Emotional win for Levet in French Open golf

1u00a0of France fired a final round of 70 to pull off an upset home win in the French Open at Le Golf National yesterday.

Levet's seven-under par total of 277 left him one stroke clear of Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark and Mark Foster of England.

It was 42-year-old Levet's fifth European Tour title and his first since he took the 2009 Spanish Open.

But, emotionally for him, it was the first time he had won his home Open, 25 years after he first played on the French Golf Federation's flagship course outside of Versailles, which was recently awarded the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.

He becomes the second French winner of the tournament after Jean-Fran ois Remesy, who triumphed in 2004 and 2005.

"It was just crazy - the way it went was just like a dream. It's the first time my kids have seen me win. I'm not done yet!," Levet said.