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They were completely redesigned and significantly lengthened, making them a major talking point upon the French Open’s return to Le Golf National. Yet, after a full opening round, the Albatros course’s new 4th, 5th, and 6th holes have statistically made no difference.

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Despite a combined increase in length of 107 meters, they were played on Thursday with an average score of 12.08 strokes.

Across 2,113 rounds recorded during the five editions held prior to the renovations—2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024—the three original holes had a combined average score of 12.02 strokes. On Thursday, the 142 players in the 2026 FedEx Open de France played them with virtually the same average.

A mere 0.06 strokes, then, currently separate the old three-hole stretch from the new one.

The 5th hole offers the most striking example. Despite an extra 65 meters (435 meters on Thursday versus 370 meters previously) and a dramatic transformation, the average score for the opening round remained unchanged: 3.96 versus 3.95—an increase of just one-hundredth of a stroke. This formidable par-4 remains relatively manageable, yielding twenty-two birdies against fourteen bogeys and a single double-bogey.

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