The third round of the 2024 Open de France was played on Saturday, October 12th at the iconic Le Golf National. The Moving Day saw plenty of movement on the leaderboard, but Jesper Svensson continues to lead for the third consecutive round.
The Swede now sits on 13 under at the Open de France. Thorbjorn Olesen has returned to the top of the leaderboard and is tied for second with Sam Bairstow.
2024 Open de France Day 3 Leaderboard
Here is the Open de France leaderboard after the third round:
- 1 Jesper Svensson -13
- T2 Sam Bairstow -12
- T2 Thorbjørn Olesen -12
- T4 Joe Dean -11
- T4 Dan Bradbury -11
- T6 Gunner Wiebe -10
- T6 Francesco Laporta -10
- T6 Yannik Paul -10
- T6 Matthew Jordan -10
- T6 Simon Forsström -10
- T11 Johannes Veerman -9
- T11 Gavin Green -9
- T11 Rasmus Højgaard -9
- T11 Fabrizio Zanotti -9
- T15 Sebastian Söderberg -8
- T15 Jeff Winther -8
- T15 Matteo Manassero -8
- T15 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen -8
- T15 Justin Harding -8
- T15 Ewen Ferguson -8
- T15 Aaron Cockerill -8
- T15 Justin Rose -8
- T15 Paul Waring -8
- T15 Thomas Detry -8
- T25 Julien Guerrier -7
- T25 Jordan Smith -7
- T25 David Micheluzzi -7
- T25 Nicolai Højgaard -7
- T25 Jorge Campillo -7
- T30 Alex Fitzpatrick -6
- T30 Casey Jarvis -6
- T30 David Law -6
- T30 Darius Van Driel -6
- T30 Niklas Norgaard -6
- T30 Calum Hill -6
- T30 Oliver Wilson -6
- T30 Eddie Pepperell -6
- T30 Lev Grinberg (a) -6
- T39 Guido Migliozzi -5
- T39 Tom Vaillant -5
- T39 David Ravetto -5
- T39 Connor Syme -5
- T39 Victor Perez -5
- T39 Maximilian Kieffer -5
- T39 Brandon Stone -5
- T46 Bernd Wiesberger -4
- T46 Adrien Saddier -4
- T46 Ashun Wu -4
- T46 Manuel Elvira -4
- T50 James Morrison -3
- T50 Matthew Southgate -3
- T50 Ross Fisher -3
- T50 Haotong Li -3
- T50 Marcus Kinhult -3
- T55 Matthieu Pavon -2
- T55 Antoine Rozner -2
- T55 Matt Wallace -2
- T58 Dylan Frittelli -1
- T58 Romain Wattel -1
- T58 Tom McKibbin -1
- T58 Todd Clements -1
- T58 Lukas Nemecz -1
- T63 Grégory Havret E
- T63 Joel Girrbach E
- T63 Clément Sordet E
- 66 Adrian Otaegui +1
- T67 Rikuya Hoshino +2
- T67 Marcel Siem +2
- 69 Robin Williams +3
- T70 Will Enefer +5
- T70 Alexander Knappe +5
Jesper Svensson carded five birdies and one bogey for a 4-under-par total to remain in first place at the Open de France, but just one stroke ahead Thorbjorn Olesen and Sam Bairstow. The Dane carded a bogey-free round of four birdies, while the Englishman was also bogey-free but carded an eagle and four birdies.
In one of the most notable events of the Open de France, Johannes Veerman scored an 8-under 63 in the third round. The American carded eight birdies and no bogeys to move up 52 places on the leaderboard to T11.
Remarkably, Veerman made the cut on the number after being the only player to have to restart the second round on Saturday after the suspension due to darkness the day before. His restart came on the fourth shot of the 18th, where he eventually made bogey.