French International Boys Championship
Amateur golf tournament in France
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The French International Boys Championship, known as the Internationaux de France U18 - Trophee Carlhian, is an annual amateur golf tournament for men under 18 held in France.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  France |
| Established | 1926 |
| Course | Golf de Saint-Germain |
| Organised by | Fédération française de golf |
| Format | Stroke play followed by match play |
| Month played | April |
| Current champion | |
| Oscar Couilleau | |
The tournament was first played at Golf de Chantilly in 1926, and moved to Golf de Saint-Cloud in 1927. The competition has been played at many golf courses throughout France and has frequented several golf courses on more than one occasion.[2] The trophy is named after French golfer Michel Carlhian (1911–1977).
From 1926 to 1950, the event was played in stroke play format. In 1951, it took its current form of a two-round stroke play qualification followed by a final match play bracket.[3]
The championship did not take place 1940–1946, 1982, 1984 and in 2020.[2] It is one of nine qualification events for the European team in the Junior Ryder Cup.[4]
Winners
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internationaux de France U18 - Trophee Carlhian | |||||||
| 2025 |  Charlie Rusbridge | 41 holes |  Matous Zach | Prieure | [5] | ||
| 2024 | Oscar Couilleau | 3&2 |  Leevi Hellberg | Stade Français Courson | [6] | ||
| 2023 | Louis Anceaux | 39 holes |  Connor Graham | Saint-Germain | [7] | ||
| 2022 |  Carl Siemens | 2&1 |  Sean Keeling | Les Aisses | [8] | ||
| 2021 |  Michael Mjaaseth | 19 holes | Maxence Giboudot | Barbaroux | [9] | ||
| 2020 | No tournament | ||||||
| 2019 | Philipp Katich | 9&8 |  Matteo Cristoni | Les Aisses | [10] | ||
| 2018 | Andrea Romano | 5&3 | Pietro Bovari | Saint-Germain | |||
| 2017 |  Adrien Dumont de Chassart | 4&3 | Andrea Romano | Granville | |||
| 2016 | Guillaume Fanonnel | 4&3 | Thibault Santigny | Omaha Beach | |||
| 2015 | Alexandre Petit | 3&2 | Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen | Barbaroux | |||
| 2014 | Guido Migliozzi | 2 up | Augustin Holé | Médoc | |||
| 2013 | Dominic Foos | 4&2 | Harry Ellis | Le Touquet | |||
| 2012 |  Velte Maroy | 6&5 | Petter Mikalsen | RCF La Boulie | |||
| 2011 | Kristoffer Ventura | 3&2 | Pierre Tillement | Belle Dune | |||
| 2010 | Moritz Lampert | 6&5 | Thomas Detry | Belle Dune | |||
| 2009 | Romain Wattel | 1 up | Matteo Manassero | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2008 | Sebastian Schwind | 2&1 | Erwan Vieilledent | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2007 |  Floris de Vries | 37 holes | Frederik Kollevold | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2006 | Sean Einhaus | 1 up |  Pontus Widegren | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2005 | Alexandre Kaleka | 5&4 | Xavier Feyaerts | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2004 | Wouter de Vries | 3&2 | Reinier Saxton | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2003 | Dennis Küpper | 4&3 | Matteo Delpodio | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2002 | Andrea Romano | 4&3 | Matteo Delpodio | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2001 | Arnaud Delbos | 6&5 | Stefan Kirstein | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 2000 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 9&7 | Francesco Molinari | Toulouse-Seilh | |||
| 1999 | Stefano Reale | 11&10 | Thomas Roelofsen | Massane | |||
| 1998 | Michael Thannhäuser | 1 up | Jean-Marc de Polo | Palmola | |||
| 1997 |  Sergio García | 9&8 | Gary Birch | Palmola | |||
| 1996 | Lionel Alexandre | 3&2 | Fabrice Stoléar | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1995 | Christophe Ravetto | 5&4 | Simon Hurd | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1994 | Alexandre Balicki | 1 up | Markus Westerberg | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1993 | Tobias Biermann | 2&1 | Thomas Pulitini | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1992 | Nicolas Beaufils | 4&3 | Antoine Soubran | National | |||
| 1991 | Pierre-Olivier Rousseaux | 5&4 | Nicolas Joakimides | RCF La Boulie | |||
| 1990 | Janeirik Dahlström | 3&2 | Lee Thompson | Wimereux | |||
| 1989 | Christian Cévaër | 7&6 | Ramuntcho Basurco | Bondues | |||
