Open de France explained

Cazoo Open de France
Location:Paris, France
Establishment:1906
Course:Le Golf National
Par:71
Yardage:7247yd
Tour:European Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:September
Aggregate:262 Lu Liang-Huan (1971)
To-Par:−21 Seve Ballesteros (1985)
Current Champion: Ryo Hisatsune
Map:France#France Île-de-France
Map Label:Le Golf National
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:48.7522°N 2.0851°W

The 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. The 100th edition of the event was held in 2016. The 2022 edition will take place between 22 and 25 September on the Golf National course.[1] There will be €3 million of prize fund. Last edition played was the 2019 tournament, won by Nicolas Colsaerts.

Originally played at La Boulie, 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. In 2004 qualifying tournaments were introduced on the model of those for The Open Championship and the U.S. Open and were 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). The prize fund was €3 million in 2015 and €3.5 million in 2016. It rose to US$7,000,000 in 2017 after joining the new Rolex Series. However the main sponsor of 2017 and 2018 editions: HNA decided to cancel its budget. In 2019, the tournament took place in October. Since then it has no longer been a Rolex Series event.[2] From 2014 to 2018, it was one of the Open Qualifying Series events for The Open Championship with the leading three (four in 2016) players, who had not already qualified, qualifying for the Open. With a new sponsor for 2022 (Cazoo) the prize fund was €3,000,000.

Venues

Venue Location First Last Times
Racing Club de France La Boulie 1906 1986 20
Golf de Chantilly1913 1990 11
Golf du Touquet 1914 1977 6
Golf de Dieppe Pourville 1923 1934 3
Golf de Saint-Cloud1926 1987 13
Golf de Saint-Germain 1927 1985 9
Golf de Fourqueux 1929 1938 2
Golf Barrière de Deauville 1931 1956 2
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche1965 1982 3
Golf de Chantaco 1970 1970 1
Golf de Biarritz-Le Phare 1971 1971 1 (+2)
Golf de la Nivelle 1972 1972 1 (+1)
Golf de la Baule 1978 1978 1
Golf Club de Lyon 1979 2001 2
1991 2023 29
Golf du Médoc 1999 1999 1

From 1970 to 1973 the first two rounds were played on two different courses, everyone playing one round on each course. After the cut, one of the courses was then used for the final two rounds. In 1970 Chantaco and Biarritz-Le Phare were used, with the final two rounds played at Chantaco. In 1971 La Nivelle and Biarritz-Le Phare were used, with the final two rounds played at Biarritz-Le Phare. In 1972 La Nivelle and Biarritz-Le Phare were used, with the final two rounds played at La Nivelle. In 1973, two courses at La Boulie were used, La Foret and La Vallee, with the final two rounds played on La Vallee.

