The Thai Thongchai Jaidee won yesterday in Guyancourt for the 100th French Open on the selective course of the Albatros of the national golf course, which will host the Ryder Cup in 2018. 

  • Thongchai Jaidee winner of the 100th French Open and Jean Lou Charon Chairman of ffgolf - photo TPlassais / swingfeminin.com
Thongchai Jaidee, the 46-year-old Thai veteran, edged Italy's Francesco Molinari by 4 and Irish RoryMcIlroy, the tournament headliner, by 5. First French, Julien Quesne and the young Mathieu Decottignies Laffon finish 16.

 

Jaidee won the tournament mainly because of her incredible consistency, committing only one bogey during the weekend. And again, on the very last hole! Meanwhile, Korean Wang, his partner in the last game, was collecting bogeys (6) and double bogeys (1) this Sunday. 

Despite a weather that we will modestly qualify as gloomy for four days, the tournament
has been a great popular success. It must be said that the public was able to see one of the most beautiful sets
of players in France for years, with ex world n ° 1 (McIlroy, Westwood, Donald, Kaymer) and winners of Majors (McIlroy, Kaymer, Harrington, Weir, Willett, Yang, Clarke, McDowell) in shambles.

Four players who finished in the top 12, have secured their places for the British Open, which will take place in Troon in Scotland in ten days: the South Africans Brandon Stone and Richard Sterne, the Swede Alex Noren and the English Callum Shinkwin

The spectators present Thursday between holes 9 and 18 will thus have been able to notice the nice gesture of Padraig Harrington, double winner of the British Open and winner of the USPGA. barely seconds after destroying his scorecard - until under the par - with a cruel triple bogey on his last hole of the day, the Irishman kindly signed a few autographs to the children around him. High class.

Frank Crudo