The DP World Tour is currently stopped off at the scene of the men's and women's Olympic golf tournaments, Le Golf National in Paris, for the FedEX Open de France.
A strong field is in action, with two of the most high-profile players - BMW PGA Championship winner Billy Horschel and Ryder Cup star Justin Rose - grouped alongside local star Romain Langasque in the opening two rounds.
They have so far endured contrasting fortunes in northern France, with Rose two shots back from the leaders at four-under, Horschel fighting to make the cut at +1, and Langasque praying for a miracle to make the weekend at +5. Those three begin their second round at 7:30am ET (1:30pm BST) on Friday.
Another eye-catching group sees three-time DP World Tour winner Nicolai Hojgaard grouped with four-time winner Thriston Lawrence and 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett.
However, once again, only one of the trio enjoyed a bright first round among the rain showers. Hojgaard used up his fair share of luck to reach -5 while Lawrence and Willett are at +3 and +5, respectively. They hope to maintain or improve their individual rounds at 2:45am ET (8:45am BST) in round two.
After round one, three players currently hold the lead on six-under - a remarkable score, given the conditions - including Joe Dean, Jesper Svensson, and Thorbjorn Olesen.
Below are the tee times and groupings for round two of the 2024 Open de France.
Open de France Notable Groups
Round Two
ET (BST)
- 2:45am (8:45am): Nicolai Hojgaard, Thriston Lawrence, Danny Willett
- 2:55am (8:55am): Rasmus Hojgaard, Matteo Manassero, Matthieu Pavon
- 7:30am (1:30pm): Billy Horschel, Justin Rose, Romain Langasque
Open de France Tee Times - Round Two
ET (BST)
10th Tee/1st Tee
- 2:15am (8:15am): Joost Luiten, Andy Sullivan, Gregory Bourdy/Manuel Elvira, Ricardo Gouveia, Stephen Gallacher
- 2:25am (8:25am): Rikuya Hoshino, Tom Vaillant, Laurie Canter/Romain Wattel, Callum Shinkwin, Jordan Gumberg
- 2:35am (8:35am): Sebastian Soderberg, Ugo Coussaud, Sam Bairstow/Marcus Kinhult, Jonas Blixt, Eddie Pepperell
- 2:45am (8:45am): Nicolai Hojgaard, Thriston Lawrence, Danny Willett/James Nicholas, Ashun Wu, Maximilian Kieffer
- 2:55am (8:55am): Rasmus Hojgaard, Matteo Manassero, Matthieu Pavon/Richie Ramsay, Jeff Winther, Calum Hill
- 3:05am (9:05am): Jesper Svensson, Frederic Lacroix, Guido Migliozzi/Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, Santiago Tarrio, Marcel Schneider
- 3:15am (9:15am): Bernd Wiesberger, Adrien Saddier, Dylan Frittelli/Rafa Cabrera Bello, Chase Hanna, Matthias Schwab
- 3:25am (9:25am): Ewen Ferguson, Darius van Driel, Alex Fitzpatrick/Simon Forsstrom, Nick Bachem, Jorge Campillo
- 3:35am (9:35am): Daniel Gavins, Louis de Jager, Franck Daux/David Law, Benjamin Kedochim, Alejandro Del Rey
- 3:45am (9:45am): Andrew Johnston, MJ Daffue, Justin Harding/Soren Kjeldsen, Lorenzo Scalise, Francesco Laporta
- 3:55am (9:55am): Sung Kang, Fabrizio Zanotti, Clement Sordet/Aaron Cockerill, Paul Waring, Jayden Schaper
- 6:50am (12:50pm): Oliver Wilson, Casey Jarvis, Matthew Southgate/Connor Syme, Jeong weon Ko, Angel Hidalgo
- 7:00am (1:00pm): Edoardo Molinari, Gunner Wiebe, Marco Penge/Marcel Siem, Nicolas Colsaerts, Gregory Havret
- 7:10am (1:10pm): Darren Fichardt, James Morrison, Scott Jamieson/Antoine Rozner, Thomas Detry, Joe Dean
- 7:20am (1:20pm): Will Enefer, Shubhankar Sharma, Adri Arnaus/Francesco Molinari, Victor Perez, Matt Wallace
- 7:30am (1:30pm): Thomas Aiken, Daan Huizing, Dan Bradbury/Billy Horschel, Justin Rose, Romain Langasque
- 7:40am (1:40am): Ivan Cantero, Andrea Pavan, Matthew Jordan/Niklas Noorgard, David Ravetto, Tom McKibbin
- 7:50am (1:50pm): Todd Clements, Gavin Green, Robin Williams/Thorbjorn Olesen, Jordan Smith, Adrian Otaegui
- 8:00am (2:00pm): Ross Fisher, Haotong Li, Oscar Couilleau/Julien Guerrier, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Matthew Baldwin
- 8:10am (2:10pm): Dale Whitnell, Brandon Stone, Jens Dantorp/Hugo Le Goff, Yuto Katsuragawa, Sean Crocker
- 8:20am (2:20pm): Lev Grinberg, David Micheluzzi, Yannik Paul/Johannes Veerman, Alexander Knappe, Lukas Nemecz
How To Watch The Open de France In The US
All times ET
Friday 11 October: 7:30am-12:30pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
Saturday 12 October: 7:00am-11:30pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
Sunday 13 October: 6:30am-11:30pm (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
How To Watch The Open de France In The UK
All times BST
Friday 11 October: 12:30pm-5:30pm (Sky Sports Golf)
Saturday 12 October: 12:30pm-4:30pm (Sky Sports Golf)
Sunday 13 October: 11:30am-4:30pm (Sky Sports Golf)
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