Levet et Van de Velde bien lan

Back on the calendar after fourteen years of absence, theopen de France seniors allowed two of the most illustrious representatives of French golf to showcase themselves this Thursday during the first round. First of all Thomas Levet, author of a card of 67 (-4) including five birdies and a bogey, which thanks to this excellent entry point only to third place. Next Jean Van de Velde, who after a go to +1 played the return to -4 to make a very good 68 (-3) synonymous with fourth position. The two men are very close to the head since the Welshman Philip Price and English Gary Wolstenholme split the orders with cards of 66 (-5).

In this tournament organized in alliance, 30 amateurs playing their own competition alongside the 60 professionals in the field, the other Blues on the other hand suffered on the Green course of the Saint-Cloud golf course. Christian Cévaër, Stéphane Chauffour and Marc Farry rank 31st with scores of 74 (+3), Jean-Pierre Cixous is 44th in 76 (+5), Christophe Pottier is 53rd in 78 (+7), and Jean-Pierre Sallat 57th in 82 (+11). To note that Jean-Francois Remésy, double winner of theopen the France on the European tour, did not take the start this morning.