LARRAZABAL hits 65 to lead the French Open Golf

French Open Golf News

Welcome to our review of day of the Open de France ALSTOM 2008 at Le Golf National spainard. The latest French Open Golf News is that Pablo LARRAZABAL leads by one shot after hitting a 6 under par 65. LARRAZABAL will be hoping the French Open Golf can bring his first win of the season.

Pablo LARRAZABAL hit 7 birdies and 10 pars and the only blot was a bogey 6 on the ninth hole. The French Open winners prize money is €660,000 and also much need European Ryder Cup Points.

 

The French Open golf hosts the top 4 players on the European Tour order of Merit who will be fighting for some of the €4,000,000 prize purse.

The top 4 players being Miguel Angel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Lee Westwood and Oliver Wilson, They had mixed first rounds. Jimenez is one over and tied 56th, Robert Karlsson who finished 4th in the US Open also hit 72 and one over, Oliver Wilson had a shocker with a 5 over par 76 but Lee Westwood is nicely positioned and continuing the form which got him to 3rd in the US Open hit a 2 under par 69 which leaves him 17th and 3 shots off the lead.

French Open Round 1 Leaderboard

1 LARRAZABAL, Pablo 128 481 -6 65 65
T2 FISHER, Oliver 45 191 -5 66 66
T2 LAWRIE, Peter 159 -5 66 66
4 CABRERA, Angel 43 26 -4 67 67
T5 COLTART, Andrew 175 622 -3 68 68
T5 DONALDSON, Jamie 149 291 -3 68 68
T5 ERLANDSSON, Martin 58 258 -3 68 68
T5 GARRIDO, Ignacio 49 262 -3 68 68
T5 JONZON, Michael 105 264 -3 68 68
T5 LANE, Barry 164 460 -3 68 68
T5 LARA, José Manuel 56 224 -3 68 68
T5 MOLINARI, Francesco 48 174 -3 68 68
T5 SINGH, Jeev Milkha 11 75 -3 68 68
T5 STORM, Graeme 59 136 -3 68 68
T5 TUNNICLIFF, Miles 80 305 -3 68 68
T5 WIEGELE, Martin 157 474 -3 68 68

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