Steve Palmer's French Open predictions and free golf betting tips

Steve Palmer's free golf betting tips and predictions for the French Open at Le Golf National on the DP World Tour.

Steve Palmer's French Open predictions and free golf betting tips. Live on Sky Sports Golf & Main Event from 12.30pm Thursday.

The French Open is back on the DP World Tour schedule after a two-year hiatus. Le Golf National hosted the Ryder Cup in 2018 and Europe won 17.5-10. 5. Patrick Reed and Thomas Pieters are jostling for favouritism.

Richie Ramsay is 50-1 to win the French Open at Le Golf National. Ramsay won the Cazoo Classic at the end of July. He was fifth in the 2011 French open and fifth again in 2019 edition. He can deliver back-to-back DP World Tour victories for Scotland by following Robert MacIntyre into the winner's enclosure.

Victor Perez is the best home hope at the French Open. He finished third in Italy last week. Perez won the Dutch Open in May and finished in third place in the European Open this year. In the last French open he finished 16th.

Marcus Kinhult won his first DP World Tour title at the 2019 British Masters. He was a rookie at Le Golf National in 2018 and finished 11th. Kin hult is a former world number two amateur. Steve Palmer's French Open predictions and free golf betting tips.

Antoine Rozner is making his Le Golf National debut. Ewen Ferguson is a two-time DP World Tour champion this season. Robert MacIntyre is the Italian Open champion. Ryan Fox injured his knee at Wentworth and has to withdraw from the BMW PGA and the Italy Open.

The French Open takes place at Le Golf National in Paris. The prize money is €3m and the winner gets €510,000. Top 65 players qualify for round three. Highest-ranked players in the field are Thomas Pieters, Ryan Fox, Patrick Reed, Adrian Meronk, Robert MacIntyre and Nicolas Colsaerts. Last year's Italian Open was won by Macintyre. The tournament is played in October this year. It is the last French open to be played at the course opened in 1990.