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Sunday 26 June 2005European TourYear in Review
Remesy wins Open de France
Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 June 2005 · Jean-Francois Remesy’s win no. 3 on the European Tour · purse €3,500,000 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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/17°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/15°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 3.2 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
- Jean Van de Velde FRA · 273led by one playing the 72nd but hooked his drive to the edge of the lake, took a penalty drop and bogeyed; in the play-off he went over the green into reeds and made a triple-bogey seven Jean-Francois Remesy beats Jean Van de Velde in playoff - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 85 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Open de France
Le Golf National, Le Golf National, Guyancourt, France
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jean-Francois Remesy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport
26 June 2005
It's a great moment for France, for golf and for life,
BBC Sport
26 June 2005
I managed to finish on top but Jean played really fantastic today. We had to have a winner and fortunately for me it was me.
BBC Sport
26 June 2005
I had a good chance and couldn't close it out but I am pretty tough with myself. I have to look at it in a different way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Francois Remesy | 68 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Jean Van de Velde | 64 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | Soren Hansen | 65 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Peter O'Malley | 69 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Gregory Havret | 70 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Francois Delamontagne | 67 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Richard Finch | 73 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Eduardo Romero | 70 · 62 · 72 · 76 | 280 | |
| T8 | Jose Maria Olazabal | 69 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 280 | |
| T8 | Jonathan Lomas | 65 · 69 · 71 · 75 | 280 | |
| T8 | Anders Hansen | 67 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 280 | |
| T8 | Bradley Dredge | 67 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 280 |
The golfer
born 1964-06-05, Nîmes, France; FRA; turned pro 1987; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 165 that week (OWGR rankBefore 165 (rankAfter 97) per OWGR player profile events table 2005).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet