Open de France

Cazoo Open de France
Tournament information
Standort	Paris, France
Established	1906
Course(s)	Le Golf National
Par	71
Length	7,247 yards (6,627 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$3,250,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Lu Liang-Huan (1971)
To par	−21 Seve Ballesteros (1985)
Current champion
	Ryo Hisatsune
Location map
	Le Golf National Location in France Le Golf National Location in Île-de-France

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	Standort	First	Last	Times
Racing Club de France La Boulie	Versailles	1906	1986	20
Golf de Chantilly	Chantilly, Oise	1913	1990	11
Golf du Touquet	Le Touquet	1914	1977	6
Golf de Dieppe Pourville	Dieppe	1923	1934	3
Golf de Saint-Cloud	Saint-Cloud	1926	1987	13
Golf de Saint-Germain	Saint-Germain-en-Laye	1927	1985	9
Golf de Fourqueux	Fourqueux	1929	1938	2
Golf Barrière de Deauville	Deauville	1931	1956	2
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche	1965	1982	3
Golf de Chantaco	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	1970	1970	1
Golf de Biarritz-Le Phare	Biarritz	1971	1971	1 (+2)
Golf de la Nivelle	Saint-Jean-de-Luz	1972	1972	1 (+1)
Golf de la Baule	La Baule-Escoublac	1978	1978	1
Golf Club de Lyon	Lyon	1979	2001	2
Le Golf National	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	1991	2023	29
Golf du Médoc	Le Pian-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

