Michael Kim continues his love affair with the Open de France while Adrien Saddier and Scott Jamieson delight the fans with two hole out eagles.
Here's what you need to know from day one at the 2026 FedEx Open de France.
New course, same Michael Kim
Defending champion Michael Kim may have been playing a different course than the one he claimed his FedEx Open de France title, but that didn't seem to matter.
The American opened with a bogey-free 63 around his first trip at Le Golf National to open up a two shot lead after the first round.
In the build up to his defence he admitted that some of the shots over water on the back nine were "Intimidating" but he did not look to be overawed as he made eight birdies and surged to the top of the early leaderboard.
"Just a dream start," he said afterwards. "All parts of my game were really good, especially my irons and my putting.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start."
Adrien Saddier provides late fireworks
The Frenchman was waiting in the middle of the fairway with playing partners in trouble, when he told them "it's okay, I'll just go."
It turned out to be the perfect number for his 7-iron, holing out for eagle at the last with his four-year-old son by the green. What a moment!
Jamieson lands a big bird
The good times keep on coming for Scott Jamieson. After ending a near 14-year wait for a win at the Nexo Championship en route to winning the Closing Swing, the Scot on Thurdsay holed from 163 yards for an improbable eagle.
No luck for Guido
Guido Migliozzi hit one of the most memorable shots of recent years on the DP World Tour to birdie the last when he won this title in 2022 and he nearly had another that would live long in the memory in round one. But sometimes the golfing Gods are not with you.
More chips than a fish supper
It seemed that nobody had any interest in using a putter in round one. They just kept chipping in.
Rudy's long journey
Rudy Sautron has flown over 4,000 miles from the University of Tennessee to play at his national open this week but he is still nearly 6,000 miles from home. The 21-year-old hails from La Réunion, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean which has an area of less than 1,000 square miles and a population of less than a million. A Department of France, it is so far away from the capital that the flight from Paris to Saint-Denis is the longest domestic flight on earth at 5,800 miles and just under 12 hours. His first ever round on the DP World Tour may not have gone quite to plan but he did have something to celebrate with this putt on the third - not quite 6,000 miles but a long one nonetheless.
