French International Amateur Championship Explained
| French International Amateur Championship |
| Establishment: | 1904 |
| Org: | Fédération française de golf |
| Lang: | uk |
| Format: | 72-hole stroke play |
| Month Played: | May |
| Current Champion: |  Carl Siemens |
The French International Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament that is held in France and organised by the Fédération Française de Golf.[1]
The French Open Amateur Championship was established in 1904 and used match play format. In 1986, a national open amateur 72-hole stroke play championship was instituted. The French Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship elevated the standing of the pre-existing Grand Prix de Chantilly, established in 1945 and held at Golf de Chantilly in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin. From this time, the match play championship was held in alternate years until 2001, after which it was discontinued. The match play returned annually for three years from 2008 to 2010 before being discontinued once more.
Trophies
The French Open Amateur Championship was played for the Trophée Gordon Bennett. When the stroke play championship began, the match play championship retained this trophy. The French Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship adopted the Grand Prix de Chantilly's Coupe Murat, named for the grandson of Joachim, 6th Prince Murat, president of Chantilly Golf Club between 1909 and 1932.[2]
In 2023, the Coupe Murat was transferred to the French Open Mid-Amateur Championship, for over 35s,[3] and the Trophée Gordon Bennett returned to the men's open amateur.[4] [5]
Winners
French International Amateur Championship – Trophée Gordon Bennett!Year!!Champion!!Score!!Margin
of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue!!Ref| 2023 | | 211 | 5 strokes | | Aisses | [6] | |
French Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship – Coupe Murat!Year!!Champion!!Score!!Margin
of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Ref| 2022 | | 282 (−2) | 5 strokes | | [7] |
| 2021 | | 281 (−3) | 2 strokes | | [8] |
| 2020 | No tournament | |
| 2019 | | 280 (−4) | 3 strokes | | [9] |
| 2018 | | 279 (−5) | 1 stroke | | [10] |
| 2017 | | 278 (−6) | Playoff | | [11] |
| 2016 | | 208 (−5) | Playoff | | [12] |
| 2015 | | 284 (par) | Playoff | | [13] |
| 2014 | | 277 (−7) | Playoff | | [14] |
| 2013 | | 280 (−4) | 5 strokes | | [15] |
| 2012 | | 287 (+3) | 1 stroke | | [16] |
| 2011 | | 280 (−4) | 8 strokes | | [17] |
| 2010 | | 270 (−10) | 2 strokes | | [18] |
| 2009 | | 281 (+1) | 2 strokes | | [19] |
| 2008 | | 275 (−5) | 5 strokes | | [20] |
| 2007 | | 274 (−6) | 6 strokes | | [21] |
| 2006 | | 278 (−2) | 6 strokes | | [22] |
| 2005 | | | | | [23] |
| 2004 | | | | | |
| 2003 | | | | | |
| 2002 | | | | | |
| 2001 | | | | | |
| 2000 | | | | | |
| 1999 | | | | | |
| 1998 | | | | | |
| 1997 | | | | | |
| 1996 | | | | | |
| 1995 | | | | | |
| 1994 | | | | | | - | 1994 | | 206 (−10) | 4 strokes | | [24] --> |
| 1993 | | | | | |
| 1992 | | | | | |
| 1991 | | | | | |
| 1990 | | | | | |
| 1989 | | | | | |
| 1988 | | | | | [25] |
| 1987 | | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | | | |
French Open Amateur Match Play Championship – Trophée Gordon Bennett!Year!!Champion!!Score!!Runner(s)-up!!Venue!!Ref| 2010 |  Clément Berardo | 10 and 8 | Franck Daux | Saint-Germain | |
| 2009 | Thomas Elissalde | 5 and 4 |  Ken Benz | Saint-Cloud | |
| 2008 | | 5 and 4 | Jérôme Lando-Casanova | Fontainebleau | |
| 2002–2007 | Not held | |
| 2001 | Christian Bindslev | 4 and 3 | Charles-Édouard Russo | Médoc | |
| 2000 | Not held | |
| 1999 | Sébastian Branger | 4 and 3 | Neil Pabari | Seignosse | |
| 1998 | Not held | |
| 1997 | | 9 and 8 | Gary Birch | Palmola | |
| 1996 | Not held | |
| 1995 | Christophe Ravetto | 2 and 1 | | Médoc | |
| 1994 | Not held | |
| 1993 | | 4 and 3 | | Wantzenau | |
| 1992 | Not held | |
| 1991 |  Philip Johns | 3 and 2 | | Le Golf National | |
| 1990 | Not held | |
| 1989 |  Gary Shemano | 6 and 5 |  Sauli Mäkiluoma | Morfontaine | |
| 1988 | Not held | |
| 1987 | | 4 and 3 | Éric Giraud | Nîmes Campagne | |
