Disappointment for Brown

A disappointed Mark Brown has shot an 8-over par 80 on the first day of the Open de France at Le Golf National outside Paris. On the bright side, with the course being a par 71 he avoided the dreaded ’snowman holding a doughnut’ (80). Brown did the damage with an 8 on the par 3 second and tried valiantly to fight back with birdies on three and five but double bogeys on seven and 15 didn’t help his scoring at all. Mark will need a big comeback reminiscent of his famous “Friday Fightbacks” of 2008 but realistically he will be saving his form for the next two weeks in Scotland. Click here for full scores.

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