HNA Open de France
June 28th – July 1st, 2018
Le Golf National
Versailles, France
Par: 71 / Yardage: 7,247
Purse: $7 million
with $1,166,660 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Tommy Fleetwood
This week’s field includes:
The field includes 25 of those in the top 100 and 11 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with the highest rank player in the field being #2 Justin Thomas, Here are the other top-50 players in the field: #5 Jon Rahm, #10 Tommy Fleetwood, #16 Alex Noren, #19 Sergio Garcia, #23 Tyrrell Hatton, #19 Francesco Molinari, #23 Tyrrell Hatton, #25 Rafael Cabrera-Bello, #28 Ian Poulter, #39 Matthew Fitzpatrick, #42 Haotong Li and #43 Ross Fisher.
Last year there were 29 top-100 players and 11 top-50 players so there a bit less.
The field includes 15 of the Top 25 on this year’s Race to Dubai money list. Those players include #2 Tommy Fleetwood, #6 Thorbjorn Olesen,#7 Rafael Cabrera-Bello, #8 Alex Noren, #9 Tyrrell Hatton, #10 Shubhankar Sharma, #11 Matt Wallace, #13 Jon Rahm, #14 Alexander Levy, #15 Alexander Bjork, #18 Jorge Campillo, #19 Matthew Fitzpatrick, #21 Adrian Otaegui, #23 Ian Poulter and #25 Ross Fisher.
The field includes 7 past champions: Tommy Fleetwood (2017), Thongchai Jaidee (2016), Graeme McDowell (2013 & ’14), Marcel Siem (2012), Martin Kaymer (2009), Pablo Larrazabal, (2008) and Jose Maria Olazabal (2001)
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the French Open field is our performance chart listed by the average finish. One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at French Open in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the French Open.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the HNA Open de France
Player | BMW Inter. | Travelers | U.S. Open | Shot Clock Masters | Italian Open | Memorial | BMW PGA | Belgian Knockout | The Players | Sicilian Open | China Open | Trophee Hassan II | Open de Espana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Fleetwood (275.5 pts) |
T59 (0) |
DNP | 2 (200) |
DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | T7 (27.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Mikko Korhonen (268 pts) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T15 (35) |
DNP | DNP | T26 (8) |
DNP | T41 (3) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Lucas Bjerregaard (200 pts) |
T5 (70) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T71 (0) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | 5 (23.33) |
6 (20) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Alex Noren (174.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (50) |
DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | T17 (16.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Thorbjorn Olesen (170.33 pts) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T37 (4.33) |
DNP | T46 (1.33) |
Matt Wallace (165.33 pts) |
Win (132) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Andy Sullivan (164.67 pts) |
T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T35 (15) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
T21 (9.67) |
Justin Walters (155.67 pts) |
T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 22 (18.67) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (144.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T36 (28) |
DNP | 4 (53.33) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | T17 (16.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Adrian Otaegui (143.67 pts) |
T56 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 (9.33) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
T19 (10.33) |
T12 (12.67) |
Matthew Fitzpatrick (141.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (76) |
DNP | T30 (13.33) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | T46 (2) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Ian Poulter (132.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (50) |
DNP | T8 (33.33) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | T11 (19.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Alexander Bjork (111 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
T3 (30) |
T39 (3.67) |
Nicolas Colsaerts (110.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (90) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T28 (7.33) |
Benjamin Hebert (108.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T23 (18) |
DNP | T35 (15) |
2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T13 (12.33) |
DNP |
Jorge Campillo (108.33 pts) |
T33 (17) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T60 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
T46 (1.33) |
T5 (23.33) |
Justin Thomas (102.83 pts) |
DNP | T56 (0) |
T25 (50) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (19.5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Martin Kaymer (98.33 pts) |
T2 (100) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | T8 (33.33) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Tyrrell Hatton (98.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T6 (120) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Haotong Li (96.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T16 (68) |
DNP | T19 (20.67) |
DNP | T43 (7) |
DNP | CUT (-5) |
DNP | T32 (6) |
DNP | DNP |
Nacho Elvira (91.67 pts) |
T9 (45) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T42 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 (12) |
T22 (9.33) |
3 (30) |
Soren Kjeldsen (91 pts) |
T7 (55) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (27) |
T42 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
T17 (22) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Mike Lorenzo-vera (89.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T19 (20.67) |
DNP | T43 (7) |
8 (33.33) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | T62 (0) |
T34 (5.33) |
Russell Knox (87 pts) |
DNP | T38 (12) |
T12 (76) |
DNP | DNP | T44 (4) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Lee Slattery (85.33 pts) |
T45 (5) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (31) |
3 (60) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T32 (6) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Aaron Rai (85.33 pts) |
T5 (70) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
T46 (2.67) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (10) |
T52 (0) |
T12 (12.67) |
Connor Syme (85 pts) |
