Open de France

Amundi Open de France

Tournament information
Location	Paris, France
Established	1906
Course(s)	Le Golf National
Par	71
Length	7,247 yards (6,627 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour (since 1972)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,600,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Lu Liang-Huan (1971)
Current champion
Nicolas Colsaerts

Le Golf National

Location in France

Open de France Trophy

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.

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. Starting in 2019, the tournament will take place in October. It also will no longer be a Rolex Series event.^[1]

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.

Venues

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

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European Tour event (1972–)

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

In the 1969 playoff Garaïalde beat De Vicenzo at the 3rd extra hole. In the 1964 playoff De Vicenzo beat Legrange at the 5th extra hole. In the 1958 playoff Van Donck beat Henning 137 to 141 in the 36-hole playoff. In the 1936 playoff Dallemagne beat Cotton 139 to 140 in the 36-hole playoff. In the 1929 playoff Boomer beat Compston 141 to 142 in the 36-hole playoff. In the 1925 playoff Massy beat Compston 143 to 150 in the 36-hole playoff. In the 1921 playoff Boomer beat Massy in the 36-hole playoff. Boomer led 139 to 146 after 33 holes before Massy conceded on the 34th hole. In the 1920 playoff Hagen beat Lafitte 149 to 154 in the 36-hole playoff.

References

External links

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