Dates: Thursday, May 4th through Sunday, May 7th
Site: Le Golf National (Albatross course), Paris, France
Course Architect: Hubert Chesneau (1990)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,098
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 416 Yds 10 - Par 4 377 Yds
2 - Par 3 202 Yds 11 - Par 3 192 Yds
3 - Par 5 530 Yds 12 - Par 4 438 Yds
4 - Par 4 438 Yds 13 - Par 4 410 Yds
5 - Par 4 405 Yds 14 - Par 5 552 Yds
6 - Par 4 377 Yds 15 - Par 4 399 Yds
7 - Par 4 443 Yds 16 - Par 3 175 Yds
8 - Par 3 197 Yds 17 - Par 4 470 Yds
9 - Par 5 563 Yds 18 - Par 5 514 Yds
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36 3,571 Yds 36 3,527 Yds
Annual: 84th
Defending Champion: Retief Goosen
Runner-Up: Greg Turner
Tournament Record: 262 (Lu Liang Huan, 1971)
Course Record: 63 (Paul Broadhurst, 1995; Steven Richardson, Paul McGinley,
Miles Tunnicliff, 1996)
Total Purse: $1,099,084 (1,200,000-euros)
Shares: 1st Place - $178,733; 2nd Place - 119,084; 3rd Place - 67,155
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Retief Goosen * 272 Eamonn Darcy 276
Greg Turner 272 Jorge Berendt 276
Santiago Luna 275 Marc Farry 277
Jose Coceres 275 Marc Pendaries 277
Ian Woosnam 276 Andrew Sherborne 277
Emanuele Canonica 277
* - Won in playoff.
Past Novotel Perrier Open de France Winners
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1999 -- *Retief Goosen (272) 1998 -- Sam Torrance (276)
1997 -- Retief Goosen (271) 1996 -- *Robert Allenby (272)
1995 -- Paul Broadhurst (274) 1994 -- Mark Roe (274)
1993 -- *Costantino Rocca (273) 1992 -- Miguel Angel Martin (276)
1991 -- Eduardo Romero (281) 1990 -- *Philip Walton (275)
1989 -- Nick Faldo (273) 1988 -- Nick Faldo (274)
1987 -- Jose Rivero (269) 1986 -- Seve Ballesteros (269)
1985 -- Seve Ballesteros (263) 1984 -- Bernhard Langer (270)
1983 -- *Nick Faldo (277) 1982 -- Seve Ballesteros (278)
1981 -- A.Lyle (270) 1980 -- Greg Norman (268)
1979 -- Bernhard Gallacher (284) 1978 -- D.Hayes (269)
1977 -- Seve Ballesteros (282) 1976 -- V.Tshabalala (272)
1975 -- Brian Barnes (281) 1974 -- Peter Oosterhuis (284)
1973 -- Peter Oosterhuis (280) 1972 -- *Barry Jaeckel (265)
1971 -- Lu Liang Huan (262) 1970 -- David Graham (268)
1969 -- J.Garaialde (277) 1968 -- P.J. Butler (272)
1967 -- B.J. Hunt (271) 1966 -- D.J. Hutchinson (274)
1965 -- R.Sota (268) 1964 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (272)
1963 -- Bruce Devlin (273) 1962 -- A.Murray (274)
1961 -- Kel Nagle (271) 1960 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (275)
1959 -- D.C. Thomas (276) 1958 -- F.van Donck (276)
1957 -- F.van Donck (266) 1956 -- A.Miguel (277)
1955 -- Byron Nelson (271) 1954 -- F.van Donck (275)
1953 -- Bobby Locke (276) 1952 -- Bobby Locke (268)
1951 -- H.Hassanein (278) 1950 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (279)
1949 -- U.Grappasonni (275) 1948 -- F.Cavalo (287)
1947 -- Henry Cotton (285) 1946 -- Henry Cotton (269)
1945 -- Not Held 1944 -- Not Held
1943 -- Not Held 1942 -- Not Held
1941 -- Not Held 1940 -- Not Held
1939 -- M.Pose (285) 1938 -- M.Dallemagne (282)
1937 -- M.Dallegmagne (278) 1936 -- M.Dallemagne (277)
1935 -- S.F. Brews (293) 1934 -- S.F. Brews (284)
1933 -- B.Gadd (283) 1932 -- A.J. Lacey (295)
1931 -- A.Boomer (291) 1930 -- E.R. Whitcombe (282)
1929 -- A.Boomer (283) 1928 -- @C.Tolley (283)
1927 -- George Duncan (299) 1926 -- A.Boomer (280)
1925 -- Arnaud Massy (291) 1924 -- @C.Tolley (290)
1923 -- J.Ockenden (288) 1922 -- A.Boomer (286)
1921 -- A.Boomer (284) 1920 -- Walter Hagen (298)
1919 -- Not Held 1918 -- Not Held
1917 -- Not Held 1916 -- Not Held
1915 -- Not Held 1914 -- J.D. Edgar (288)
1913 -- George Duncan (304) 1912 -- J.Gassiat (289)
1911 -- Arnaud Massy (284) 1910 -- James Braid (298)
1909 -- J.H. Taylor (293) 1908 -- J.H. Taylor (300)
1907 -- Arnaud Massy (298) 1906 -- Arnaud Massy (292)
* - won in playoff.
@ - amateur.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Retief Goosen - Defending champion, has 5 top-20 finishes this year
Michael Campbell - 3rd on Volvo Order of Merit with a pair of wins
Jose Coceres - Won Dubai Desert Classic, 6th on money list
Brian Davis - Won last week's Spanish Open for 1st career win
Mathias Gronberg - 12th on money list with one win and two top-10's
Paul McGinley - Shares the course record of 63, 4 top-10 finishes
Colin Montgomerie - Finished fifth last week with four rounds under par
David Park - Has made the cut in eight of 10 events, one top-10
Lucas Parsons - Won Holden International, 9th on money list
Eduardo Romero - Tied for 3rd last week, has finished 3rd 3 times in 2000
Jarmo Sandelin - Broke par only once last week in four rounds
Jean Van de Velde - Tied for 19th at Masters, missed the cut at Dunhill
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