Dan Bradbury What's in The Bag & Player Profile

England's Dan Bradbury kept his nerve to win the Open de France, holding off Jeff Winther, Yannik Paul, Thorbjorn Olesen and Sam Bairstow by one shot at Le Golf National to land his second DP World Tour title.

With more than a dozen players in contention throughout most of the fourth round, Bradbury finally emerged from the pack with three straight birdies on the back nine and held on to win at 16 under par. He left himself almost 50 feet from the hole after his approach hit the 18th, and he left his first putt three feet away but calmly holed out for his par.

Playing in the penultimate group, he shot a bogey-free 66 to close the week and celebrated his par putt at the last with a fist-pump before watched from the scorers’ hut as Olesen and Bairstow also parred the hole to finish one behind.

• Player Profile
• Last 10 Events
• Key Stats
• World Ranking
• What's In The Bag

Bradbury, who began the day two shots behind overnight leader Jesper Svensson from Sweden, said he was due some good fortune as his tee shot on the 15th stopped short of water.

"Obviously got lucky off the tee, but I feel like I've had a few bad breaks this week so quite nice to get a good one there," said Bradbury. "And then I just pushed it [the second shot], straight up pushed it, and luckily it stayed on [the green]. Hit a horrendous putt that went in and sometimes you just need that. Once I'd done that, I was like 'it doesn't feel like my day, but there's definitely something going for me'."

Victory secured Bradbury’s place in the season-ending Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. He said: "I guess I’ll be looking at flights to Dubai then!

"I don't know how to feel to be honest, I really don't know. My only real goal this week was to simply make the cut to ensure that I didn't have to go back to Q-School later this year."

He now has no worries on that front, with this win ensuring he has full playing rights on the DP World Tour until the end of 2026.

Player Profile

Dan Bradbury was born in Wakefield on July 26, 1999.

He attended Lincoln Memorial University from 2017 to 2021, where he was the 2020 and 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men's Athlete of the Year. He played his final collegiate season at Florida State University in 2022.

Bradbury turned professional in July 2022 and made his first start at the Cazoo Classic at Hillside Golf Club in Southport, where he missed the cut.

In November 2022, in only his third start on the DP World Tour and playing on a sponsor's invite, Bradbury won the Joburg Open, an event also co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour. He shot a final score of 263 (21 under par) to win by three shots ahead of Sami Valimaki. It was a win that gained him an exemption to the 2023 Open, where he missed the cut. 

He became the player with the lowest position world rankings to win a DP World Tour event, starting the week in South Africa 1,397th in the world. He was 327th at the start of the French Open. He began the week in 98th place in the Race to Dubai and with the win he rose to 25th.

This was his 56th start on the DP World Tour, making 31 cuts. This was his second victory. He also has a third place to his name and five top 10s.

Last 10 Results

FedEx Open de France - 1st

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - CUT

Open de Espana - T39th

BMW PGA Championship - T35th

Amgen Irish Open - CUT

Betfred British Masters - CUT

Danish Golf Championship - T63rd

Czech Masters - T23rd

The 15nd Open - CUT

Genesis Scottish Open - CUT

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 304.05 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 60.47%

Greens in Regulation - 68.54%

Sand Saves - 49.44%

Putts Per Round - 29.55

Scoring Average - 70.95

End of Year World Ranking Position

2022: 512

2023: 149

What's in Dan Bradbury's Golf Bag

Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 Degrees)

3-Wood: Ping G430 Max (15 Degrees)

3 Utility Iron: Ping i Crossover

Irons: Ping Blueprint Forged S (4-9)

Wedges: Ping Blueprint Forged S (Pitching Wedge), Ping S159 (50, 56, 60 Degrees)

Putter: Ping PLD Oslo Proto

Ball: Titleist Pro V1 X (2023)