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Cazoo Open de France
105th	2023	Ryo Hisatsune	270	−14	2 strokes	Jordan Smith Jeff Winther	Le Golf National
104th	2022	Guido Migliozzi	268	−16	1 stroke	Rasmus Højgaard	Le Golf National
Open de France
-	2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
-	2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
Amundi Open de France
103rd	2019	Nicolas Colsaerts	272	−12	1 stroke	Joachim B. Hansen	Le Golf National
HNA Open de France
102nd	2018	Alex Norén	277	−7	1 stroke	Russell Knox Julian Suri Chris Wood	Le Golf National
101st	2017	Tommy Fleetwood	272	−12	1 stroke	Peter Uihlein	Le Golf National
Open de France
100th	2016	Thongchai Jaidee	273	−11	4 strokes	Francesco Molinari	Le Golf National
Alstom Open de France
99th	2015	Bernd Wiesberger	271	−13	3 strokes	James Morrison	Le Golf National
98th	2014	Graeme McDowell (2)	279	−5	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee Kevin Stadler	Le Golf National
97th	2013	Graeme McDowell	275	−9	4 strokes	Richard Sterne	Le Golf National
96th	2012	Marcel Siem	276	−8	1 stroke	Francesco Molinari	Le Golf National
95th	2011	Thomas Levet	277	−7	1 stroke	Mark Foster Thorbjørn Olesen	Le Golf National
94th	2010	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	273	−11	Playoff	Alejandro Cañizares Francesco Molinari	Le Golf National
Open de France Alstom
93rd	2009	Martin Kaymer	271	−13	Playoff	Lee Westwood	Le Golf National
92nd	2008	Pablo Larrazábal	269	−15	4 strokes	Colin Montgomerie	Le Golf National
91st	2007	Graeme Storm	277	−7	1 stroke	Søren Hansen	Le Golf National
90th	2006	John Bickerton	273	−11	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington	Le Golf National
Open de France
89th	2005	Jean-François Remésy (2)	273	−11	Playoff	Jean van de Velde	Le Golf National
88th	2004	Jean-François Remésy	272	−12	7 strokes	Richard Green Nick O'Hern	Le Golf National
87th	2003	Philip Golding	273	−15	1 stroke	David Howell	Le Golf National
Novotel Perrier Open de France
86th	2002	Malcolm MacKenzie	274	−14	1 stroke	Trevor Immelman	Le Golf National
85th	2001	José María Olazábal	268	−12	2 strokes	Paul Eales Costantino Rocca Greg Turner	Lyon
84th	2000	Colin Montgomerie	272	−16	2 strokes	Jonathan Lomas	Le Golf National
83rd	1999	Retief Goosen (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Greg Turner	Médoc
Peugeot Open de France
82nd	1998	Sam Torrance	276	−12	2 strokes	Olivier Edmond Massimo Florioli Mathew Goggin Bernhard Langer	Le Golf National
81st	1997	Retief Goosen	271	−17	3 strokes	Jamie Spence	Le Golf National
80th	1996	Robert Allenby	272	−16	Playoff	Bernhard Langer	Le Golf National
79th	1995	Paul Broadhurst	274	−14	8 strokes	Neal Briggs	Le Golf National
78th	1994	Mark Roe	274	−14	1 stroke	Gabriel Hjertstedt	Le Golf National
77th	1993	Costantino Rocca	273	−11	Playoff	Paul McGinley	Le Golf National
76th	1992	Miguel Ángel Martín	276	−8	2 strokes	Martin Poxon	Le Golf National
75th	1991	Eduardo Romero	281	−7	2 strokes	José María Olazábal Sam Torrance	Le Golf National
74th	1990	Philip Walton	275	−5	Playoff	Bernhard Langer	Chantilly
73rd	1989	Nick Faldo (3)	273	−7	1 stroke	Hugh Baiocchi Bernhard Langer Mark Roe	Chantilly
72nd	1988	Nick Faldo (2)	274	−6	2 strokes	Denis Durnian Wayne Riley	Chantilly
71st	1987	José Rivero	269	−19	1 stroke	Howard Clark	Saint-Cloud
70th	1986	Seve Ballesteros (4)	269	−19	1 stroke	Vicente Fernández	La Boulie
69th	1985	Seve Ballesteros (3)	263	−21	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle	Saint-Germain
68th	1984	Bernhard Langer	270	−18	1 stroke	José Rivero	Saint-Cloud
Paco Rabanne Open de France
67th	1983	Nick Faldo	277	−11	Playoff	José María Cañizares David J. Russell	La Boulie
66th	1982	Seve Ballesteros (2)	278	−10	4 strokes	Sandy Lyle	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
65th	1981	Sandy Lyle	270	−14	4 strokes	Bernhard Langer	Saint-Germain
64th	1980	Greg Norman	268	−20	10 strokes	Ian Mosey	Saint-Cloud
French Open
63rd	1979	Bernard Gallacher	284	−8	1 stroke	Willie Milne	Lyon
62nd	1978	Dale Hayes	269	−19	11 strokes	Seve Ballesteros	La Baule
61st	1977	Seve Ballesteros	282	−6	3 strokes	John Bland Antonio Garrido Manuel Piñero Ian Stanley	Le Touquet
60th	1976	Vincent Tshabalala	272	−16	2 strokes	Salvador Balbuena	Le Touquet
59th	1975	Brian Barnes	281	−3	2 strokes	Neil Coles Eamonn Darcy Dale Hayes John O'Leary	La Boulie
58th	1974	Peter Oosterhuis (2)	284	+4	2 strokes	Peter Townsend	Chantilly
57th	1973	Peter Oosterhuis	280	−4	1 stroke	Tony Jacklin	La Boulie
56th	1972	Barry Jaeckel	265	−11	Playoff	Clive Clark	La Nivelle Biarritz-Le Phare
55th	1971	Lu Liang-Huan	262	−10	2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo Vicente Fernández	Biarritz-Le Phare La Nivelle
Open de France
54th	1970	David Graham	268		1 stroke	Jean Garaïalde Florentino Molina	Chantaco Biarritz-Le Phare
53rd	1969	Jean Garaïalde	277		Playoff	Roberto De Vicenzo	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
52nd	1968	Peter Butler	272		4 strokes	Sebastián Miguel Peter Townsend	Saint-Cloud
