
PARIS – Justin Thomas discovered just how tough Le Golf National will be for this year’s Ryder Cup during the opening round of this week’s $7 million HNA French Open. The World No. 2 returned an opening 1-under 70 that could have been two or three shots lower if not for deep rough around the 7,234-yard, par-71 layout. Thomas started from the 10th tee at 8 a.m. local time in the company of Tommy Fleetwood and Alexander Levy. He dropped a shot on the par-4 13th hole, and then double bogeyed the par-4 fifth. He hit 4-iron off both tees. “I knew right when I got here this was a very difficult golf course,� Thomas said. “I knew that you had to hit in play. You can get it snowballing pretty quickly
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