National Robert Allenby 272 (−16)PO Bernhard Langer1995 Le Golf National Paul Broadhurst 274 (−14) Neal Briggs1994 Le Golf National Mark Roe 274 (−14) 
Gabriel Hjertstedt1993 Le Golf National Costantino Rocca 273(−11)PO Paul McGinley1992 Le Golf National Miguel Ángel Martín 276 (−8) Martin Poxon1991 Le Golf National 
Eduardo Romero 281 (−7) José María Olazábal, Sam Torrance1990 Chantilly Philip Walton 275 (−5)PO Bernhard Langer1989 Chantilly Nick Faldo 273 (−7) 
Hugh Baiocchi, Mark Roe, Bernhard Langer1988 Chantilly Nick Faldo 274 (−6) Dennis Durnian, Wayne Riley1987 Saint-Cloud José Rivero 269 (−19) Howard Clark1986 La Boulie Seve Ballesteros 269 (−19) Vicente Fernández1985 Saint-Germain Seve Ballesteros 263 (−21) Sandy Lyle1984 Saint-Cloud Bernhard Langer 270 (−18) José RiveroPaco Rabanne Open de France 1983 La Boulie Nick Faldo 277 (−11)PO José Maria Cañizares, David J Russell1982 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Seve Ballesteros 278 (−10) Sandy Lyle1981 Saint-Germain Sandy Lyle 270 (−14) Bernhard Langer1980 Saint-Cloud Greg Norman 268 (−20) Ian MoseyFrench Open 1979 Lyon Bernard Gallacher 284 (−8) William Milne1978 La Baule Dale Hayes 269 (−19) 
Seve Ballesteros1977 Le Touquet Seve Ballesteros 282 (−6) Antonio Garrido, Manuel Piñero,
John Bland, Ian Stanley1976 Le Touquet Vincent Tshabalala 272 (−16) 
Salvador Balbuena1975 La Boulie Brian Barnes 281 (−7) Neil Coles, Eamonn Darcy,
Dale Hayes, John O'Leary1974 Chantilly Peter Oosterhuis 284 (+4) Peter Townsend1973 La Boulie Peter Oosterhuis 280 (−4) Tony Jacklin1972 Biarritz La Nivelle 
Barry Jaeckel 265 (−23)PO Clive Clark1971 Biarritz 
Lu Liang-Huan 262 (−10) Roberto De Vicenzo, Vicente FernándezOpen de France 1970 Chantaco David Graham 268 Jean Garaïalde, Florentino Molina1969 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Jean Garaïalde 277 PO Roberto De Vicenzo1968 Saint-Cloud Peter Butler 272 1967 Saint-Germain Bernard Hunt 271 Peter Butler1966 La Boulie Denis Hutchinson 274 1965 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Ramón Sota 268 Cobie LeGrange1964 Chantilly Roberto De Vicenzo 272PO Cobie LeGrange1963 Saint-Cloud Bruce Devlin 273 Kel Nagle1962 Saint-Germain Alan Murray 274 Peter Thomson, Bob Charles1961 La Boulie Kel Nagle 271 Peter Thomson1960 Saint-Cloud Roberto De Vicenzo 275 Leopoldo Ruiz, Bill Johnston1959 La Boulie 
Dave Thomas 276 Peter Alliss1958 Saint-Germain 
Flory Van Donck 276PO Harold Henning1957 Saint-Cloud Flory Van Donck 266 1956 Deauville Ángel Miguel 277 Antonio Cerdá, Trevor Wilkes, Flory Van Donck1955 La Boulie 
Byron Nelson 271 Harry Weetman1954 Saint-Cloud Flory Van Donck 275 Aldo Casera, Norman Von Nida1953 La Boulie Bobby Locke 276 Max Faulkner1952 Saint-Germain Bobby Locke 268 Antonio Cerdá1951 Saint-Cloud 
Hassan Hassanein 278 1950 Chantilly Roberto De Vicenzo 279 1949 Saint-Germain Ugo Grappasonni 275 1948 Saint-Cloud Firmin Cavalo 287 1947 Chantilly Henry Cotton 285 1946 Saint-Cloud Henry Cotton 269 1940–45 No tournament due to World War II 1939 Le Touquet Martin Pose 285 1938 Fourqueux Marcel Dallemagne 282 1937 Saint-Cloud Marcel Dallemagne 278 1936 Saint-Germain Marcel Dallemagne 277 PO 1935 Le Touquet Sid Brews 293 1934 Dieppe Sid Brews 284 1933 Chantilly Bert Gadd 283 1932 Saint-Cloud Arthur Lacey 295 1931 Deauville Aubrey Boomer 291 Tomas Genta1930 Dieppe Ernest Whitcombe 282 1929 Fourqueux Aubrey Boomer 283 1928 La Boulie Cyril Tolley (amateur) 283 1927 Saint-Germain George Duncan 299 1926 Saint-Cloud Aubrey Boomer 280 1925 Chantilly Arnaud Massy 291 1924 La Boulie Cyril Tolley (amateur) 290 1923 Dieppe James Ockenden 288 1922 La Boulie Aubrey Boomer 286 1921 Le Touquet Aubrey Boomer 284 PO 1920 La Boulie Walter Hagen 298 PO 1915–19 No tournament due to World War I 1914 Le Touquet James Douglas Edgar 288 1913 Chantilly George Duncan 304 1912 La Boulie Jean Gassiat 289 1911 La Boulie Arnaud Massy 284 1910 La Boulie James Braid 298 1909 La Boulie John Henry Taylor 293 1908 La Boulie John Henry Taylor 300 1907 La Boulie Arnaud Massy 298 Jean Gassiat1906 La Boulie Arnaud Massy 292 External links
- Official website (English) and (French)
- Coverage on the European Tour's website
Categories:- European Tour events
- Golf tournaments in France
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