Open de France 2025 Betting Tips: 125/1 shot one of six for Jamie

Alex Noren continued his superb run of form with a victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last week, capturing his second DP World Tour title in just three starts. The Swede held his nerve in a playoff against France’s Adrien Saddier, birdying the first extra hole to claim his second win in the tour’s flagship event.

This purple patch has come a little too late for Noren to earn a return to the Ryder Cup in a playing capacity, but he can certainly be a positive influence on the European team in his role as vice-captain.

That visit to Bethpage Black is now only two weeks away. First, the DP World Tour heads back to mainland Europe for the Open de France, which makes a temporary stop at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche.

Our golf tipster Jamie Worsley, as always, is back with his long-read preview of the event and has picked out six players to back each-way this week. Check out Jamie's  thoughts and his Open de France 2025 Betting Tips below...

TOURNAMENT HISTORY 

Beginning in 1906, the Open de France is the oldest national championship in Continental Europe. With the exception of 2020 and 2021, it has been held every year since 1946.

Jersey's Aubrey Boomer is the most successful player in the tournament's history, winning five renewals – in 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929 and 1931 – in the pre-DP World Tour era.

Seve Ballesteros leads the way since the birth of the tour in 1972, with four wins coming in 1977, 1982, 1985 and 1986. Nick Faldo is next with three (1983, 1988, 1989) and there have been four two-time winners: Peter Oosterhuis (1973, 1974), Retief Goosen (1997, 1999), Jean-Francois Remesy (2004, 2005) and Graeme McDowell (2013, 2014).

Last five winners:

• 2024

Winner: Dan Bradbury (-16)

Runners-up: Sam Bairstow, Thorbjorn Olesen, Yannik Paul, Jeff Winther (-15)

• 2023

Winner: Ryo Hisatsune (-14)

Runners-up: Jeff Winther, Jordan Smith (-12)

• 2022

Winner: Guido Migliozzi (-16)

Runner-up: Rasmus Hojgaard (-15)

• 2019

Winner: Nicolas Colsaerts (-12)

Runner-up: JB Hansen (-11)

• 2018

Winner: Alex Noren (-7)

Runners-up: Russell Knox, Julian Suri, Chris Wood (-6)

Englishman Dan Bradbury won the second DP World Tour title of his career in France last year, beating a quartet of players by one stroke. He returns to defend this week.

THE COURSE

The Open de France makes this brief switch in host course due to Le Golf National – the almost exclusive home of the tournament since 1991 – currently undergoing extensive renovations. It will instead be held at the Fred Hawtree-designed Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, which opened in 1959.

The course has hosted this event on three previous occasions (1965, 1969, 1982), and it was also the abode of the Trophee Lancome on the DP World Tour from 1970-2003. Furthermore, it recently staged the Eisenhower Trophy (also known as the World Amateur Team Championship) alongside Le Golf National in 2022.

This week's setup is a composite of the Blue and Red courses at the venue. Holes 1-7 from the Blue Course will play as the tournament's 1^st to 7^th holes; the 17^th and 18^th holes from the Red Course then function as the tournament's 8^th and 9^th, with the entire front nine of that layout playing as the tournament's back nine.

The result of that is a diminutive par 71, which measures 6977 yards and possesses 4x par 3s (153-218 yards), 11x par 4s (363-486 yards), and 3x par 5s (509-547 yards).

Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche is a traditional, tree-lined parkland course. This gently undulating layout requires strategy to overcome it and has water in-play on six holes, but for the most part it is a straightforward test.

The doglegging fairways are narrow on the front nine, becoming more generous on the back. That said, strategic bunkering dots the landing areas and with trees smartly placed, players must position their ball shrewdly or run the risk of having approaches blocked out.

A mixture of bentgrass and poa covers the putting surfaces, which are small-to-average in size and demand a strong wedge game to conquer. These subtly-contoured greens are well protected by deep and penal bunkers, whilst thick rough offers further problems around them.

Having been absent on the DP World Tour for over 20 years, it's difficult to know exactly what to expect of Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche this week. However, with each par 5 measuring under 550 yards and seven of the 11 par 4s coming in at sub-440, there appears to be countless birdie chances awaiting for those who display the accuracy to take advantage of them.

THE WEATHER

There has been rain in this area recently, though barring a few light showers forecast over the weekend, it doesn't look like being much of a factor for the event. Instead, it is predicting predominantly warm, dry and bright weather.

Whilst gusting winds of up to 24mph would make things difficult, they look to be rather fleeting. The predominant 6-8mph won't pose too many problems and on what is likely to be a receptive course, scoring should be good.

