Levet dishes up tour de force

THOMAS LEVET described himself as living out a dream yesterday when he finally captured the French Open championship 25 years after first playing in it.

Tipped as a possible captain when the Ryder Cup is staged at Le Golf National near Paris in 2018, the 42-year-old local hero triumphed on the course by a shot from England’s Mark Foster and Dane Thorbjorn Olesen. Former Ryder Cup player Levet came into the event ranked 352nd in the world, but from three behind with a round to go, a closing one-under-par 70 gave him a nail-biting victory worth over €500,000.

“It was just crazy – the way it went was just like a dream,” he said after Olesen had missed a four-foot par putt on the last and then long-time leader Foster had left a 20-foot birdie attempt short.