51st	1967	Bernard Hunt	271		3 strokes	Peter Butler	Saint-Germain
50th	1966	Denis Hutchinson	274		1 stroke	Ramón Sota	La Boulie
49th	1965	Ramón Sota	268		1 stroke	Cobie Legrange	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
48th	1964	Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	272		Playoff	Cobie Legrange	Chantilly
47th	1963	Bruce Devlin	273		4 strokes	Kel Nagle	Saint-Cloud
46th	1962	Alan Murray	274		1 stroke	Bob Charles Peter Thomson	Saint-Germain
45th	1961	Kel Nagle	271		4 strokes	Peter Thomson	La Boulie
44th	1960	Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	275		3 strokes	Bill Johnston Leopoldo Ruiz	Saint-Cloud
43rd	1959	Dave Thomas	276		3 strokes	Peter Alliss	La Boulie
42nd	1958	Flory Van Donck (3)	276		Playoff	Harold Henning	Saint-Germain
41st	1957	Flory Van Donck (2)	266		8 strokes	Peter Alliss Ángel Miguel	Saint-Cloud
40th	1956	Ángel Miguel	277		4 strokes	Antonio Cerdá Flory Van Donck Trevor Wilkes	Deauville
39th	1955	Byron Nelson	271		2 strokes	Harry Weetman	La Boulie
38th	1954	Flory Van Donck	275		1 stroke	Aldo Casera Norman Von Nida	Saint-Cloud
37th	1953	Bobby Locke (2)	276		2 strokes	Max Faulkner	La Boulie
36th	1952	Bobby Locke	268		8 strokes	Antonio Cerdá	Saint-Germain
35th	1951	Hassan Hassanein	273		8 strokes	Jimmy Adams	Saint-Cloud
34th	1950	Roberto De Vicenzo	279		5 strokes	Marcelino Morcillo	Chantilly
33rd	1949	Ugo Grappasonni	275		4 strokes	Marcel Dallemagne	Saint-Germain
32nd	1948	Firmin Cavalo Jr.	287		2 strokes	Pierre Hausséguy	Saint-Cloud
31st	1947	Henry Cotton (2)	285		3 strokes	John Knipe	Chantilly
30th	1946	Henry Cotton	269		15 strokes	Flory Van Donck	Saint-Cloud
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
29th	1939	Martin Pose	285		1 stroke	Tom Odams	Le Touquet
28th	1938	Marcel Dallemagne (3)	282		5 strokes	Pierre Hausséguy	Fourqueux
27th	1937	Marcel Dallemagne (2)	278		3 strokes	Leonard Crawley (a)	Chantilly
26th	1936	Marcel Dallemagne	277		Playoff	Henry Cotton	Saint-Germain
25th	1935	Sid Brews (2)	293		3 strokes	Aubrey Boomer	Le Touquet
24th	1934	Sid Brews	284		2 strokes	Aubrey Boomer Auguste Boyer	Dieppe
23rd	1933	Bert Gadd	283		3 strokes	Auguste Boyer Marcel Dallemagne	Chantilly
22nd	1932	Arthur Lacey	295		4 strokes	René Golias	Saint-Cloud
21st	1931	Aubrey Boomer (5)	291		2 strokes	Percy Alliss Tomas Genta	Deauville
20th	1930	Ernest Whitcombe	282		1 stroke	Auguste Boyer	Dieppe
19th	1929	Aubrey Boomer (4)	283		Playoff	Archie Compston	Fourqueux
18th	1928	Cyril Tolley (a) (2)	283		1 stroke	Henry Kinch	La Boulie
17th	1927	George Duncan (2)	299		2 strokes	Aubrey Boomer	Saint-Germain
16th	1926	Aubrey Boomer (3)	280		5 strokes	Abe Mitchell	Saint-Cloud
15th	1925	Arnaud Massy (4)	291		Playoff	Archie Compston	Chantilly
14th	1924	Cyril Tolley (a)	290		3 strokes	Walter Hagen	La Boulie
13th	1923	James Ockenden	288		2 strokes	Jack Gaudin	Dieppe
12th	1922	Aubrey Boomer (2)	286		9 strokes	Eugène Lafitte	La Boulie
11th	1921	Aubrey Boomer	284		Playoff	Arnaud Massy	Le Touquet
10th	1920	Walter Hagen	298		Playoff	Eugène Lafitte	La Boulie
1915–1919: No tournament due to World War I
9th	1914	James Douglas Edgar	288		6 strokes	Harry Vardon	Le Touquet
8th	1913	George Duncan	304		3 strokes	James Braid	Chantilly
7th	1912	Jean Gassiat	289		1 stroke	Harry Vardon	La Boulie
6th	1911	Arnaud Massy (3)	284		7 strokes	Ted Ray	La Boulie
5th	1910	James Braid	298		2 strokes	Arnaud Massy	La Boulie
4th	1909	John Henry Taylor (2)	293		1 stroke	James Braid	La Boulie
3rd	1908	John Henry Taylor	300		4 strokes	Arnaud Massy Charles Mayo	La Boulie
2nd	1907	Arnaud Massy (2)	298		2 strokes	Jean Gassiat	La Boulie
1st	1906	Arnaud Massy	292		11 strokes	Tom Vardon	La Boulie

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Informations sur l'Open de France sur le site de la FFG" (in French). Fédération Française de Golf. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
^ "Golf: l'Open de France déplacé dans le calendrier et dégradé" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ "A message from European Tour Chief Executive Keith Pelley". European Tour. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ "Record / The Open - Open de France". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
^ "French Open | Tour Results - Winners | Where2Golf".

External links

Official website (in French)
Coverage on the European Tour's official site

48°45′08″N 2°05′06″E / 48.7522°N 2.0851°E / 48.7522; 2.0851

[1] "Informations sur l'Open de France sur le site de la FFG" (in French). Fédération Française de Golf. Retrieved 2022-05-17.

[2] "Golf: l'Open de France déplacé dans le calendrier et dégradé" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[3] "A message from European Tour Chief Executive Keith Pelley". European Tour. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[4] "Record / The Open - Open de France". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

[5] "French Open | Tour Results - Winners | Where2Golf".

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