Who is leading the 2024 Open de France after day 1? Leaderboard explored

Modified Oct 10, 2024 18:53 GMT

GOLF: JUN 02 PGA RBC Canadian Open - Source: Getty — Thorbjørn Olesen is one of the leaders of the Open de France after round 1 (Image via Getty).

The first round of the 2024 Open de France was played on Thursday, October 10, at Le Golf National de Paris. The competition was extremely close with a three-way tie for first place and 33 players within three shots of the lead.

Joe Dean, Thorbjørn Olesen and Jesper Svensson lead the Open de France on 6 under. Five players are within one stroke of the lead.

2024 Open de France Day 1 Leaderboard

Here is the Open de France leaderboard after the first round. Only the top 50 are included:

T1 DEAN, Joe -6
T1 OLESEN, Thorbjørn -6
T1 SVENSSON, Jesper -6
T4 ZANOTTI, Fabrizio -5
T4 GRINBERG, Lev (AM) -5
T4 PAUL, Yannik -5
T4 HØJGAARD, Nicolai -5
T4 SADDIER, Adrien -5
T9 SORDET, Clément -4
T9 BRADBURY, Dan -4
T9 ROSE, Justin -4
T9 LI, Haotong -4
T9 STONE, Brandon -4
T9 NEMECZ, Lukas -4
T9 KINHULT, Marcus -4
T9 FRITTELLI, Dylan -4
T9 HARDING, Justin -4
T18 COCKERILL, Aaron -3
T18 WARING, Paul -3
T18 SOUTHGATE, Matthew -3
T18 SYME, Connor -3
T18 MOLINARI, Edoardo -3
T18 GREEN, Gavin -3
T18 SMITH, Jordan -3
T18 FISHER, Ross -3
T18 VEERMAN, Johannes -3
T18 ELVIRA, Manuel -3
T18 PEPPERELL, Eddie -3
T18 KIEFFER, Maximilian -3
T18 HØJGAARD, Rasmus -3
T18 WINTHER, Jeff -3
T18 MIGLIOZZI, Guido -3
T18 CAMPILLO, Jorge -3
T34 WILSON, Oliver -2
T34 KO, Jeong weon -2
T34 ROZNER, Antoine -2
T34 WALLACE, Matt -2
T34 RAVETTO, David -2
T34 MCKIBBIN, Tom -2
T34 SÖDERBERG, Sebastian -2
T34 HILL, Calum -2
T34 FERGUSON, Ewen -2
T43 WIEBE, Gunner -1
T43 JAMIESON, Scott -1
T43 DETRY, Thomas -1
T43 PAVAN, Andrea -1
T43 CLEMENTS, Todd -1
T43 WILLIAMS, Robin -1
T43 NEERGAARD-PETERSEN, Rasmus -1
T43 LE GOFF, Hugo (AM) -1
T43 VAILLANT, Tom -1
T43 WATTEL, Romain -1
T43 SHINKWIN, Callum -1
T43 RAMSAY, Richie -1
T43 FORSSTRÖM, Simon -1
T43 GIRRBACH, Joel -1

Joe Dean played the first round of the Open de France bogey-free with an eagle and four birdies. Thorbjørn Olesen and Jesper Svensson were level on seven birdies and one bogey each.

At the end of the first round, Thorbjørn Olesen mentioned the high quality of Le Golf National as a golf course. He said (via ASAP Sports):

"I think all in all it's just a great golf course. I don't think there's one bad golf hole on it...If you are really on your game, you have a lot of birdie chances...I think it's just a great golf course, and I really enjoy playing here."

Joe Dean, meanwhile, said he was concentrating on keeping the ball on the fairway (via ASAP Sports):

"Good, stress-free golf. Tried keeping it in the fairways...Just hit it in the fairway to be able to control the ball. It's been great. Hopefully another three days of that and we'll see what happens."

DP World Tour rookie Dean is looking for his first win on the circuit. Fellow rookie Svensson has already won his first event of the season and is looking for his second. For Olesen, winning the Open de France would be his ninth European Tour title.

Edited by Prathik BR