| 1988 | James Cook | 6&5 | Cyril Eichacher | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1987 | Andrew Hare | 2&1 | Romain Victor | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1986 | Yago Beamonte | 2&1 | Uli Zilg | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1985 | Steven Bottomley | 3&2 | Luigi Figari | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1984 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1983 | Steven Bottomley | 2&1 | David Fletcher | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1982 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1981 | Andrew Stubbs | 2&1 | Erik Groth-Andersen | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1980 | Andrew Oldcorn | 6&5 | Harry Goerke | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1979 | Alastair Webster | 6&5 | François Illouz | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1978 | Göran Knutsson | 37 holes | Toby Shannon | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1977 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 2&1 | Toby Shannon | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1976 | Greg Turner | 2&1 | Tim Planchin | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1975 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 2&1 | Tim Giles | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | |||
| 1974 | Martin Poxon | 6&5 | Kai Flint | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1973 | Philippe Ploujoux | 4&3 | Gilles Bourdy | Le Vaudreuil | |||
| 1972 |  José Sousa e Melo | 37 holes | Michel Tapia | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1971 | Laurent Bailly | 9&8 | François Natali | Saint-Germain | |||
| 1970 | René Darrieumerlou | 6&5 | Patrice Léglise | Hossegor | |||
| 1969 | Georges Leven | 38 holes | Victor Swane | Vichy | |||
| 1968 | Philippe Toussaint | 8&6 | Victor Swane | Le Vaudreuil | |||
| 1967 |  Ari Simeonoglou | 1 up | Ugo Camera | Aix-les-Bains | |||
| 1966 | Olivier Brizon | 37 holes | Jean-Charles Desbordes | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1965 | Jean-Pierre Charpenel | 1 up | Veit Pagel | Aix-les-Bains | |||
| 1964 |  Todd Van De Hey | 6&5 | Olivier Brizon | Évian | |||
| 1963 | André Coret | 5&4 | Raymond Wattinne | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1962 | André Coret | 2&1 | Raymond Wattinne | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1961 | Henri-Pierre Bonneau | 3&1 | Steffen Gruhn | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1960 | N. H. Stephens | 4&3 | Peter Jochums | Évian | |||
| 1959 | Claës Jöhncke | 4&2 | Malcolm Gregson | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1958 | R. Van Wyck | 6&5 | Lando Sabini | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1957 | Freddy Rodesch | 2 up | Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1956 | Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue | 7&6 | Michel Gontard | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1955 | Alec Shepperson | 6&5 | Niels Thygesen | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1954 | Al Geiberger | 3&1 | Niels Thygesen | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1953 | Niels Thygesen | 2&1 | Alec Shepperson | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1952 | Luis Rezola | 6&5 | Roger Lagarde | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1951 | Gustav Adolf Bielke | 2 up | Niels Thygesen | Saint-Cloud | |||
| 1950 | Jean Levy-Rueff |  | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1949 | Jean-Paul Boullot | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1948 | Yves Caillol | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1947 | M. Carter | | Marly | ||||
| 1940–46 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1939 | Philippe Mallez | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1938 | Jacques Larroze | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1937 | Louis Murat | | La Boulie | ||||
| 1936 | Michel Boulart | | Marly | ||||
| 1935 | Philippe Boulart | | Saint-Germain | ||||
| 1934 | Pierre Maeght | | Marly | ||||
| 1933 | Jacques Petit-Leroy | | Fourqueux | ||||
| 1932 | Jean-Paul Boucheron | | Marly | ||||
| 1931 | Jean-Paul Boucheron | | Marly | ||||
| 1930 | Olivier Wormser | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1929 | Henry L. Archibald | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1928 | Henry L. Archibald | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1927 | Georges Huet | | Saint-Cloud | ||||
| 1926 | Gratien de Gramont | | Chantilly | ||||
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