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Sunday 27 June 2004European TourYear in Review
Remésy wins Open de France
Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 June 2004 · Jean-François Remésy’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse €3,000,000 EUR
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/9°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/9°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Richard Green AUS · 279Three back starting the day and two back at the turn, he double-bogeyed the 18th after finding water for a 75 and a share of second. BBC Sport - Remesy wins French Open (Wayback Machine copy)
- Nick O'Hern AUS · 279Closed with a 68 to share second, seven behind. Remesy wins by seven shots - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 74 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France
Le Golf National (Albatross Course), Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jean-François Remésy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
27 June 2004
I started really badly today but maybe it was the best thing because I felt cramped and the double-bogey relieved me
BBC Sport
27 June 2004
Look back a few years and I could not imagine this. Other than a major I can't win anything bigger.
Golf Today
27 June 2004
After a major, I cannot win bigger. The pressure was unbelievable.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-François Remésy | 69 · 67 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Richard Green | 68 · 70 · 66 · 75 | 279 | −5 |
| T2 | Nick O'Hern | 73 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Jonathan Lomas | 73 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T4 | Graeme McDowell | 70 · 73 · 74 · 64 | 281 | −3 |
| T6 | Peter O'Malley | 73 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Ian Woosnam | 67 · 69 · 72 · 74 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 75 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 284 | |
| T8 | Marcel Siem | 71 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 284 | |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 77 · 70 · 65 · 73 | 285 | |
| T10 | Darren Fichardt | 66 · 73 · 70 · 76 | 285 | |
| T10 | Soren Hansen | 76 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 285 | |
| T10 | David Lynn | 72 · 71 · 68 · 74 | 285 |
The golfer
born 1964-06-05, Nîmes, France; FRA; turned pro 1987; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 161 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 26, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table; BBC Sport also states "ranked 161 in the world beforehand").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet