01프랑스에서 거둔 쾌거, 메이저 무대로 이어지는 발판
스페인의 앙헬 이달고가 프랑스에서 열린 DP 월드 투어 대회에서 눈부신 활약을 펼치며 준우승을 차지했습니다. 이달고는 대회 내내 정교한 샷 감각을 선보이며 상위권 경쟁을 이어간 끝에 값진 성적을 거두었습니다.
이번 준우승의 가장 큰 소득은 세계 최고의 권위를 자랑하는 메이저 대회인 ‘디 오픈 챔피언십(The Open Championship)’ 출전권을 획득했다는 점입니다. 이달고는 이번 대회를 통해 부여된 본선 진출 티켓을 거머쥐며 생애 첫 메이저 무대 입성을 앞두게 되었습니다.
디 오픈 예선 시리즈(Open Qualifying Series)의 일환으로 치러진 이번 경기에서 이달고는 이미 출전권을 확보한 선수들을 제외한 최상위 성적 기록자로 이름을 올렸습니다. 프랑스에서의 선전이 메이저 대회 출전이라는 최고의 보상으로 이어지며 그의 커리어에 새로운 이정표가 세워졌습니다.
02Original (English) — DP World Tour
Angel Hidalgo sealed his place at The 155th Open Championship at St Andrews with a second-placed finish at the 2026 FedEx Open de France.
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This week's event at Le Golf National is the first in The Open Qualifying Series, which continues at next month's Open de España presented by Madrid - with one place again available - and runs until July.
Hidalgo finished three strokes behind champion Matt Fitzpatrick, who had already secured his Open place, meaning the Spaniard will tee it up at the Home of Golf next year.
Three birdies in the last five holes ensured he emerged from the pack to seal his place ahead of compatriot Eugenio Chacarra and French pair Tom Vaillant and Matthieu Pavon, who shared third place on Sunday with Norway's already-qualified Kristoffer Reitan.
"Pretty cool, huh?" was Hidalgo's immediate reaction while looking at the Open Championship 18th hole flag presented to mark his achievement.
Hidalgo birdied the sixth after an approach to three feet, though his title challenge in France never took shape with a front nine otherwise consisting of pars followed by a dropped shot at the tenth.
He responded with a birdie at the next though, and as Fitzpatrick eventually closed the door on the chasing pack it became a question of who would win the Open place.
Back-to-back birdies at the 14th and 15th kept Hidalgo in contention, particularly once Chacarra found water at the 13th and bogeyed the 15th, and after a stunning approach to the last he let out a sigh of satisfaction knowing the job was all but done.
He said: "It's the first year I go directly to the Open, so that's pretty cool. So, yeah, super excited and can't wait.
"It's one of the most special tournaments in golf, especially in golf history. All the greatest won that tournament. So, yeah, it's pretty special, and especially in the Home of Golf."
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Eugenio Chacarra went low, Edoardo Molinari played a hidden role and Matt Fitzpatrick was ready for a hostile crowd after day three of the 2026 FedEx Open de France.