Tournament information | |
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Location | Saint-Omer, France |
Established | 1997 |
Course(s) | Saint-Omer Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,480 yards (6,840 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour Alps Tour MasterCard Tour LET Access Series |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €40,000 |
Month played | September |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 269 Brett Rumford (2003) |
To par | −20 Sébastien Delagrange (2001) |
Current champion | |
Mario Galiano Aguilar Kelsey Bennett | |
Location map | |
Location in France Location in Hauts-de-France |
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