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28 - 01 Jul 2007
Le Golf National, Paris, France
Qualifier James Kamte from South Africa and Welshman Kyron Sullivan share the first round lead in the Open de France ALSTOM with six under par 65s at Le Golf National.
First played:1906 (part of The European Tour since 1972)
England’s Simon Khan put his signature to the day’s best score by two strokes and was rewarded with the halfway lead in the €4,000,000 Open de France ALSTOM at a cold and breezy Le Golf National on the outskirts of Versailles.
• The Open de France ALSTOM is not only the oldest National Open Championship on Continental Europe, dating back to 1906, but also the richest, with a prize fund of €4,000,000.
Accuracy from the tee, control from the fairways and patience around the greens are the three keys a player will need to possess to unlock the door to success in this week’s Open de France ALSTOM at the stunning Golf National course to the south west of Paris.
Reuters - England's Graeme Storm came from five strokes behind overnight to win the Open de France ALSTOM title by a shot from 54-hole leader, Denmark's Søren Hansen.
CourseOpened – 1990Course Designer – Hubert Chesneau with Robert Van Hagge as a consultant.Special Features - Stadium style course with lots of elevated viewing positions. Water is very much a feature especially over the closing holes which are something of an amphitheatre with water coming in to play on 13,
Reuters – Denmark’s Søren Hansen is hoping history repeats itself after taking a one shot lead after the third round of the Open de France ALSTOM at Le Golf National.
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