Open de France

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Open de France

Trophy presentation at the 2013 Open de France
Tournament information
Location	Paris, France
Established	1906
Course(s)	Le Golf National
Par	71
Length	7,331 yards (6,703 m)
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
Bernd Wiesberger

Paris

Location in 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.

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). The prize fund in 2015 was €3 million.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Alstom Open de France
2015	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria	Le Golf National	271	−13	3 strokes	James Morrison
2014	Graeme McDowell (2)	Northern Ireland	Le Golf National	279	−5	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee Kevin Stadler
2013	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	Le Golf National	275	−9	4 strokes	Richard Sterne
2012	Marcel Siem	Germany	Le Golf National	276	−8	1 stroke	Francesco Molinari
2011	Thomas Levet	France	Le Golf National	277	−7	1 stroke	Mark Foster Thorbjørn Olesen
2010	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	Le Golf National	273	−11	Playoff	Alejandro Cañizares Francesco Molinari
Open de France Alstom
2009	Martin Kaymer	Germany	Le Golf National	271	−13	Playoff	Lee Westwood
2008	Pablo Larrazábal	Spain	Le Golf National	269	−15	4 strokes	Colin Montgomerie
2007	Graeme Storm	England	Le Golf National	277	−7	1 stroke	Søren Hansen
2006	John Bickerton	England	Le Golf National	273	−11	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington
Open de France
2005	Jean-François Remésy (2)	France	Le Golf National	273	−11	Playoff	Jean van de Velde
2004	Jean-François Remésy	France	Le Golf National	272	−12	7 strokes	Richard Green Nick O'Hern
2003	Philip Golding	England	Le Golf National	273	−15	1 stroke	David Howell
Novotel Perrier Open de France
2002	Malcolm MacKenzie	England	Le Golf National	274	−14	1 stroke	Trevor Immelman
2001	José María Olazábal	Spain	Lyon	268	−12	2 strokes	Paul Eales Costantino Rocca Greg Turner
2000	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	Le Golf National	272	−16	2 strokes	Jonathan Lomas
1999	Retief Goosen (2)	South Africa	Médoc	272	−12	Playoff	Greg Turner
Peugeot Open de France
1998	Sam Torrance	Scotland	Le Golf National	276	−12	2 strokes	Olivier Edmond Massimo Florioli Mathew Goggin Bernhard Langer
1997	Retief Goosen	South Africa	Le Golf National	271	−17	3 strokes	Jamie Spence
1996	Robert Allenby	Australia	Le Golf National	272	−16	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
1995	Paul Broadhurst	England	Le Golf National	274	−14	8 strokes	Neal Briggs
1994	Mark Roe	England	Le Golf National	274	−14	1 stroke	Gabriel Hjertstedt
1993	Costantino Rocca	Italy	Le Golf National	273	−11	Playoff	Paul McGinley
1992	Miguel Ángel Martín	Spain	Le Golf National	276	−8	2 strokes	Martin Poxon
1991	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	Le Golf National	281	−7	2 strokes	José María Olazábal Sam Torrance
1990	Philip Walton	Ireland	Chantilly	275	−5	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
1989	Nick Faldo (3)	England	Chantilly	273	−7	1 stroke	Hugh Baiocchi Bernhard Langer Mark Roe
1988	Nick Faldo (2)	England	Chantilly	274	−6	2 strokes	Dennis Durnian Wayne Riley
1987	José Rivero	Spain	Saint-Cloud	269	−19	1 stroke	Howard Clark
1986	Seve Ballesteros (4)	Spain	La Boulie	269	−19	1 stroke	Vicente Fernández
1985	Seve Ballesteros (3)	Spain	Saint-Germain	263	−21	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle
1984	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	Saint-Cloud	270	−18	1 stroke	José Rivero
Paco Rabanne Open de France
1983	Nick Faldo	England	La Boulie	277	−11	Playoff	José Maria Cañizares David J Russell
1982	Seve Ballesteros (2)	Spain	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche	278	−10	4 strokes	Sandy Lyle
1981	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	Saint-Germain	270	−14	4 strokes	Bernhard Langer
1980	Greg Norman	Australia	Saint-Cloud	268	−20	10 strokes	Ian Mosey
French Open
1979	Bernard Gallacher	Scotland	Lyon	284	−8	1 stroke	William Milne
1978	Dale Hayes	South Africa	La Baule	269	−19	11 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
1977	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Le Touquet	282	−6	3 strokes	John Bland Antonio Garrido Manuel Piñero Ian Stanley
1976	Vincent Tshabalala	South Africa	Le Touquet	272	−16	2 strokes	Salvador Balbuena
1975	Brian Barnes	Scotland	La Boulie	281	−7	2 strokes	Neil Coles Eamonn Darcy Dale Hayes John O'Leary
1974	Peter Oosterhuis (2)	England	Chantilly	284	+4	2 strokes	Peter Townsend
1973	Peter Oosterhuis	England	La Boulie	280	−4	1 stroke	Tony Jacklin
1972	Barry Jaeckel	United States	Biarritz & La Nivelle	265	−23	Playoff	Clive Clark

