Open de France Winners and History

The Open de France is the oldest national golf open in continental Europe, having been inaugurated in 1906. It has been on the European Tour schedule since that tour’s beginning in 1972.

Since 1991, the Open de France has been held at Le Golf National every year but 1999 and 2001.

In recent years, the Fédération Française de Golf has worked 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 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). For 2010 and 2011 the prize fund was reduced to €3 million.

England’s Aubrey Boomer holds the record with five French Open titles, with the last coming in 1931. Seve Ballesteros won four.

Of interest to American audiences is that Byron Nelson won the title in 1955.

Title Sponsor Alstom is a French multinational corporation which focuses on electricity and rail transport.

A complete list of Open de France winners follows:

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin
Open de France
2022	Guido Migliozzi	268	-16	1 stroke
2021	COVID
2020	COVID
Amundi Open De France
2019	Nicolas Colsaerts	272	−12	1 stroke
HNA Open de France
2018	Alex Norén	277	−7	1 stroke
2017	Tommy Fleetwood	272	−12	1 stroke
Open de France
2016	Thongchai Jaidee	273	−11	4 strokes
Alstom Open de France
2015	Bernd Wiesberger	271	−13	3 strokes
2014	Graeme McDowell (2)	279	−5	1 stroke
2013	Graeme McDowell	275	−9	4 strokes
2012	Marcel Siem	276	−8	1 stroke
2011	Thomas Levet	277	−7	1 stroke
2010	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	273	−11	Playoff
Open de France Alstom
2009	Martin Kaymer	271	−13	Playoff
2008	Pablo Larrazábal	269	−15	4 strokes
2007	Graeme Storm	277	−7	1 stroke
2006	John Bickerton	273	−11	1 stroke
Open de France
2005	Jean-François Remésy (2)	273	−11	Playoff
2004	Jean-François Remésy	272	−12	7 strokes
2003	Philip Golding	273	−15	1 stroke
Novotel Perrier Open de France
2002	Malcolm MacKenzie	274	−14	1 stroke
2001	José María Olazábal	268	−12	2 strokes
2000	Colin Montgomerie	272	−16	2 strokes
1999	Retief Goosen (2)	272	−12	Playoff
Peugeot Open de France
1998	Sam Torrance	276	−12	2 strokes
1997	Retief Goosen	271	−17	3 strokes
1996	Robert Allenby	272	−16	Playoff
1995	Paul Broadhurst	274	−14	8 strokes
1994	Mark Roe	274	−14	1 stroke
1993	Costantino Rocca	273	−11	Playoff
1992	Miguel Ángel Martín	276	−8	2 strokes
1991	Eduardo Romero	281	−7	2 strokes
1990	Philip Walton	275	−5	Playoff
1989	Nick Faldo (3)	273	−7	1 stroke
1988	Nick Faldo (2)	274	−6	2 strokes
1987	José Rivero	269	−19	1 stroke
1986	Seve Ballesteros (4)	269	−19	1 stroke
1985	Seve Ballesteros (3)	263	−21	2 strokes
1984	Bernhard Langer	270	−18	1 stroke
Paco Rabanne Open de France
1983	Nick Faldo	277	−11	Playoff
1982	Seve Ballesteros (2)	278	−10	4 strokes
1981	Sandy Lyle	270	−14	4 strokes
1980	Greg Norman	268	−20	10 strokes
French Open
1979	Bernard Gallacher	284	−8	1 stroke
1978	Dale Hayes	269	−19	11 strokes
1977	Seve Ballesteros	282	−6	3 strokes
1976	Vincent Tshabalala	272	−16	2 strokes
1975	Brian Barnes	281	−3	2 strokes
1974	Peter Oosterhuis (2)	284	4	2 strokes
1973	Peter Oosterhuis	280	−4	1 stroke
1972	Barry Jaeckel	265	−11	Playoff
1971	Lu Liang-Huan	262	−10	2 strokes
Open de France
1970	David Graham	268		1 stroke
1969	Jean Garaïalde	277		Playoff
1968	Peter Butler	272		4 strokes
1967	Bernard Hunt	271		3 strokes
1966	Denis Hutchinson	274		1 stroke
1965	Ramón Sota	268		1 stroke
1964	Roberto De Vicenzo (3)	272		Playoff
1963	Bruce Devlin	273		4 strokes
1962	Alan Murray	274		1 stroke
1961	Kel Nagle	271		4 strokes
1960	Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	275		3 strokes
1959	Dave Thomas	276		3 strokes
1958	Flory Van Donck (3)	276		Playoff
1957	Flory Van Donck (2)	266		8 strokes
1956	Ángel Miguel	277		4 strokes
1955	Byron Nelson	271		2 strokes
1954	Flory Van Donck	275		1 stroke
1953	Bobby Locke (2)	276		2 strokes
1952	Bobby Locke	268		8 strokes
1951	Hassan Hassanein	273		8 strokes
1950	Roberto De Vicenzo	279		5 strokes
1949	Ugo Grappasonni	275		4 strokes
1948	Firmin Cavalo Jr.	287		2 strokes
1947	Henry Cotton (2)	285		3 strokes
1946	Henry Cotton	269		15 strokes
1940 – 1945	No Tournament WWII
1939	Martin Pose	285		1 stroke
1938	Marcel Dallemagne (3)	282		5 strokes
1937	Marcel Dallemagne (2)	278		3 strokes
1936	Marcel Dallemagne	277		Playoff
1935	Sid Brews (2)	293		3 strokes
1934	Sid Brews	284		2 strokes
1933	Bert Gadd	283		3 strokes
1932	Arthur Lacey	295		4 strokes
1931	Aubrey Boomer (5)	291		2 strokes
1930	Ernest Whitcombe	282		1 stroke
1929	Aubrey Boomer (4)	283		Playoff
1928	Cyril Tolley (a) (2)	283		1 stroke
1927	George Duncan (2)	299		2 strokes
1926	Aubrey Boomer (3)	280		5 strokes
1925	Arnaud Massy (4)	291		Playoff
1924	Cyril Tolley (a)	290		3 strokes
1923	James Ockenden	288		2 strokes
1922	Aubrey Boomer (2)	286		9 strokes
1921	Aubrey Boomer	284		Playoff
1920	Walter Hagen	298		Playoff
1915-1919	No Tournament – WWI
1914	James Douglas Edgar	288		6 strokes
1913	George Duncan	304		3 strokes
1912	Jean Gassiat	289		1 stroke
1911	Arnaud Massy (3)	284		7 strokes
1910	James Braid	298		2 strokes
1909	John Henry Taylor (2)	293		1 stroke
1908	John Henry Taylor	300		4 strokes
1907	Arnaud Massy (2)	298		2 strokes
1906	Arnaud Massy	292		11 strokes