FedEx Open de France 2024: Course and current form stats

• Albatros course always a testing assignment

• Twins Rasmus 12/113.00 & Nicolai Hojgaard 45/146.00 ready to shine in Paris

• Smith 25/126.00 a solid each-way shout

Tournament and Course Notes

• Less than 10 weeks after Le Golf National staged the men's and women's events at this year's Olympic Games in Paris, the course hosts the FedEx French Open.

• This will be the 30th national open to be played at the course, which was also the venue for Europe's Ryder Cup victory over the United States in 2018.

• Located around 15 miles south-west of Paris city centre, Le Golf National is a modern stadium course with plenty of water and sand, but very few trees. It opened for business on 5 October 1990, and just eight months later staged the French Open for the first time.

• Water hazards of various descriptions come into play on nine holes, while the fairways are beautifully contoured, with numerous peaks and troughs.

• The rough is usually heavy, while the putting surfaces are large, slick and undulating. Accuracy, from tee-to-green, is certainly the name of the game over the testing Albatros course which has a capacity for 80,000 spectators.

• Eleven members of this week's field played in the Olympic men's event at the start of August (week 31), with six of them posting a top-25 finish: Victor Perez (4), Nicolai Hojgaard (7), Thomas Detry (9), Thorbjorn Olesen (14), Matteo Manassero (18) and Guido Migliozzi (22).

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Good Current Form

The 'top seed' for this week's event on the outskirts of the French capital is American Billy Horschel 10/111.00 who is certainly extending his stay on the DP World Tour.

He was the winner of September's PGA Championship at Wentworth and, on his Le Golf National debut last year, tied-20th.

The Danes are certainly out in force this week, with one of their lesser-known players enjoying a strong run of form.

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 55/156.00 has spent much of 2024 on the Challenge Tour and he currently stands second in their overall standings.

He has also played a number of tournaments on the DP World Tour this year and, on Sunday, finished fourth at The Old Course, St Andrews.

The more experienced Dane, Thorbjorn Olesen 25/126.00, will fancy his chances as he chases his second victory of the season.

Olesen tied-12th at the Dunhill Links Championship over the weekend and will tee-up on a course where he has twice previously stood on the podium, along with his tie-for-10th in 2023.

Good Course Form

Sticking with Denmark, Rasmus Hojgaard's 12/113.00 two visits here have both yielded top-five finishes, while his twin brother Nicolai 45/146.00 returns to a venue on which he finished seventh in this year's Olympic tournament.

The consistent Jordan Smith 25/126.00 is a decent each-way punt. He tied-second at Le Golf National last year and was seventh in 2022.

The Englishman has also been in solid form in recent weeks, with four of his last five starts ending in top-20 finishes.

And one other golfer who combines good course form, with a set of strong recent performances, is Germany's Yannik Paul 45/146.00.

Stroke Averages

Lowest Eight in French Open (2017-23)
Average .... (Rounds)
67.75: Rasmus Hojgaard (8)
68.88: Yannik Paul (8)
69.42: Jeff Winther (12)
69.50: Lukas Nemecz (8)
70.07: Thorbjorn Olesen (14)
70.10: Jordan Smith (20)
70.13: Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (8)
70.13: Thriston Lawrence (8)
Min. No. of Rounds = 8
Only those entered this week are included in table

Note: List Contains Leading Reserves