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Open de France |
| Open de France | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Paris, France |
| Established | 1906 |
| Course(s) | Le Golf National |
| Par | 71 |
| Yardage | 7,225 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | € 4,000,000 |
| Month Played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Lu Liang-Huan (1971) |
| To-par | -21 S Ballesteros (1985) |
| Current champion | |
 Pablo Larrazábal |
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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 has risen from €865,000 in 1999 to €4 million from 2006, which puts 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.
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Open de France Alstrom | ||
| 2008 | Pablo Larrazábal |
269 (-15) |
| 2007 |  Graeme Storm |
277 (-7) |
| 2006 | John Bickerton |
273 (-11) |
| Open de France | ||
| 2005 | Jean-François Remésy |
273 (-11)PO |
| 2004 | Jean-François Remésy |
272 (-12) |
| 2003 | Philip Golding |
273 (-15) |
| Novotel Perrier Open de France | ||
| 2002 | Malcolm MacKenzie |
274 (-14) |
| 2001 | José María Olazábal |
268(-12) |
| 2000 |  Colin Montgomerie |
272 (-16) |
| 1999 |  Retief Goosen |
272 (-12)PO |
| Peugeot Open de France | ||
| 1998 | Sam Torrance |
276 (-12) |
| 1997 | Retief Goosen |
271 (-17) |
| 1996 |  Robert Allenby |
272 (-16)PO |
| 1995 | Paul Broadhurst |
274 (-14) |
| 1994 | Mark Roe |
274 (-14) |
| 1993 |  Costantino Rocca |
273(-11)PO |
| 1992 | Miguel Ángel Martín |
276 (-8) |
| 1991 |  Eduardo Romero |
281 (-7) |
| 1990 |  Philip Walton |
275 (-5)PO |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo |
273 (-7) |
| 1988 | Nick Faldo |
274 (-6) |
| 1987 | José Rivero |
269 (-19) |
| 1986 | Seve Ballesteros |
269 (-19) |
| 1985 | Seve Ballesteros |
263 (-21) |
| 1984 |  Bernhard Langer |
270 (-18) |
| Paco Rabanne Open de France | ||
| 1983 | Nick Faldo |
277 (-11)PO |
| 1982 | Seve Ballesteros |
278 (-10) |
| 1981 | Sandy Lyle |
270 (-14) |
| 1980 | Greg Norman |
268 (-20) |
| French Open | ||
| 1979 | Bernard Gallacher |
284 (-8) |
| 1978 |  Dale Hayes |
269 (-19) |
| 1977 | Seve Ballesteros |
282 (-6) |
| 1976 | Vincent Tshabalala |
272 (-16) |
| 1975 | Brian Barnes |
281 (-7) |
| 1974 | Peter Oosterhuis |
284 (+4) |
| 1973 | Peter Oosterhuis |
280 (-4) |
| 1972 |  Barry Jaeckel |
265 (-7)PO |
| 1971 |  Lu Liang-Huan |
262 (-10) |
| Open de France | ||
| 1970 | David Graham |
268 |
| 1969 | Jean Garaialde |
277 PO |
| 1968 | Peter Butler |
272 |
| 1967 | Bernard Hunt |
271 |
| 1966 | Denis Hutchinson |
274 |
| 1965 |  Ramón Sota |
268 |
| 1964 | Roberto DeVicenzo |
272 |
| 1963 | Bruce Devlin |
273 |
| 1962 | Alan Murray |
274 |
| 1961 | Kel Nagle |
271 |
| 1960 | Roberto DeVicenzo |
275 |
| 1959 |  Dave Thomas |
276 |
| 1958 | .svg){kind=small} Flory Van Donck |
276 |
| 1957 | Flory Van Donck |
266 |
| 1956 | Angel Miguel |
277 |
| 1955 |  Byron Nelson |
271 |
| 1954 | Flory Van Donck |
275 |
| 1953 | Bobby Locke |
276 |
| 1952 | Bobby Locke |
268 |
| 1951 |  Hassan Hassanein |
278 |
| 1950 | Roberto DeVicenzo |
279 |
| 1949 | Ugo Grappasonni |
275 |
| 1948 | Firmin Cavalo |
287 |
| 1947 | Henry Cotton |
285 |
| 1946 | Henry Cotton |
269 |
| 1940-45 | No tournament due to World War II | |
| 1939 | Martin Pose |
285 |
| 1938 | Marcel Dallemagne |
282 |
| 1937 | Marcel Dallemagne |
278 |
| 1936 | Marcel Dallemagne |
277 PO |
| 1935 | Sid Brews |
293 |
| 1934 | Sid Brews |
284 |
| 1933 | Bert Gadd |
283 |
| 1932 | Arthur Lacey |
295 |
| 1931 | Aubrey Boomer |
291 |
| 1930 | Ernest Whitcombe |
282 |
| 1929 | Aubrey Boomer |
283 |
| 1928 | Cyril Tolley (amateur) |
283 |
| 1927 | George Duncan |
299 |
| 1926 | Aubrey Boomer |
280 |
| 1925 | Arnaud Massy |
291 |
| 1924 | Cyril Tolley (amateur) |
290 |
| 1923 | James Ockenden |
288 |
| 1922 | Aubrey Boomer |
286 |
| 1921 | Aubrey Boomer |
284 PO |
| 1920 | Walter Hagen |
298 PO |
| 1915-19 | No tournament due to World War I | |
| 1914 | James Douglas Edgar |
288 |
| 1913 | George Duncan |
304 |
| 1912 | Jean Gassiat |
289 |
| 1911 | Arnaud Massy |
284 |
| 1910 | James Braid |
298 |
| 1909 | John Henry Taylor |
293 |
| 1908 | John Henry Taylor |
300 |
| 1907 | Arnaud Massy |
298 |
| 1906 | Arnaud Massy |
292 |
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