VIVE LA FRANCE! LEVET CHALKS UP HOME WIN IN FRENCH OPEN
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Thomas Levet produced a superb final-round performance to claim victory on home soil in the Alstom Open de France - 25 years after he first played in the competition.
The 42 year old Frenchman finished one shot clear of Thorbjørn Olesen and joint overnight leader Mark Foster after holding his nerve in impressive fashion over the notoriously difficult closing stretch at Le Golf National, Paris.
While others faltered throughout the day, Levet went round in 70 for the third round out of four this week to finish on seven under.
He becomes the second French winner of the tournament since The European Tour began in 1972, after Jean-François Remesy, who triumphed in 2004 and 2005.
Olesen, the 22 year old Dane who finished second at the BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi last month, also played well today and looked set to force a play-off, only to miss a par putt of around three feet at the last.
Foster, meanwhile, led for most of the final day and parred his first 11 holes.
However, a double bogey at the 12th - where he came up short of the green before chipping off the side of it - and another dropped shot at 13 left him with ground to make up and he was unable to hole a 20ft birdie attempt on the 18th green.
James Morrison had shared the third-round lead with Foster on nine under, but, after starting bogey, double bogey, he posted a 78 to finish in a tie for seventh.
Aberdeen’s Richie Ramsay, well placed overnight, also faltered on the final day, carding a birdie-free 76, easily his worst of the four days, for a three-under aggregate score of 281, which earned him joint fifth place and 116,100 Euros.Martin Kaymer was a shot better off in fourth after a closing 73 and the German will now reclaim the World Number Three ranking from US Open Champion Rory McIlroy.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
277 Thomas Levet (France) 70 760 67 70 (500,000 Euros).
278 Mark Foster (England) 68 68 68 74, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 66 71 71 70 (260,565 Euros each).
280 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 71 69 67 73 (150,000 Euros).
281 Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 68 68 68 70, Simon Khan (England) 70 70 70 71 (116,100 Euros).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
286 Peter Whiteford 68 72 75 71 (T21) (33,000 Euros).
287 Lloyd Saltman 71 69 75 72 (T26) (28,950 Euros).
288 Stephen Gallacher 74 69 69 76, Colin Montgomerie 71 70 74 73 (T30) (24,129 Euros each).
CHECK OUT ALL THE FINAL TOTALS AND SCORECARDS
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Thomas Levet produced a superb final-round performance to claim victory on home soil in the Alstom Open de France - 25 years after he first played in the competition.
The 42 year old Frenchman finished one shot clear of Thorbjørn Olesen and joint overnight leader Mark Foster after holding his nerve in impressive fashion over the notoriously difficult closing stretch at Le Golf National, Paris.
While others faltered throughout the day, Levet went round in 70 for the third round out of four this week to finish on seven under.
He becomes the second French winner of the tournament since The European Tour began in 1972, after Jean-François Remesy, who triumphed in 2004 and 2005.
Olesen, the 22 year old Dane who finished second at the BMW Italian Open presented by CartaSi last month, also played well today and looked set to force a play-off, only to miss a par putt of around three feet at the last.
Foster, meanwhile, led for most of the final day and parred his first 11 holes.
However, a double bogey at the 12th - where he came up short of the green before chipping off the side of it - and another dropped shot at 13 left him with ground to make up and he was unable to hole a 20ft birdie attempt on the 18th green.
James Morrison had shared the third-round lead with Foster on nine under, but, after starting bogey, double bogey, he posted a 78 to finish in a tie for seventh.
Aberdeen’s Richie Ramsay, well placed overnight, also faltered on the final day, carding a birdie-free 76, easily his worst of the four days, for a three-under aggregate score of 281, which earned him joint fifth place and 116,100 Euros.Martin Kaymer was a shot better off in fourth after a closing 73 and the German will now reclaim the World Number Three ranking from US Open Champion Rory McIlroy.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
277 Thomas Levet (France) 70 760 67 70 (500,000 Euros).
278 Mark Foster (England) 68 68 68 74, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 66 71 71 70 (260,565 Euros each).
280 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 71 69 67 73 (150,000 Euros).
281 Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 68 68 68 70, Simon Khan (England) 70 70 70 71 (116,100 Euros).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
286 Peter Whiteford 68 72 75 71 (T21) (33,000 Euros).
287 Lloyd Saltman 71 69 75 72 (T26) (28,950 Euros).
288 Stephen Gallacher 74 69 69 76, Colin Montgomerie 71 70 74 73 (T30) (24,129 Euros each).
CHECK OUT ALL THE FINAL TOTALS AND SCORECARDS
CLICK HERE
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