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Open de France Power Rankings: Top 10 players at Le Golf National

By Mike Randleman

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 29: A general view from the 1st green at sunrise during the second round of the Paris Legends Championship played at Le Golf National on September 29, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Phil Inglis/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 29: A general view from the 1st green at sunrise during the second round of the Paris Legends Championship played at Le Golf National on September 29, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Phil Inglis/Getty Images) /
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PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 03: Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark plays his approach shot the 18th hole during the final round of The Open de France presented by Alstom at the Golf National Golf Club on July 3, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 03: Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark plays his approach shot the 18th hole during the final round of The Open de France presented by Alstom at the Golf National Golf Club on July 3, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /

The streaky Thorbjorn Olesen is riding a nice wave right now.

The Dane held off home favorite Francesco Molinari to win the Italian Open. A few weeks later, he fired 61 on Sunday to come within one shot of a playoff at the BMW International Open where he tied for second.

He’s now a five-time European Tour winner (six if you count his GolfSixes win with Lucas Bjerregaard, who was the first one left out of this week’s top 10) who’s proven he can go low.

Olesen is 11th in birdies this season, which means he may try to counter his aggressive mistakes with more birdies this week.

If he can find enough fairways and avoid the big round, which plagued him on Saturday last week, then he’s got the firepower to hang with the big boys in France.

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