PGA European Tour Leaderboard: Alstom Open de France 2015 Preview, Tee Times and Predictions

Graeme McDowell is looking to become the first player in 77 years to win the Alstom Open de France three years running this week. The event being held at Le Golf National in near Paris holds a €3 million purse, with the winner earning a €500,000 share.

In addition to McDowell Alex Levy, Victor Dubuisson and David Howell will all descend on France this Thursday.

What They're Saying

Alex Levy (via European Tour): "It's great to be here. It's a great golf course, fantastic golf course and excellent tournament. It's an exciting week for the French players and it's going to be an amazing tournament for me. I've got a really good draw for the first two rounds playing with two great players [Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell]."

Martin Kaymer (via European Tour): "The golf course looks good to me. It will be an exciting week I think. I know that I like that golf course; I know that I have been successful here before; I know I enjoy being in France. I enjoy the people, enjoy the food, so there is nothing wrong about this place. There's no reason why I shouldn't play well."

Prediction

Though McDowell has owned Le Golf National in recent years, winning the event for a third consecutive year is virtually impossible. Looking to supplant him, Lee Westwood returns to the course a favorite to lift the title near Paris. The 42-year-old has four top 25 finishes this season.

Tee Times

Tee

Time

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

1

07:30

Richard MCEVOY

Andrew JOHNSTON

Joël STALTER

1

07:40

Lasse JENSEN

Jason BARNES

Damien PERRIER

1

07:50

Benjamin HEBERT

Bradley DREDGE

Matthew FITZPATRICK

1

08:00

Mike LORENZO-VERA

Richard BLAND

Mikko ILONEN

1

08:10

Graeme STORM

Richard GREEN

Richie RAMSAY

1

08:20

Matthew NIXON

Adrian OTAEGUI

Jean-Pierre VERSELIN

1

08:30

Andrea PAVAN

Nathan HOLMAN

Craig LEE

1

08:40

Ricardo GONZALEZ

Jorge CAMPILLO

Mickael ALTMEYER

1

08:50

Sam HUTSBY

Florian FRITSCH

David DRYSDALE

1

09:00

Simon KHAN

Felipe AGUILAR

Wade ORMSBY

1

09:10

Alvaro QUIROS

Mikael LUNDBERG

Michael HOEY

1

09:20

Rikard KARLBERG

Garth MULROY

Jbe KRUGER

1

09:30

Victor RIU

Pedro ORIOL

Ryan RUFFELS (AM)

10

07:30

Chris DOAK

Morten Ørum MADSEN

Alejandro CAÑIZARES

10

07:40

David HORSEY

Edouard ESPANA

David HOWELL

10

07:50

Darren CLARKE

Thorbjørn OLESEN

Eddie PEPPERELL

10

08:00

Grégory HAVRET

Stephen GALLACHER

Marc WARREN

10

08:10

Romain WATTEL

Kiradech APHIBARNRAT

Byeong Hun AN

10

08:20

Julien QUESNE

Bernd WIESBERGER

Danny WILLETT

10

08:30

Victor DUBUISSON

Jamie DONALDSON

Martin KAYMER

10

08:40

Edoardo MOLINARI

Thomas BJØRN

Søren KJELDSEN

10

08:50

Jeev Milkha SINGH

Niclas FASTH

Nicolas COLSAERTS

10

09:00

Paul MCGINLEY

David LIPSKY

Darren FICHARDT

10

09:10

Jason SCRIVENER

Soren HANSEN

Thomas LINARD

10

09:20

Adrien SADDIER

Lucas BJERREGAARD

Robert ROCK

10

09:30

Paul MADDY

Oliver FARR

Hubert TISSERAND (AM)

1

12:30

Oliver WILSON

Marco CRESPI

Tyrrell HATTON

1

12:40

Daniel GAUNT

Peter HANSON

Emiliano GRILLO

1

12:50

Robert KARLSSON

Y. E. YANG

Brendan STEELE

1

13:00

Raphaël JACQUELIN

James MORRISON

Chris WOOD

1

13:10

Grégory BOURDY

Andy SULLIVAN

Thongchai JAIDEE

1

13:20

Francesco MOLINARI

Gary STAL

Anirban LAHIRI

1

13:30

Graeme MCDOWELL

Alexander LEVY

Lee WESTWOOD

1

13:40

Carlos DEL MORAL

Chris PAISLEY

Rafa CABRERA-BELLO

1

13:50

Matteo MANASSERO

Kristoffer BROBERG

Marcel SIEM

1

14:00

Shiv KAPUR

Johan CARLSSON

Thomas LEVET

1

14:10

Seve BENSON

Anders HANSEN

Matt FORD

1

14:20

Joakim LAGERGREN

Renato PARATORE

Maximilian KIEFFER

1

14:30

Tom MURRAY

Damien MCGRANE

Tom LEWIS

10

12:30

Lionel WEBER

Scott JAMIESON

Magnus A CARLSSON

10

12:40

Mikko KORHONEN

Craig FARRELLY

Julien GRILLON

10

12:50

Alessandro TADINI

Jaco VAN ZYL

Anthony WALL

10

13:00

Daniel BROOKS

Hennie OTTO

Oliver FISHER

10

13:10

Richard FINCH

Robert DINWIDDIE

Anthony GRENIER

10

13:20

John PARRY

Marcus FRASER

Scott HEND

10

13:30

Cyril BOUNIOL

Jordi GARCIA PINTO

Bradley NEIL

10

13:40

Jérôme LANDO CASANOVA

Fabrizio ZANOTTI

Andrew DODT

10

13:50

Moritz LAMPERT

Eduardo DE LA RIVA

Alexandre KALEKA

10

14:00

Mark FOSTER

Trevor FISHER JNR

Jin JEONG

10

14:10

Mark TULLO

Peter LAWRIE

Mathieu DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON

10

14:20

Pelle EDBERG

Jake ROOS

Fabien MARTY

10

14:30

Daniel WOLTMAN

Chris LLOYD

Xavier PONCELET

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