Winner in 2011, Thomas Levet has been invited by the DP World Tour to play the following French Open subsequent week (September 22-25)… whereas right now he performed the primary spherical of the Legends Open de France in Saint -Cloud reserved for these over fifty.
Thomas Levet, Open de France
Thomas Levet continues to be wholesome at 54! Engaged this week within the Legends Open de France reserved for these over fifty, the Parisian had the nice shock of receiving an invite for the Cazoo Open de France subsequent week.
The winner of the 2011 French Open will be part of the European elite on the Golf Nationwide to the delight of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines public. Six-time winner on the European circuit and 3 times on the Legends Tour, the participant with one of many best data in French golf is defending his title this week on the Legends Open de France (September 15-17).
After the primary spherical in Saint-Cloud, Levet is simply within the prime 50 with a rating of +3. Thomas Levet, born September 5, 1968 in Paris, is a French golfer. He’s the husband of Caroline Bourtayre. Coming from a sporty household (his grandfather was knowledgeable bike owner and his father performed within the 1st division of area hockey) Thomas Levet received into sport very younger.
To start with, it was area hockey after which the invention of golf, which he started to play significantly from the age of 12. In 1988 he determined to grow to be knowledgeable golfer and made his debut on the French skilled circuit.
He additionally performs a number of tournaments on the European circuit due to invites. In 1991 he made his first full season on the European circuit. In 2001, along with his victory on the British Masters, he completed 4th on the Moroccan Open.
In 2002 he completed 2nd within the British Open after having performed in a double play-off. 4 gamers play a primary play-off disputed in 4 holes: Levet, the Australians Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington and the South African Ernie Els.
Solely Levet and Els are nonetheless in competition on the finish of this one. A second play-off, disputed in sudden loss of life is then disputed. On the primary disputed gap, Levet concedes a bogey which supplies the victory to Els1,2.