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From Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent
What is the legacy, although they point the biggest golf events in Europe? Why is it that they disappear from relevance after being centre of the golfing world shortly?
These are questions worth considering in the week which Le Golf National plays host to the French Open for the first time because the thumping victory over the United States of the continent .
One thing is for sure, this running of the national Open in Europe will not be as grand.
The tournament was shifted by a prime place in the schedule at the end of June and is now worth just #1.4m compared with the #5.6m purse that was played last year.
Make no mistake, there will be significant golf on display. The scramble qualify for the Race and to keep cards is intensifying.
Along with the likes of Jamie Donaldson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer incorporate some stardust.
However, if Alex Noren won he beat a field that included defending Spanish giants Jon Rahm champion Tommy Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia, US star Justin Thomas and Ryder Cup stalwart Ian Poulter.
Bjorn contributes among the chief playing attractions rather than main strategist for an extraordinary triumph.
That 171/2-101/2 win generated scenes and lifelong memories to inspire future generations. The course – set to suit the home team – and the location nearby Paris and huge roles played in making an week for European golfing.
But it feels like Le Golf National can follow many places that staged house matches for Europe into comparative obscurity. Courses that were once principles in the circuit have faded from significance.
The Ryder Cup was hosted by the Belfry on four occasions between 1985 and 2002 and anything you think the layout from the midlands became a significant portion of the cloth of golfing history.
But the Brabazon Course hasnt staged a Tour event . Celtic Manor in Wales that was south vanished following its Ryder Cup, four decades from the program from 2014.
The K Club, which hosted the 2006 game has been the European Open between 1995 and 2007s continuous home. As the Open was maintained by it it then disappeared from the calendar other.
Gleneagles staged the 2018 European Team Championships and this years Solheim Cup before putting about the 2014 Ryder Cup, however its deal expired.
Just Valderrama (1997 Ryder Cup) in southern Spain has remained a standard stop for the continents leading players in the wake of holding one of those biennial jousts between Europe and the United States.
So the portents are not good at a time once the value of this French Open has diminished, particularly for Le Golf National.
The French Federation signed a 12-year deal that would have taken them through to 2022.
This happened together with the loss of host Alstom, but with Chinese conglomerate HNA a deal was gained by the European Union for 2016. The agreement worth 25m euros seemed to fasten the event status.
But this deal fell through leaving this tournament to justify a spot in the tour of elite Rolex Series. So now it stays within this October date, slightly detached in the limelight it commanded.
The change of date is acceptable, the biggest tournaments ought to have the best dates, Pascal Grizot, president of Frances 2018 Ryder Cup committee, admitted to LEquipe this past year.
the European Tour did not do more to encourage the tournament Nevertheless, the official questioned. Why did not they opt to assist the French Open and the federation because we had been exceptionally loyal to the Ryder Cup? He asked.
The answer comes down to money, like with so many other Ryder Cup places. There is cash generated to place these areas after of staging golfs biggest event, the aim was fulfilled, but it disappears.
It might prove a similar narrative for Le Golf National. In accordance with following years program that the French Open will move back to high summer, however there is no word on which path will stage the championship nor its purses magnitude.
Places that immediately resonate with golf lovers K Club The Belfry, Celtic Manor, Gleneagles and now potentially Le Golf National are not just places that have carved big places in the games folklore.
They supply evidence that business reality leaves room for nurturing and preserving that golfing history.
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