Open de France
The Open de France is a European Tour golf tournament. Inaugurated in 1906 it is the oldest national open in Continental Europe and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the tour's inception in 1972.
Originally played at La Boulie Golf Club, the tournament has been hosted by many different venues, but since 1991, it has been held at the Le Golf National near Paris every year except for 1999 and 2001.
Since the turn of the Millennium the Fédération Française de Golf has made a concerted effort to enhance the stature of the event. One of these measures included the dropping of title sponsorship from 2003. In 2004 qualifying tournaments were introduced on the model of those for The Open Championship and the U.S. Open and are open to professionals and amateurs. The prize fund rose from €865,000 in 1999 to €4 million from 2006 to 2009, putting the Open de France in the top group of European Tour events (excluding the majors and the World Golf Championships, which are co-sanctioned by the U.S. based PGA Tour). The prize fund in 2015 was €3 million.
Winners
- Pre-European Tour
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Runner(s)-up |
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| French Open |
| 1971 | Lu Liang-Huan |  Taiwan | Biarritz & La Nivelle | 262 (−10) |  Roberto De Vicenzo, Vicente Fernández |
| Open de France |
| 1970 | David Graham |  Australia | Biarritz & Chantaco | 268 |  Jean Garaïalde, Florentino Molina |
| 1969 | Jean Garaïalde | France | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | 277 PO | Roberto De Vicenzo |
| 1968 | Peter Butler |  England | Saint-Cloud | 272 |  Sebastián Miguel, Peter Townsend |
| 1967 | Bernard Hunt | England | Saint-Germain | 271 | Peter Butler |
| 1966 | Denis Hutchinson | .svg.png) South Africa | La Boulie | 274 | .svg.png) Ramón Sota |
| 1965 | Ramón Sota | Spain | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | 268 | Cobie Legrange |
| 1964 | Roberto De Vicenzo (3) | Argentina | Chantilly | 272PO | Cobie Legrange |
| 1963 | Bruce Devlin | Australia | Saint-Cloud | 273 | Kel Nagle |
| 1962 | Alan Murray | Australia | Saint-Germain | 274 | Peter Thomson,  Bob Charles |
| 1961 | Kel Nagle | Australia | La Boulie | 271 | Peter Thomson |
| 1960 | Roberto De Vicenzo (2) | Argentina | Saint-Cloud | 275 | Leopoldo Ruiz, Bill Johnston |
| 1959 | Dave Thomas |  Wales | La Boulie | 276 | Peter Alliss |
| 1958 | Flory Van Donck (3) | .svg.png) Belgium | Saint-Germain | 276PO | Harold Henning |
| 1957 | Flory Van Donck (2) | Belgium | Saint-Cloud | 266 | Peter Alliss, Ángel Miguel |
| 1956 | Ángel Miguel | Spain | Deauville | 277 | Antonio Cerdá, Trevor Wilkes,
Flory Van Donck |
| 1955 | Byron Nelson |  United States | La Boulie | 271 | Harry Weetman |
| 1954 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium | Saint-Cloud | 275 |  Aldo Casera, Norman Von Nida |
| 1953 | Bobby Locke (2) | South Africa | La Boulie | 276 | Max Faulkner |
| 1952 | Bobby Locke | South Africa | Saint-Germain | 268 | Antonio Cerdá |
| 1951 | Hassan Hassanein |  Egypt | Saint-Cloud | 278 |  Jimmy Adams |
| 1950 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Argentina | Chantilly | 279 | |
| 1949 | Ugo Grappasonni | Italy | Saint-Germain | 275 | |
| 1948 | Firmin Cavalo | France | Saint-Cloud | 287 | |
| 1947 | Henry Cotton (2) | England | Chantilly | 285 | John Knipe |
| 1946 | Henry Cotton | England | Saint-Cloud | 269 | Flory Van Donck |
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II |
| 1939 | Martin Pose | Argentina | Le Touquet | 285 | Tom Odams |
| 1938 | Marcel Dallemagne (3) | France | Fourqueux | 282 | Pierre Hausséguy |
| 1937 | Marcel Dallemagne (2) | France | Saint-Cloud | 278 | Leonard Crawley (amateur) |
| 1936 | Marcel Dallemagne | France | Saint-Germain | 277 PO | Henry Cotton |
| 1935 | Sid Brews (2) | South Africa | Le Touquet | 293 |  Aubrey Boomer, Mark Seymour |
| 1934 | Sid Brews | South Africa | Dieppe | 284 | Aubrey Boomer, Auguste Boyer |
| 1933 | Bert Gadd | England | Chantilly | 283 | Auguste Boyer, Marcel Dallemagne |
| 1932 | Arthur Lacey | England | Saint-Cloud | 295 | René Golias |
| 1931 | Aubrey Boomer (5) | Jersey | Deauville | 291 | Tomas Genta, Percy Alliss |
| 1930 | Ernest Whitcombe | England | Dieppe | 282 | Auguste Boyer |
| 1929 | Aubrey Boomer (4) | Jersey | Fourqueux | 283 | Archie Compston |
| 1928 | Cyril Tolley (amateur) (2) | England | La Boulie | 283 | Aubrey Boomer, Ernest Whitcombe,
Henry Kinch, Henry Cotton |
| 1927 | George Duncan (2) | Scotland | Saint-Germain | 299 | Aubrey Boomer |
| 1926 | Aubrey Boomer (3) | Jersey | Saint-Cloud | 280 | Abe Mitchell |
| 1925 | Arnaud Massy (4) | France | Chantilly | 291 PO | Archie Compston |
| 1924 | Cyril Tolley (amateur) | England | La Boulie | 290 | Walter Hagen |
| 1923 | James Ockenden | England | Dieppe | 288 | Jack Gaudin |
| 1922 | Aubrey Boomer (2) | Jersey | La Boulie | 286 | Eugène Laffitte |
| 1921 | Aubrey Boomer | Jersey | Le Touquet | 284 PO | Arnaud Massy |
| 1920 | Walter Hagen | United States | La Boulie | 298 PO | Eugène Laffitte |
| 1915–19: No tournament due to World War I |
| 1914 | James Douglas Edgar | England | Le Touquet | 288 | Harry Vardon |
| 1913 | George Duncan | Scotland | Chantilly | 304 | James Braid |
| 1912 | Jean Gassiat | France | La Boulie | 289 | Harry Vardon |
| 1911 | Arnaud Massy (3) | France | La Boulie | 284 | Ted Ray |
| 1910 | James Braid | Scotland | La Boulie | 298 | Arnaud Massy |
| 1909 | John Henry Taylor (2) | England | La Boulie | 293 | James Braid |
| 1908 | John Henry Taylor | England | La Boulie | 300 | Arnaud Massy, Charles Mayo |
| 1907 | Arnaud Massy (2) | France | La Boulie | 298 | Jean Gassiat |
| 1906 | Arnaud Massy | France | La Boulie | 292 | Tom Vardon |
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Coordinates: 48°45′08″N 2°05′06″E / 48.7522°N 2.0851°E / 48.7522; 2.0851
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