Pre-European Tour

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Runner(s)-up
French Open
1971	Lu Liang-Huan	Taiwan	Biarritz & La Nivelle	262 (−10)	Roberto De Vicenzo, Vicente Fernández
Open de France
1970	David Graham	Australia	Biarritz & Chantaco	268	Jean Garaïalde, Florentino Molina
1969	Jean Garaïalde	France	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche	277 PO	Roberto De Vicenzo
1968	Peter Butler	England	Saint-Cloud	272	Sebastián Miguel, Peter Townsend
1967	Bernard Hunt	England	Saint-Germain	271	Peter Butler
1966	Denis Hutchinson	South Africa	La Boulie	274	Ramón Sota
1965	Ramón Sota	Spain	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche	268	Cobie Legrange
1964	Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	Argentina	Chantilly	272PO	Cobie Legrange
1963	Bruce Devlin	Australia	Saint-Cloud	273	Kel Nagle
1962	Alan Murray	Australia	Saint-Germain	274	Peter Thomson, Bob Charles
1961	Kel Nagle	Australia	La Boulie	271	Peter Thomson
1960	Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	Argentina	Saint-Cloud	275	Leopoldo Ruiz, Bill Johnston
1959	Dave Thomas	Wales	La Boulie	276	Peter Alliss
1958	Flory Van Donck (3)	Belgium	Saint-Germain	276PO	Harold Henning
1957	Flory Van Donck (2)	Belgium	Saint-Cloud	266	Peter Alliss, Ángel Miguel
1956	Ángel Miguel	Spain	Deauville	277	Antonio Cerdá, Trevor Wilkes, Flory Van Donck
1955	Byron Nelson	United States	La Boulie	271	Harry Weetman
1954	Flory Van Donck	Belgium	Saint-Cloud	275	Aldo Casera, Norman Von Nida
1953	Bobby Locke (2)	South Africa	La Boulie	276	Max Faulkner
1952	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Saint-Germain	268	Antonio Cerdá
1951	Hassan Hassanein	Egypt	Saint-Cloud	278	Jimmy Adams
1950	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	Chantilly	279
1949	Ugo Grappasonni	Italy	Saint-Germain	275
1948	Firmin Cavalo	France	Saint-Cloud	287
1947	Henry Cotton (2)	England	Chantilly	285	John Knipe
1946	Henry Cotton	England	Saint-Cloud	269	Flory Van Donck
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Martin Pose	Argentina	Le Touquet	285	Tom Odams
1938	Marcel Dallemagne (3)	France	Fourqueux	282	Pierre Hausséguy
1937	Marcel Dallemagne (2)	France	Saint-Cloud	278	Leonard Crawley (amateur)
1936	Marcel Dallemagne	France	Saint-Germain	277 PO	Henry Cotton
1935	Sid Brews (2)	South Africa	Le Touquet	293	Aubrey Boomer, Mark Seymour
1934	Sid Brews	South Africa	Dieppe	284	Aubrey Boomer, Auguste Boyer
1933	Bert Gadd	England	Chantilly	283	Auguste Boyer, Marcel Dallemagne
1932	Arthur Lacey	England	Saint-Cloud	295	René Golias
1931	Aubrey Boomer (5)	Jersey	Deauville	291	Tomas Genta, Percy Alliss
1930	Ernest Whitcombe	England	Dieppe	282	Auguste Boyer
1929	Aubrey Boomer (4)	Jersey	Fourqueux	283	Archie Compston
1928	Cyril Tolley (amateur) (2)	England	La Boulie	283	Aubrey Boomer, Ernest Whitcombe, Henry Kinch, Henry Cotton
1927	George Duncan (2)	Scotland	Saint-Germain	299	Aubrey Boomer
1926	Aubrey Boomer (3)	Jersey	Saint-Cloud	280	Abe Mitchell
1925	Arnaud Massy (4)	France	Chantilly	291 PO	Archie Compston
1924	Cyril Tolley (amateur)	England	La Boulie	290	Walter Hagen
1923	James Ockenden	England	Dieppe	288	Jack Gaudin
1922	Aubrey Boomer (2)	Jersey	La Boulie	286	Eugène Laffitte
1921	Aubrey Boomer	Jersey	Le Touquet	284 PO	Arnaud Massy
1920	Walter Hagen	United States	La Boulie	298 PO	Eugène Laffitte
1915–19: No tournament due to World War I
1914	James Douglas Edgar	England	Le Touquet	288	Harry Vardon
1913	George Duncan	Scotland	Chantilly	304	James Braid
1912	Jean Gassiat	France	La Boulie	289	Harry Vardon
1911	Arnaud Massy (3)	France	La Boulie	284	Ted Ray
1910	James Braid	Scotland	La Boulie	298	Arnaud Massy
1909	John Henry Taylor (2)	England	La Boulie	293	James Braid
1908	John Henry Taylor	England	La Boulie	300	Arnaud Massy, Charles Mayo
1907	Arnaud Massy (2)	France	La Boulie	298	Jean Gassiat
1906	Arnaud Massy	France	La Boulie	292	Tom Vardon

External links

• Official website (English) and (French)
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site