T45 (5) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (100) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 74 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Lorenzo Gagli (82.33 pts) |
T63 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (27) |
T14 (24) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | T36 (4.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Matthias Schwab (82 pts) |
T40 (10) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
T42 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP | T28 (14.67) |
DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T28 (7.33) |
Andrea Pavan (81.33 pts) |
T56 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (27) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
T11 (13) |
T3 (30) |
T21 (9.67) |
Ryan Fox (72 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (18) |
DNP | T8 (33.33) |
DNP | T43 (7) |
T65 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
12 (12.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
David Lipsky (71.33 pts) |
T18 (32) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T65 (0) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
T23 (18) |
DNP | DNP | T45 (1.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T67 (0) |
Lee Westwood (69.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Raphael Jacquelin (66.33 pts) |
T66 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (90) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T41 (3) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Maximilian Kieffer (66.33 pts) |
T12 (38) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 42 (8) |
T28 (14.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T41 (3) |
T12 (12.67) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the HNA Open de France
Player | BMW Inter. | Travelers | U.S. Open | Shot Clock Masters | Italian Open | Memorial | BMW PGA | Belgian Knockout | The Players | Sicilian Open | China Open | Trophee Hassan II | Open de Espana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Pigem (-46.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Zander Lombard (-44.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Clement Sordet (-38.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T45 (1.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Chris Hanson (-36 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T27 (7.67) |
T41 (3) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Daniel Im (-36 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T65 (0) |
T78 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T48 (0.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Chase Koepka (-34.67 pts) |
T63 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
S.S.P. Chawrasia (-33.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T41 (3) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Sam Brazel (-33.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP |
Ricardo Gouveia (-31.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T45 (1.67) |
T59 (0) |
T52 (0) |
Daniel Brooks (-27.67 pts) |
WD (-5) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
73 (0) |
DNP | 67 (0) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T48 (0.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
T66 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the HNA Open de France
Best Bets:
Tommy Fleetwood
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
The best Europe has to offer, he has played so well this year and looking to hold onto his French Open title.
Justin Thomas
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First time playing in this event |
More info:
Playing for the first time, he is the only American that will be on the Ryder Cup team that made the trip over. Look for him to be impressive in this start.
Thorbjorn Olesen
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T3 | WD | CUT | CUT | CUT | T2 |
Has played great other than the U.S. Open in the last two months.
Best of the rest:
Tyrrell Hatton
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T33 | T12 | CUT |
Played well at Shinnecock.
Jon Rahm
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T10 |
He could be hit or miss depends on which Jon Rahm shows up. He did play well last year so I feel he will have a great week.
Lucas Bjerregaard
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T45 | CUT | CUT |
Another player that has done well of late.
Alex Noren
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T10 | 8 | CUT | T15 | T37 | 78 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
He has become the type of player that can win in any event he plays, look for him to have a great week.
Solid contenders
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 5 | T35 | T29 | T57 | CUT | T69 | CUT | CUT |
He is sneaky good, he could be in the running on the weekend so don’t be surprised.
Ian Poulter
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T45 | T25 | T4 | T18 | 3 | T30 | 9 | T3 |
This guy is trying so hard to make the Ryder Cup team, he will be in the running over the weekend.
Ross Fisher
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T7 | T22 | T26 | T34 | CUT | T64 | CUT | T48 |
He is a very consistent player and I expect him to have a good week.
Martin Kaymer
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T57 | T5 | 4 | T12 | T13 | 70 | 4 | T6 | Win | CUT | T7 |
Still a good player, he is scratching the surface and may win before the year is out, who knows could be this week.
Lee Westwood
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
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T10 | T11 | CUT | T40 | T18 | 2 | T5 | T33 | T29 |
Plays well in this event and would like to send a message to Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn.
Long shots that could come through:
Mikko Korhonen
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
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T38 | CUT | T33 | T26 |
Hottest player in Europe with a win and runner-up finish in the last month.
Matt Wallace
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT |
Has had a great year and look for it to continue this week.
Paul Dunne
2018 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 |
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T13 | CUT |
Another of those that have been good in 2018 and could contend this week.
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