European Tour

HNA Open de France 2018

June 28 - July 01

Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines

$7,000,000

June 28 - July 01

Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines

$7,000,000

Round 1

Dredge edges clear at Le Golf National

Round 2

Round 2

July 28, 2018

Bradley Dredge battled the windy conditions at Le Golf National to edge clear of Ryder Cup players Graeme McDowell and Andy Sullivan in the opening round of the HNA Open de France – the European Tour’s third Rolex Series event of 2018.

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Dredge posted the best round of his season so far with a closing 66 at last week's BMW International Open in Germany, and he followed that with a first round four under par 67 in France.

The Welshman began his round by dropping a shot on the tenth hole, but that was his only bogey of the day as he posted birdies on the 13th, 14th, 17th, third and fifth holes for a one shot advantage.

“It was getting tougher and tougher out there. Obviously delighted with that score to start the tournament off.``

“Got off to a bad start on ten with a poor tee shot and made bogey, but after that to remain bogey-free, I’m very pleased with that. A great save on seven, that was a bit of a bonus to make par from a poor tee shot. Other than that, just solid golf and kept the ball in play and putted well. It's always going to be a good day then.”

Two-time Open de France Champion McDowell once again showed his affinity for the Albatros Course that will host The 2018 Ryder Cup in three months’ time, firing seven birdies in his round of 68. The Northern Irishman, who shares second place with Englishman Sullivan, will be one of Thomas Bjørn’s five Vice Captains in September, and another, Sweden’s Robert Karlsson, also features on the leaderboard following a two under par round of 69 which included a double bogey six on the opening hole.

“Very pleased, especially the way I played the first kind of dozen holes. I made two clumsy errors on the greens from 12 and 15 feet where I three-whacked them both. To be making seven birdies on the golf course in the conditions we had today, I felt like the first nine holes we got it reasonably benign in comparison,`` said McDowell.

“I feel like it's particularly tough this week. The fairways are narrow. The rough is beautifully graded but if you start to miss it, you can count on these strong crosswinds, and you'll pay the ultimate price.``

World Number Two Justin Thomas, who looks set to be part of the United States team at The Ryder Cup, opened his debut in the HNA Open de France, and the Rolex Series, with a round of 70, which also included a double bogey on the fifth hole. He is joined on one under par by Jon Rahm, the only player to so far win two Rolex Series events, whose round included four birdies, one bogey and a double bogey on the 15th hole.

“I played well today. I hit a lot of quality shots and hit a lot of good drives and iron shots into greens. I just had two bad swings that cost me three shots on 13 and then on five, two holes I'm hitting four-irons off the tee and if I get it in play, you are looking to make a birdie and I made bogey and double-bogey on those two holes. As a whole, I felt like I played solid today,`` said Thomas.

“It's different but it's still the same. I love the fans over in Europe. They are so respectful, and they really appreciate good golf shots. Not that the fans in the States don't but it's so much fun going to The Open Championship is hitting a seven-iron or eight-iron to 30 or 40 feet, and they know it's a great shot and I felt a very similar vibe here.``

“I'm not too worried about where I'll be after round one. I'm pleased to get the first round under par, especially at a difficult place like this. If the wind keeps up like this, it's going to play hard this afternoon, but I'll be in good shape.”

Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood, however, has some work to do on Friday to make the cut after starting his defence with a three over par 74.

Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1
1	Bradley Dredge	WAL	-4	67
T2	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	68
T2	Graeme McDowell	NIR	-3	68
T4	Dean Burmester	RSA	-2	69
T4	Robert Karlsson	SWE	-2	69
T4	Thomas Pieters	BEL	-2	69
T7	Chris Wood	ENG	-1	70
T7	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	70
T7	James Morrison	ENG	-1	70
T7	Jon Rahm	ESP	-1	70
T7	Julian Suri	USA	-1	70
T7	Justin Thomas	USA	-1	70
T7	Seung-Su Han	KOR	-1	70
T7	Shane Lowry	IRL	-1	70
T15	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	71
T15	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	Par	71
T15	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	Par	71
T15	Haotong Li	CHN	Par	71
T15	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	Par	71
T15	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	Par	71
T15	Jordan Smith	ENG	Par	71
T15	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	Par	71
T15	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	Par	71
T15	Matthew Southgate	ENG	Par	71
T15	Pedro Oriol	ESP	Par	71
T15	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	Par	71
T15	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	71
T15	Russell Knox	SCO	Par	71
T29	Andrea Pavan	ITA	1	72
T29	Austin Connelly	CAN	1	72
T29	Charlie Ford	ENG	1	72
T29	Ian Poulter	ENG	1	72
T29	Justin Walters	RSA	1	72
T29	Lee Slattery	ENG	1	72
T29	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	1	72
T29	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	1	72
T29	Oliver Fisher	ENG	1	72
T29	Richard Bland	ENG	1	72
T29	Ryan Fox	NZL	1	72
T29	Sergio Garcia	ESP	1	72
T29	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	1	72
T29	Thorbjorn Olesen	DEN	1	72
T43	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	2	73
T43	Alexander Levy	FRA	2	73
T43	Alexander Noren	SWE	2	73
T43	Andres Romero	ARG	2	73
T43	Ashley Chesters	ENG	2	73
T43	Danny Willett	ENG	2	73
T43	David Drysdale	SCO	2	73
T43	Jorge Campillo	ESP	2	73
T43	Josh Geary	NZL	2	73
T43	Marcus Fraser	AUS	2	73
T43	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	2	73
T43	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	2	73
T43	Richie Ramsay	SCO	2	73
T43	Sam Brazel	AUS	2	73
T43	Sebastien Gros	FRA	2	73
T43	Wade Ormsby	AUS	2	73
T59	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	3	74
T59	Adrien Saddier	SCO	3	74
T59	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	3	74
T59	Brandon Stone	RSA	3	74
T59	David Howell	ENG	3	74
T59	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	3	74
T59	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	3	74
T59	George Coetzee	RSA	3	74
T59	Nacho Elvira	ESP	3	74
T59	Jens Dantorp	SWE	3	74
T59	Mark Foster	ENG	3	74
T59	Matt Wallace	ENG	3	74
T59	Matthew Nixon	ENG	3	74
T59	Matthias Schwab	AUT	3	74
T59	Paul Dunne	IRL	3	74
T59	Richard Sterne	RSA	3	74
T59	Scott Jamieson	SCO	3	74
T59	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	3	74
T59	Thomas Detry	BEL	3	74
T59	Tommy Fleetwood	ENG	3	74
T59	Tyrrell Hatton	ENG	3	74
T80	Connor Syme	SCO	4	75
T80	David Horsey	ENG	4	75
T80	Henric Sturehed	SWE	4	75
T80	Julien Quesne	FRA	4	75
T80	Laurie Canter	ENG	4	75
T80	Matteo Manassero	ITA	4	75
T80	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	4	75
T80	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	4	75
T80	Peter Hanson	SWE	4	75
T80	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	4	75
T80	Scott Hend	AUS	4	75
T80	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	4	75
T80	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	4	75
T93	Daniel Im	USA	5	76
T93	Darren Fichardt	RSA	5	76
T93	Gavin Green	MAS	5	76
T93	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	5	76
T93	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	5	76
T93	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	5	76
T93	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	5	76
T93	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	5	76
T93	Nino Bertasio	ITA	5	76
T93	Romain Langasque	FRA	5	76
T93	Romain Wattel	FRA	5	76
T93	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	5	76
T93	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	5	76
T93	Trevor Immelman	RSA	5	76
T107	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	6	77
T107	Chris Paisley	ENG	6	77
T107	David Lipsky	USA	6	77
T107	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	6	77
T107	Jason Norris	AUS	6	77
T107	Jeff Winther	SWE	6	77
T107	Lasse Jensen	DNK	6	77
T107	Lee Westwood	ENG	6	77
T107	Marcel Siem	GER	6	77
T107	Martin Kaymer	GER	6	77
T107	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	6	77
T107	Nico Geyger	CHI	6	77
T107	Renato Paratore	ITA	6	77
T107	Robert Rock	ENG	6	77
T107	Steven Brown	ENG	6	77
T107	Victor Perez	FRA	6	77
T107	Zander Lombard	RSA	6	77
T124	Clement Sordet	FRA	7	78
T124	Rak Cho	KOR	7	78
T124	Sam Horsfield	ENG	7	78
T127	Ashun Wu	CHI	8	79
T127	Bradley Neil	SCO	8	79
T127	Chris Hanson	ENG	8	79
T127	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	8	79
T127	Daniel Brooks	ENG	8	79
T127	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	8	79
T127	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	8	79
T127	Marc Warren	SCO	8	79
T127	Oliver Farr	WAL	8	79
T127	Ross Fisher	ENG	8	79
T127	Scott Fernandez	ESP	8	79
T127	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	8	79
T139	Aaron Rai	ENG	9	80
T139	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	80
T139	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	9	80
T139	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	9	80
T139	Jason Scrivener	AUS	9	80
T139	Paul Waring	ENG	9	80
T139	Ryan Evans	ENG	9	80
T139	Thomas Aiken	RSA	9	80
T147	Andrew Dodt	AUS	10	81
T147	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	10	81
T147	Chase Koepka	USA	10	81
T147	Haydn Porteous	RSA	10	81
T147	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	10	81
T147	Julien Guerrier	FRA	10	81
T147	Thomas Bjorn	DEN	10	81
154	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	11	82
155	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	12	83
156	Adam Bland	AUS	13	84
T157	Jose Maria Olazabal	ESP	14	85