| 1986 | Not held | |
| 1985 |  Ramy Taher | 2 and 1 | | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |
| 1984 | | 3 and 2 | John Baldwin | Chantilly | |
| 1983 |  Sergio Prati | 2 holes | | Fontainebleau | |
| 1982 | | 6 and 5 | Martial Papineau | Morfontaine | |
| 1981 | | 3 and 2 | Kai Flint | Le Touquet | |
| 1980 | | 4 and 2 | John Kelly | Chantilly | |
| 1979 | | 3 and 2 | Sven Boinet | Saint-Germain | |
| 1978 | | 4 and 3 | Lorenzo Silva | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |
| 1977 | | 37th hole | Michel Gayon | Saint-Cloud | |
| 1976 | | 1 hole | Viet Pagel | Morfontaine | |
| 1975 | | 3 and 2 | | Fontainebleau | |
| 1974 | | 4 and 3 |  Neville Sundelson | Le Touquet | |
| 1973 | | 1 hole | | Chantilly | |
| 1972 | Roger Lagarde | 6 and 5 | | Morfontaine | |
| 1971 | Jean-Charles Desbordes | 4 and 3 | Didier Charmat | Deauville | |
| 1970 | Reginald Taylor | 7 and 6 | Didier Charmat | Chantilly | |
| 1969 | | 37th hole | Rodney Gorton | La Boulie | |
| 1968 | Not held | |
| 1967 | | 3 and 2 | | Morfontaine | |
| 1966 | | 6 and 5 | Patrick Cros | Chantilly | |
| 1965 | | 8 and 7 | Robert Nouel | Saint-Cloud | |
| 1964 | Jim Bostwick | 8 and 7 |  Paul Rolin | Deauville | |
| 1963 | | 41st hole | | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |
| 1962 | | 3 and 1 | David Goldman | Chantilly | |
| 1961 | | 2 holes | William Pearce | Deauville | |
| 1960 | | 4 and 2 | John Dawson | Morfontaine | |
| 1959 | | 9 and 7 | Paul Coste | Saint-Germain | |
| 1958 | | 4 and 3 | Tim Holland | Deauville | |
| 1957 | | 7 and 6 | Ken Smith | Chantilly | |
| 1956 | | 1 hole | Franco Bevione | La Boulie | |
| 1955 | | 5 and 4 | Don Bisplinghoff | Chantilly | |
| 1954 | | 4 and 3 | Clarke Hardwicke | Saint-Germain | |
| 1953 | Roger Lagarde | 2 and 1 | Harry Bentley | Chantilly | |
| 1952 | | 4 and 3 | | Morfontaine | |
| 1951 | Robert Knowles | 3 and 2 | | Chantilly | |
| 1950 | | 3 and 2 | | Saint-Germain | |
| 1949 | | 3 and 1 | | Saint-Cloud | |
| 1948 | | 2 and 1 | | Chantilly | |
| 1947 | | 2 and 1 | | Morfontaine | |
| 1946 | | 3 and 2 | Henri Alibaux | Chantilly | |
| 1940–1945 | Not held | |
| 1939 | | 5 and 4 | | Saint-Germain | |
| 1938 | Robert Dunkelberger | 3 and 2 | Arnold Bentley | Dieppe | |
| 1937 | | 1 hole | | Morfontaine | |
| 1936 | | 4 and 2 | | Le Touquet | |
| 1935 |  Luis de Arana | 1 hole | | Morfontaine | |
| 1934 | | 2 holes | | Chiberta | |
| 1933 | | 10 and 9 | George Dixon | Fourqueux | |
| 1932 | | 7 and 6 | | Le Touquet | |
| 1931 | | 4 and 3 | Cyril Hardman | Granville | |
| 1930 | | 9 and 8 | R. G. Morrison | La Boulie | |
| 1929 | Jack Westland | 6 and 5 | Richard Fletcher | Chantilly | |
| 1928 | Thomas Bourn | 8 and 7 | Arthur Vincent | Saint-Germain | |
| 1927 | John Mellor | 4 and 2 | Harry Van Brower | Wimereux | |
| 1926 | John Anderson | 10 and 9 | W. L. Richard | Saint-Cloud | |
| 1925 | André Vagliano | 6 and 4 | André Gobert | Chantilly | |
| 1924 | John Anderson | 1 hole | | La Boulie | |
| 1923 | | 5 and 4 | | Dieppe | |
| 1922 | | 6 and 4 | Bernard Drew | Le Touquet | |
| 1921 | | 5 and 3 | David Stoner Crowther | Chantilly | |
| 1920 | | 3 and 2 | | La Boulie | |
| 1915–1919 | Not held | |
| 1914 | | 4 and 3 | Henry Topping | La Boulie | |
| 1913 | Charles Hope | 37th hole | | La Boulie | |
| 1912 | | 8 and 6 | | La Boulie | |
| 1911 | | 38th hole | John Anderson | La Boulie | |
| 1910 |  Peter Gannon | 1 hole | | La Boulie | |
| 1909 | François de Bellet | 6 and 5 | Allan Macbeth | La Boulie | |
| 1908 | Walter Pringle | 3 and 1 | Gilbert Allis | La Boulie | |
| 1907 | Sidney Chesterton | 9 and 7 | Reginald Graham | La Boulie | |
| 1906 | Reginald Graham | 11 and 10 | | La Boulie | |
| 1905 | | 7 and 5 | | La Boulie | |
| 1904 | | 9 and 7 | H. F. Overbury | La Boulie | | |
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Page accueil tournoi . Fédération française de golf . 26 May 2022 . fr . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132030/https://www.ffgolf.org/Jouer/Toutes-categories-Messieurs-Dames/National-International/Calendrier/2017/Internationaux-de-France-Messieurs-Coupe-Murat . live .
