Preview - Open de France 2007

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 416 Yds	10 - Par 4 383 Yds
	2 - Par 3 210 Yds	11 - Par 3 191 Yds
	3 - Par 5 563 Yds	12 - Par 4 443 Yds
	4 - Par 4 437 Yds	13 - Par 4 427 Yds
	5 - Par 4 405 Yds	14 - Par 5 585 Yds
	6 - Par 4 383 Yds	15 - Par 4 399 Yds
	7 - Par 4 450 Yds	16 - Par 3 175 Yds
	8 - Par 3 208 Yds	17 - Par 4 484 Yds
	9 - Par 5 596 Yds	18 - Par 4 470 Yds
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	36 3,668 Yds	35 3,557 Yds

Annual:	91st
Defending Champion:	John Bickerton
Runner-Up:	Padraig Harrington
Tournament Record:	262 (Lu Liang Huan, 1971)
54-Hole Record:	194 (Seve Ballesteros, 1985)
36-Hole Record:	130 (Seve Ballesteros, 1985)
18-Hole Record:	62 (Lu Liang Huan, Vicente Fernandez, 1971 - Biarritz G.C;
	Seve Ballesteros, 1985 - Saint Germain Golf Club)
Course Record:	62 (Eduardo Romero, 2005)
Total Purse:	$5,384,960
Shares:	1st Place - $897,484; 2nd Place - $598,432; 3rd Place - $337,160

2006 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
John Bickerton	273	Anders Hansen	277
Padraig Harrington	274	Richard Green	278
Ian Poulter	276	Andrew Coltart	278
Michael Campbell	276	Peter O'Malley	278
Marcus Fraser	276	Alastair Forsyth	279
		Jose Maria Olazabal	279

Past Open de France ALSTOM Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006	John Bickerton (273) -- Padraig Harrington
2005	*Jean-Francois Remesy (273) -- Jean Van de Velde
2004	Jean-Francois Remesy (272) -- Richard Green, Nick O'Hern
2003	Philip Golding (273) -- David Howell
2002	Malcolm Mackenzie (274) -- Trevor Immelman
2001	Jose Maria Olazabal (268) -- Costantino Rocca, Greg Turner, Paul Eales
2000	Colin Montgomerie (272) -- Jonathan Lomas
1999	*Retief Goosen (272) -- Greg Turner
1998	Sam Torrance (276) -- Bernhard Langer, Matthew Goggin, Olivier Edmond,
	Massimo Florioli
1997	Retief Goosen (271) -- Jamie Spence
1996	*Robert Allenby (272) -- Bernhard Langer
1995	Paul Broadhurst (274) -- Neal Briggs
1994	Mark Roe (274) -- Gabriel Hjertstedt
1993	*Costantino Rocca (273) -- Paul McGinley
1992	Miguel Angel Martin (276) -- Martin Poxon
1991	Eduardo Romero (281) -- Sam Torrance, Jose Maria Olazabal
1990	*Philip Walton (275) -- Bernhard Langer
1989	Nick Faldo (273) -- Hugh Baiocchi, Bernhard Langer, Mark Roe
1988	Nick Faldo (274) -- Wayne Riley, Denis Durnian
1987	Jose Rivero (269) -- Howard Clark
1986	Seve Ballesteros (269) -- Vicente Fernandez
1985	Seve Ballesteros (263) -- Sandy Lyle
1984	Bernhard Langer (270) -- Jose Rivero
1983	*Nick Faldo (277) -- Jose Maria Canizares, David J. Russell
1982	Seve Ballesteros (278) -- Sandy Lyle
1981	Sandy Lyle (270) -- Bernhard Langer
1980	Greg Norman (268) -- Ian Mosey
1979	Bernard Gallacher (284) -- Willie Milne
1978	Dale Hayes (269) -- Seve Ballesteros
1977	Seve Ballesteros (282) -- John Bland, Antonio Garrido, Manuel Pinero,
	Ian Stanley
1976	Vincent Tshabalala (272) -- Salvador Balbuena
1975	Brian Barnes (281) -- Neil Coles, Eamonn Darcy, Dale Hayes,
	John O'Leary
1974	Peter Oosterhuis (284) -- Peter Townsend
1973	Peter Oosterhuis (280) -- Tony Jacklin
1972	*Barry Jaeckel (265)
1971	Lu Liang Huan (262) -- Vicente Fernandez, Roberto de Vicenzo
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	Marcel Dallemagne (282)
1937	Marcel Dallemagne (278)
1936	Marcel Dallemagne (277)
1935	S.F. Brews (293)
1934	S.F. Brews (284)
1933	B.Gadd (283)
1932	A.J. Lacey (295)
1931	Audrey Boomer (291)
1930	E.R. Whitcombe (282)
1929	Audrey Boomer (283)
1928	@C.Tolley (283)
1927	George Duncan (299)
1926	Audrey Boomer (280)
1925	Arnaud Massy (291)
1924	@C.Tolley (290)
1923	J.Ockenden (288)
1922	Audrey Boomer (286)
1921	Audrey 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)