The European Tour has resisted a late emotional pull to hand the 2018 Ryder Cup to Spain in honour of the late Seve Ballesteros, and instead awarded the 42nd staging of the tournament to France.
This is the second time that the European-hosted competition will be held outside of Great Britain and Ireland, after Valderrama in 1997, and is a superb boost for the sport in France - a nation with some wonderful, but relatively unknown golf courses.
The 2018 Ryder Cup will be held at Le Golf National in Versailles, just outside of Paris - the regular venue for the French Open. The Albatross course is an inland links-style layout which has previously been ranked the third best European championship course by European Tour professionals.
Apart from Spain, the French bid also defeated strong presentations from Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands.
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