- Web site: La Murat s'offre un coup de jeune... Avec des vieux ! . 2024-02-29 . 2023-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004141529/https://www.ffgolf.org/golf-amateur/mid-amateurs/actualites/la-murat-s-offre-un-coup-de-jeune-avec-des-vieux . live .
- Web site: Internationaux de France messieurs . 10 May 2023 . French . 29 February 2024 . 9 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209181744/https://www.ffgolf.org/golf-amateur/toutes-categories/grands-tournois/internationaux-de-france-messieurs . live .
- Web site: Le grand retour du trophée Gordon Bennett . Fédération française de golf . 12 May 2023 . French . 29 February 2024 . 1 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201191821/https://www.ffgolf.org/golf-amateur/toutes-categories/actualites/le-grand-retour-du-trophee-gordon-bennett . live .
- Web site: Internationaux de France - Coupe Gordon Benett . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 1 March 2024.
- Web site: 2022 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132031/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-76346 . live .
- Web site: 2021 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132042/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-70256 . live .
- Web site: 2019 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132028/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-53430 . live .
- Web site: 2018 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132029/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-42299 . live .
- Web site: 2017 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132039/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-36840 . live .
- Web site: 2016 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 26 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526121352/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-30322 . live .
- Web site: 2015 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132034/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-16582 . live .
- Web site: 2014 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132033/https://www.wagr.com/events/internationaux-de-france---coupe-murat-13955 . live .
- Web site: 2013 Internationaux de France (Coupe Murat) . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301010819/https://www.wagr.com/events/international-de-france-%28coupe-murat%29-11254 . live .
- Web site: 2012 Internationaux de France (Coupe Murat) . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132026/https://www.wagr.com/events/international-de-france-(coupe-murat)-8617 . live .
- Web site: 2011 Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132030/https://www.wagr.com/events/coupe-murat-6263 . live .
- Web site: 2010 Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132037/https://www.wagr.com/events/coupe-murat-4288 . live .
- Web site: 2009 Coupe Murat . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132039/https://www.wagr.com/events/coupe-murat-2837 . live .
- Web site: 2008 French Open Stroke Play . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132027/https://www.wagr.com/events/french-open-stroke-play-1087 . live .
- Web site: 2007 French Amateur Stroke Play . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132041/https://www.wagr.com/events/french-amateur-stroke-play-251 . live .
- Web site: 2006 French Amateur . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132035/https://www.wagr.com/events/french-amateur-1734 . live .
- Web site: 2005 French Amateur . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2022 . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531132038/https://www.wagr.com/events/french-amateur-1601 . live .
- News: Chalmers wins French amateur . 29 February 2024 . The Age . 19 July 1994 . 50 . Newspapers.com . subscription . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301010656/https://www.newspapers.com/image/123018471/ . live .
- Web site: Golf - Den stora sporten . SGF . 26 May 2022 . 211 . 1 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210701060331/http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1#/paper/1pfc350j/211 . live .
