Pascal Grizot, President of the Ryder Cup France 2018 committee, attends a golf event at France's Golf National where the Ryder Cup 2018 tournament will be held at Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines, France, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - If there is a single moment identified with French golf it is perhaps that of a hapless Jean Van de Velde standing knee-deep in the water at Carnoustie in 1999, squandering a three-shot lead on the 18th hole and with it the British Open.
Indeed, few people are old enough to remember the last French golfer to win a major championship: it was Arnaud Massy in 1907, when golf club shafts were still made of wood.
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