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Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1
1	Bradley Dredge	WAL	-4	67
T2	Andy Sullivan	ENG	-3	68
T2	Graeme McDowell	NIR	-3	68
T4	Dean Burmester	RSA	-2	69
T4	Robert Karlsson	SWE	-2	69
T4	Thomas Pieters	BEL	-2	69
T7	Chris Wood	ENG	-1	70
T7	Gregory Havret	FRA	-1	70
T7	James Morrison	ENG	-1	70
T7	Jon Rahm	ESP	-1	70
T7	Julian Suri	USA	-1	70
T7	Justin Thomas	USA	-1	70
T7	Seung-Su Han	KOR	-1	70
T7	Shane Lowry	IRL	-1	70
T15	Brett Rumford	AUS	Par	71
T15	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	Par	71
T15	Felipe Aguilar	CHI	Par	71
T15	Haotong Li	CHN	Par	71
T15	Hideto Tanihara	JPN	Par	71
T15	Jamie Donaldson	WAL	Par	71
T15	Jordan Smith	ENG	Par	71
T15	Marcus Kinhult	SWE	Par	71
T15	Matthew Fitzpatrick	ENG	Par	71
T15	Matthew Southgate	ENG	Par	71
T15	Pedro Oriol	ESP	Par	71
T15	Phachara Khongwatmai	THA	Par	71
T15	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	POR	Par	71
T15	Russell Knox	SCO	Par	71
T29	Andrea Pavan	ITA	1	72
T29	Austin Connelly	CAN	1	72
T29	Charlie Ford	ENG	1	72
T29	Ian Poulter	ENG	1	72
T29	Justin Walters	RSA	1	72
T29	Lee Slattery	ENG	1	72
T29	Mikko Ilonen	FIN	1	72
T29	Mikko Korhonen	FIN	1	72
T29	Oliver Fisher	ENG	1	72
T29	Richard Bland	ENG	1	72
T29	Ryan Fox	NZL	1	72
T29	Sergio Garcia	ESP	1	72
T29	Soren Kjeldsen	DEN	1	72
T29	Thorbjorn Olesen	DEN	1	72
T43	Alexander Bjoerk	SWE	2	73
T43	Alexander Levy	FRA	2	73
T43	Alexander Noren	SWE	2	73
T43	Andres Romero	ARG	2	73
T43	Ashley Chesters	ENG	2	73
T43	Danny Willett	ENG	2	73
T43	David Drysdale	SCO	2	73
T43	Jorge Campillo	ESP	2	73
T43	Josh Geary	NZL	2	73
T43	Marcus Fraser	AUS	2	73
T43	Nicolas Colsaerts	BEL	2	73
T43	Rafael Cabrera Bello	ESP	2	73
T43	Richie Ramsay	SCO	2	73
T43	Sam Brazel	AUS	2	73
T43	Sebastien Gros	FRA	2	73
T43	Wade Ormsby	AUS	2	73
T59	Adrian Otaegui	ESP	3	74
T59	Adrien Saddier	SCO	3	74
T59	Alvaro Quiros	ESP	3	74
T59	Brandon Stone	RSA	3	74
T59	David Howell	ENG	3	74
T59	Edoardo Molinari	ITA	3	74
T59	Fabrizio Zanotti	PAR	3	74
T59	George Coetzee	RSA	3	74
T59	Nacho Elvira	ESP	3	74
T59	Jens Dantorp	SWE	3	74
T59	Mark Foster	ENG	3	74
T59	Matt Wallace	ENG	3	74
T59	Matthew Nixon	ENG	3	74
T59	Matthias Schwab	AUT	3	74
T59	Paul Dunne	IRL	3	74
T59	Richard Sterne	RSA	3	74
T59	Scott Jamieson	SCO	3	74
T59	Stephen Gallacher	SCO	3	74
T59	Thomas Detry	BEL	3	74
T59	Tommy Fleetwood	ENG	3	74
