Dan Bradbury triumphs in France, sixth Laporta

Win by Dan Bradbury

England’s Dan Bradbury won a hard-fought 106ª edition of the FedEx Open de France, on the course at Le Golf National (par 71) in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris, France, where the 2018 Ryder Cup è will be held. With a partial score of 66 (-5) born of five birdies, including three consecutive ones between the decisive holes 14 and 16, and a score of 268 (67 66 69 66, -16), he edged out German Yannik Paul, Englishman Sam Bairstow and Danes Jeff Winther and Thorbjorn Olesen, second with 269 (-15), by one stroke.

Author of an’excellent performance Francesco Laporta, also among the dozen players who were in the running for the title until the last strokes, who with his sixth place (270 – 73 64 66 67, -14), shared with Englishman Matthew Jordan, sealed his best result of the season. He finished with a 67 (-4, two bogeys at the start and six successive birdies). After a very difficult start (97° with 73, +2 and with a +6 on the front nine) the Apulian definitely changed pace climbing to 17th° place in the second round and sixth in the third, which he then maintained. The U.S. Gunner Wiebe and Johannes Veerman, eighth with 271 (-13), also tried to have their say, but gave up in the final round.

Of the other Italians, Guido Migliozzi è ranked 18th ° with 275 (68 73 67 67, -9) thanks to a double 67 (-4). With the first in the third round è climbed from 64° to 39° place and with the second (six birdies, two bogeys) he recovered another twenty-one positions. He gave up, however, Matteo Manassero, 49° with 279 (71 67 74, -5), who had made two good middle rounds.

Dan Bradbury, 25, of Wakefield, claimed his second title after his first in 2022 (Joburg Open) at 55ª presence on the circuit. In an all-too-disappointing season so far, with only ten cuts made in the first 25 tournaments (two top tens and mostly mid-table placings), he received a check for $552,500 out of a prize pool of $3,250,000 in a single event, practically double what he had earned so far in 2024.