The French Golf Federation (FFG) was quick to react to the absence of the French Open from the 2021 European Tour calendar. It is through a press release that she details the progress of the work on a possible French Open next year:
“The European circuit, holder of the organization rights for the French Open and promoter of the event until 2022 inclusive, has not at this stage registered the event, owned by the FFG, on its calendar. The European Tour recently indicated that too many questions are still unresolved and do not allow for the moment to fix a date in the calendar published today. “
Hypotheses still under study
“Several hypotheses are still being studied concerning the title partnership, as well as the date of the tournament, the statement continued. The health crisis does not help the equation. A French Open played at the start of the season would have a high probability of being played behind closed doors. A situation which raises the question of the essential commitment of economic partners, who might not be able to organize their usual public relations operations.
The FFG is very attentive to the evolution of the situation. Our ambition to host a major tournament in France capable of bringing together large numbers of spectators and generating media enthusiasm is intact. If the FFG, faced with the uncertainties specific to this very special period we are going through, had to resolve the impossibility of hosting the French Open at the Golf National in 2021, it would nonetheless remain very strongly mobilized to prepare the future. “
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