T59	Tyrrell Hatton	ENG	3	74
T80	Connor Syme	SCO	4	75
T80	David Horsey	ENG	4	75
T80	Henric Sturehed	SWE	4	75
T80	Julien Quesne	FRA	4	75
T80	Laurie Canter	ENG	4	75
T80	Matteo Manassero	ITA	4	75
T80	Maximilian Kieffer	GER	4	75
T80	Pablo Larrazabal	ESP	4	75
T80	Peter Hanson	SWE	4	75
T80	Raphael Jacquelin	FRA	4	75
T80	Scott Hend	AUS	4	75
T80	Shiv Chawrasia	IND	4	75
T80	Yusaku Miyazato	JPN	4	75
T93	Daniel Im	USA	5	76
T93	Darren Fichardt	RSA	5	76
T93	Gavin Green	MAS	5	76
T93	Jacques Kruyswijk	RSA	5	76
T93	Jeung-Hun Wang	KOR	5	76
T93	Lorenzo Gagli	ITA	5	76
T93	Lucas Bjerregaard	DNK	5	76
T93	Matthew Baldwin	ENG	5	76
T93	Nino Bertasio	ITA	5	76
T93	Romain Langasque	FRA	5	76
T93	Romain Wattel	FRA	5	76
T93	Shubhankar Sharma	IND	5	76
T93	Thongchai Jaidee	THA	5	76
T93	Trevor Immelman	RSA	5	76
T107	Benjamin Hebert	FRA	6	77
T107	Chris Paisley	ENG	6	77
T107	David Lipsky	USA	6	77
T107	Erik Van Rooyen	RSA	6	77
T107	Jason Norris	AUS	6	77
T107	Jeff Winther	SWE	6	77
T107	Lasse Jensen	DNK	6	77
T107	Lee Westwood	ENG	6	77
T107	Marcel Siem	GER	6	77
T107	Martin Kaymer	GER	6	77
T107	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	FRA	6	77
T107	Nico Geyger	CHI	6	77
T107	Renato Paratore	ITA	6	77
T107	Robert Rock	ENG	6	77
T107	Steven Brown	ENG	6	77
T107	Victor Perez	FRA	6	77
T107	Zander Lombard	RSA	6	77
T124	Clement Sordet	FRA	7	78
T124	Rak Cho	KOR	7	78
T124	Sam Horsfield	ENG	7	78
T127	Ashun Wu	CHI	8	79
T127	Bradley Neil	SCO	8	79
T127	Chris Hanson	ENG	8	79
T127	Christofer Blomstrand	SWE	8	79
T127	Daniel Brooks	ENG	8	79
T127	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	ESP	8	79
T127	Joakim Lagergren	SWE	8	79
T127	Marc Warren	SCO	8	79
T127	Oliver Farr	WAL	8	79
T127	Ross Fisher	ENG	8	79
T127	Scott Fernandez	ESP	8	79
T127	Soo-Min Lee	KOR	8	79
T139	Aaron Rai	ENG	9	80
T139	Carlos Pigem	ESP	9	80
T139	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	RSA	9	80
T139	Gregory Bourdy	FRA	9	80
T139	Jason Scrivener	AUS	9	80
T139	Paul Waring	ENG	9	80
T139	Ryan Evans	ENG	9	80
T139	Thomas Aiken	RSA	9	80
T147	Andrew Dodt	AUS	10	81
T147	Callum Shinkwin	ENG	10	81
T147	Chase Koepka	USA	10	81
T147	Haydn Porteous	RSA	10	81
T147	Jin-Ho Choi	KOR	10	81
T147	Julien Guerrier	FRA	10	81
T147	Thomas Bjorn	DEN	10	81
154	Tapio Pulkkanen	FIN	11	82
155	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	FRA	12	83
156	Adam Bland	AUS	13	84
T157	Jose Maria Olazabal	ESP	14	85