KEY STATS

• SG: Approach/Greens-in-Regulation
• SG: Putting (bentgrass/poa)
• Birdie Average

Iron play into the small, potentially soft greens is going to be vital in what will probably be a low-scoring tournament this week. With particular focus placed on players that excel with their wedges.

Converting these birdie chances will also be key. Therefore, those with a proven ability on bentgrass/poa surfaces should enjoy these greens.

CORRELATING EVENTS

We don't have the benefit of recent form to help in regard to comp events, but nonetheless, there are four venues that I believe will prove useful in working out this week's Open de France.

The Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre and the Soudal Open at Rinkven International are two established DP World Tour courses that are worth a look. Both are short, tree-lined courses that pose similar ball-striking questions to this week's host. The wedges are vital at each, whilst the small-to-average greens are bentgrass at Rinkven, and bentgrass/poa at Crans.

Host of this year's Danish Golf Championship, Furesø Golfklub ticks many of the same boxes – short, tree-lined and tight with bentgrass greens. Meanwhile, despite being a more open layout, Gut Altentann Golf Club, which hosted the returning Austrian Alpine Open back in June, is another short layout with bentgrass/poa greens that requires a top-class wedge game.

THE FIELD

This week's Open de France field contains five of the world's top 50 and 11 of the top 100. Canada's Corey Conners is the top-ranked player at No. 26 and will make his debut in the event, hoping for a better performance than his missed cut at Wentworth.

Ryan Fox comes next at No. 37 and that quintet of top-50 players is rounded out by Thomas Detry (No. 42), Min Woo Lee (No. 43) and Harry Hall (No. 49).

England's Dan Bradbury returns to defend and is joined by a further five former winners: Guido Migliozzi (2022), Nicolas Colsaerts (2019), Bernd Wiesberger (2015), Marcel Siem (2012) and Pablo Larrazabal (2008).

The in-form Adrien Saddier leads a strong home challenge. One that also includes fellow DP World Tour winners Victor Perez, Matthieu Pavon, Antoine Rozner, Romain Langasque, and one of this year's breakout stars, Martin Couvra.

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SELECTIONS

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Harry Hall 9/1, Corey Conners 10/1, Min Woo Lee 20/1, Jordan Smith 22/1, Michael Kim 22/1

2 pts Kristoffer Reitan each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 25/1

Kristoffer Reitan continued his impressive season on the DP World Tour last week, claiming a finish of 24^th on his Wentworth debut. He's performed excellently on other short courses this year, including claiming a first DP World Tour win in the Soudal Open. He looks well placed to double his tally in France.

Finding form at the Hainan Classic at the end of April, where he finished 2^nd, Reitan hasn't looked back since. He's missed just one cut in his last 13 starts, with that victory in Belgium one of five extra top-six finishes, alongside a runner-up finish in the Austrian Alpine Open, a 3^rd-place finish in the Nexo Championship, a 4^th in the BMW International Open, and four starts ago he was 6^th in Denmark.

The driver is his biggest weapon, with this long and relatively straight hitter ranking 11^th this season. He's also an eye-catching 26^th on the greens, ranks 13^th in birdie average, and has proven himself to be a steady wedge player.

Reitan has only played once in this event previously, finishing 18^th at Le Golf National in 2019. With those standout performances in Belgium, Austria and Denmark all boding well, he is a serious contender to finish on top at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche.

1.25 pts John Parry each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 40/1

John Parry recorded his first ever victory on the DP World Tour in France in 2010 at the Vivendi Cup, which was played just 30 minutes away from this venue at Golf de Joyenval. He’s also won twice in the country on the HotelPlanner Tour, most recently at the Open de Bretagne in 2024, and as one of the strongest iron players in this field, the country can provide him with another memorable moment this week.

Although Parry arrives following a missed cut at Wentworth, it was the first time in 11 starts that he’s failed to make the weekend. He’s had a largely excellent season, winning in Mauritius at the end of 2024 and has added three more top-four finishes this year, finishing 2^nd in the Kenya Open, 4^th in the Soudal Open, and most recently, he was 3^rd in the Nexo Championship.

He ranks 2^nd to Tyrrell Hatton in approach on the DP World Tour – excelling most with the clubs on courses where the wedges are vital – and is also 13^th in greens-in-regulation. He’s rediscovered accuracy with the driver of late and while the putter is hard to trust, he still ranks inside the top 30 in birdie average.

With his accurate ball-striking game, it’s no surprise that several of Parry’s best results have come on shorter, tree-lined layouts and he can again confirm his suitability to such courses this week.

1 pt Martin Couvra each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 45/1

Hugely talented 22-year-old Frenchman, Martin Couvra, ended a run of four straight missed cuts with a taking 13^th-place finish at Wentworth. As a superb iron player who found form with the putter last week, he can build on that effort and become the first home winner of the Open de France since Thomas Levet in 2011.