Winners

European Tour (Rolex Series) 2017–2018
European Tour (Regular) 1972–2016, 2019−
Pre-European Tour 1906–1971
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Cazoo Open de France
105th270 −14 2 strokes Le Golf National
104th268 −16 1 stroke Le Golf National
Open de France
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2020
Amundi Open de France
103rd272 −12 1 stroke Le Golf National
HNA Open de France
102nd277 −7 1 stroke Le Golf National
101st272 −12 1 stroke Le Golf National
Open de France
100th273 −11 4 strokes Le Golf National
Alstom Open de France
99th271 −13 3 strokes Le Golf National
98th Graeme McDowell (2) 279 −5 1 stroke Le Golf National
97th275 −9 4 strokes Le Golf National
96th276 −8 1 stroke Le Golf National
95th277 −7 1 stroke Le Golf National
94th273 −11 Playoff Le Golf National
Open de France Alstom
93rd271 −13 Playoff Le Golf National
92nd269 −15 4 strokes Le Golf National
91st277 −7 1 stroke Le Golf National
90th273 −11 1 stroke Le Golf National
Open de France
89th Jean-François Remésy (2) 273 −11 Playoff Le Golf National
88th272 −12 7 strokes Le Golf National
87th273 −15 1 stroke Le Golf National
Novotel Perrier Open de France
86th274 −14 1 stroke Le Golf National
85th268 −12 2 strokes Lyon
84th272 −16 2 strokes Le Golf National
83rd Retief Goosen (2) 272 −12 Playoff Médoc
Peugeot Open de France
82nd276 −12 2 strokes Le Golf National
81st271 −17 3 strokes Le Golf National
80th272 −16 Playoff Le Golf National
79th274 −14 8 strokes Le Golf National
78th274 −14 1 stroke Le Golf National
77th273 −11 Playoff Le Golf National
76th276 −8 2 strokes Le Golf National
75th281 −7 2 strokes Le Golf National
74th275 −5 Playoff Chantilly
73rd Nick Faldo (3) 273 −7 1 stroke Chantilly
72nd Nick Faldo (2) 274 −6 2 strokes Chantilly
71st269 −19 1 stroke Saint-Cloud
70th Seve Ballesteros (4) 269 −19 1 stroke La Boulie
69th Seve Ballesteros (3) 263 −21 2 strokes Saint-Germain
68th270 −18 1 stroke Saint-Cloud
Paco Rabanne Open de France
67th277 −11 Playoff La Boulie
66th Seve Ballesteros (2) 278 −10 4 strokes Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
65th270 −14 4 strokes Saint-Germain
64th268 −20 10 strokes Saint-Cloud
French Open
63rd284 −8 1 stroke Lyon
62nd269 −19 11 strokes La Baule
61st282 −6 3 strokes Le Touquet
60th272 −16 2 strokes Le Touquet
59th281 −3 2 strokes La Boulie
58th Peter Oosterhuis (2) 284 +4 2 strokes Chantilly
57th280 −4 1 stroke La Boulie
56th265 −11 Playoff La Nivelle
Biarritz-Le Phare
55th1971 262 −10 2 strokes Biarritz-Le Phare
La Nivelle
Open de France
54th1970 268 1 stroke Chantaco
Biarritz-Le Phare
53rd1969 277 Playoff Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
52nd1968 272 4 strokes Saint-Cloud
51st1967 271 3 strokes Saint-Germain
50th1966 274 1 stroke La Boulie
49th1965 268 1 stroke Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
48th1964 Roberto De Vicenzo (3) 272 Playoff Chantilly
47th1963 273 4 strokes Saint-Cloud
46th1962 274 1 stroke Saint-Germain
45th1961 271 4 strokes La Boulie
44th1960 Roberto De Vicenzo (2) 275 3 strokes Saint-Cloud
43rd1959 276 3 strokes La Boulie
42nd1958 Flory Van Donck (3) 276 Playoff Saint-Germain
41st1957 Flory Van Donck (2) 266 8 strokes Saint-Cloud
40th1956 277 4 strokes Deauville
39th1955 271 2 strokes La Boulie
38th1954 275 1 stroke Saint-Cloud
37th1953 Bobby Locke (2) 276 2 strokes La Boulie
36th1952 268 8 strokes Saint-Germain
35th1951 273 8 strokes Saint-Cloud
34th1950 279 5 strokes Chantilly
33rd1949 275 4 strokes Saint-Germain
32nd1948 287 2 strokes Saint-Cloud
31st1947 Henry Cotton (2) 285 3 strokes Chantilly
30th1946 269 15 strokes Saint-Cloud
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
29th1939 285 1 stroke Le Touquet
28th1938 Marcel Dallemagne (3) 282 5 strokes Fourqueux
27th1937 Marcel Dallemagne (2) 278 3 strokes Leonard Crawley (a) Chantilly
26th1936 277 Playoff Saint-Germain
25th1935 Sid Brews (2) 293 3 strokes Le Touquet
24th1934 284 2 strokes Dieppe
23rd1933 283 3 strokes Chantilly
22nd1932 295 4 strokes Saint-Cloud
21st1931 Aubrey Boomer (5) 291 2 strokes Deauville
20th1930 282 1 stroke Dieppe
19th1929 Aubrey Boomer (4) 283 Playoff Fourqueux
18th1928 Cyril Tolley (a) (2) 283 1 stroke La Boulie
17th1927 George Duncan (2) 299 2 strokes Saint-Germain
16th1926 Aubrey Boomer (3) 280 5 strokes Saint-Cloud
15th1925 Arnaud Massy (4) 291 Playoff Chantilly
14th1924 Cyril Tolley (a) 290 3 strokes La Boulie
13th1923 288 2 strokes Dieppe
12th1922 Aubrey Boomer (2) 286 9 strokes La Boulie
11th1921 284 Playoff Le Touquet
10th1920 298 Playoff La Boulie
1915–1919: No tournament due to World War I
9th1914 288 6 strokes Le Touquet
8th1913 304 3 strokes Chantilly
7th1912 289 1 stroke La Boulie
6th1911 Arnaud Massy (3) 284 7 strokes La Boulie
5th1910 298 2 strokes La Boulie
4th1909 John Henry Taylor (2) 293 1 stroke La Boulie
3rd1908 300 4 strokes La Boulie
2nd1907 Arnaud Massy (2) 298 2 strokes La Boulie
1st1906 292 11 strokes La Boulie
Sources:[4] [5]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Informations sur l'Open de France sur le site de la FFG . Fédération Française de Golf . 2022-05-17 . fr.
  2. Web site: Golf: l'Open de France déplacé dans le calendrier et dégradé . Agence France-Presse . 30 October 2018 . fr . 29 October 2018.
  3. Web site: A message from European Tour Chief Executive Keith Pelley . European Tour . April 17, 2020 . April 17, 2020.
  4. Web site: Record / The Open - Open de France . 2016-05-13 . 2016-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605011617/http://www.opendefrance.fr/aodf_en/The-Open/Record . dead .
  5. Web site: French Open | Tour Results - Winners | Where2Golf.