Dubai Golden VISA Awardee Nicolas Colsaerts shares his Daily Diary, from the Cazoo Open de France.

Dubai Golden VISA Awardee Nicolas Colsaerts shares his Daily Diary, from the Cazoo Open de France.

Round one of this €3 million Open de France is now over.

I woke up this morning felling very good and confident of a good round and a good week. It is always a great feeling to defend a title, it has been so long since October 20th, 2019 when I received the Open de France trophy – in fact it is 1,069 days – who is counting!

I managed a one over par front nine of 37 with three bogeys and two birdies on holes 2 and 9. On the Par 3 second hole at 210 yards, I hit my tee shot to 8 feet and 2 inches for my opening birdie.

On the back nine I birdied the 178 yards,11th, I hit my tee shot to 4 feet and 5 inches to earn my second 2’s club of the day.

I stood on the 12th tee level par for the round which put me in a good position.

I was hitting the ball very nicely and I immediately felt comfortable in myself and with my game.

Then the famous finishing stretch over the Le Golf National Course took its revenge on me.

I had water balls on both holes 15 and 16, but still managed