Couvra has shown major promise throughout his rookie season, recording seven finishes of 8^th or better. He earned his breakthrough victory in Turkey, flying home with an excellent final-round 64 to win by two shots, and he again went close three starts later, finishing 2^nd to compatriot Adrien Saddier in the Italian Open.

He missed five of his next six cuts following that but bounced back with four under-par rounds in the BMW PGA to finish 13^th on debut.

Whilst he looked confident through the bag there, it was the irons that impressed most, ranking 11^th in greens-in-regulation and 16^th in approach. Indeed, it’s in this area that he ranks highest season-long, ranking 9^th in approach and as a generally straight driver with a solid enough short game, he’s able to rank inside the top 15 in birdie average.

That scoring power should serve Couvra well here and with his strength with the wedges well on show during an 8^th-place finish in Austria earlier in the year, this looks a perfect place for him to wow the home fans.

1 pt Dan Bradbury each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 70/1

Defending champion Dan Bradbury has been showing signs of life recently, arriving in France following a 33^rd-place finish at Wentworth. He’s a fine wedge player and having gained strokes with the putter for the second time in three events last week, this looks like the ideal time to strike with the Englishman.

After recording back-to-back finishes of 7^th in the KLM Open and 3^rd in the Italian Open in June, Bradbury missed each of his following five cuts. He did display promise in the Danish Golf Championship four starts ago and he continued progress at The Belfry on his next outing, finishing 19^th.

He again hit the ball strongly in the Irish Open despite missing the cut and maintained his form with the long game in the BMW PGA, where he responded admirably to an opening 73 to shoot rounds of 68-71-66 for a 31^st-place finish.

Ranking inside the top 25 off-the-tee, in approach and in greens-in-regulation, his ball-striking impressed once more at Wentworth. This mirrors his numbers for the season overall, sitting 19^th in greens-in-regulation, 22^nd in approach and 34^th off-the-tee.

However, perhaps more pleasing was his ranking of 29^th in putting – an area in which he has historically struggled. That followed a similar level of performance at The Belfry and I’m hoping he carries momentum with the club into this week.

Bradbury should be relishing this title defence with his game beginning to take shape and having finished 10^th at the Soudal Open, as well as producing some of his strongest approach performances on similarly diminutive layouts, he has all of the attributes to become the first back-to-back winner of the Open de France since Graeme McDowell in 2014.

0.75 pts Guido Migliozzi each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 90/1

2022 Open de France winner Guido Migliozzi is enjoying his best period of golf of the season at present. He produced a superb approach display to finish 24^th at Wentworth and with plenty of form on comparable courses, he looks primed to contend in France.

Migliozzi has found the going tough for much of 2025, but he arrives at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche after four made cuts in a row. The first of these came courtesy of a 41^st-place finish in the British Masters, and he has since followed with results of 13^th in the Omega European Masters, 68^th in the Irish Open and 24^th in the BMW PGA.

The majority of positives have come from the short game this season. That being said, his approach play has slowly started to come together lately, culminating in him ranking 1^st last week. He’s usually strong on the greens and with this four-time tour winner a prolific birdie-maker when he finds his stride, he looks well suited to this setup.

Possessing a victory at Rinkven International in the 2019 Belgian Knockout, as well as four top-15 finishes in six European Masters starts, Migliozzi’s case is strengthened further by an attractive collection of comp form.

0.75 pts Darius Van Driel each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 125/1

Darius Van Driel is a player who often performs best on short, tree-lined courses. He recorded his first top-25 finish since May in last week’s BMW PGA Championship and with the putter starting to behave, this straight-and-steady type should go well at a big price.

Van Driel’s form figures display more letters than numbers this year, but when the course fits he’s been able to upgrade his performance. He finished 2^nd in the Soudal Open after missing five of his previous six cuts and although he has missed five of his last eight, he has produced top-30 finishes in the European Masters and at Wentworth, finishing 28^th and 24^th respectively.

The Dutchman showed improvements with his iron play in Ireland two weeks ago and that was again on show last week. In fact, he gained strokes in every area and having left behind some previously poor putting to gain strokes on the greens in two of his last three starts, his game appears to be peaking at the perfect time.

Van Driel’s runner-up finish at Rinkven this year wasn’t the first time he’d gone well there, as he also finished 2^nd in that 2019 Belgian Knockout to Migliozzi. We can take additional encouragement from his solo DP World Tour victory to date, which came in Kenya last year at Muthaiga Golf Club – another twisting tree-lined course that plays short due to being at altitude.

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