First European Tour International Schedule victory in his 173rd European Tour event
Beats his previous best of second at the 1995 Madeira Island Open and tied second at the 2003 The Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters
Fourth win as a professional
The sixth different Frenchman to win on The European Tour, following Marc Farry, Gregory Havret, Thomas Levet, Jean-Francois Remesy and Jean Van de Velde
First French victory since Gregory Havret at the 2001 Atlanet Italian Open
The seventh French win on The European Tour since 1972
The fifth first-time winner on the 2004 European Tour, following Marcel Siem, (dunhill Championship), Thongchai Jaidee (Carlsberg Malaysian Open), Christopher Hanell (Madeira Island Open) and Phil Mickelson (Masters Tournament)
Gains a two year Tour exemption until the end of 2006
Collected his largest European Tour prize of €275,000 (£183,675)
Moves over €1 million in European Tour career earnings
First European Tour top ten finish of 2004 and fifth of his career
The 15th different player to win on the 2004 European Tour International Schedule from the first 16 events
The 116th European Tour victory by a former European Challenge Tour Member
The 61st different former Challenge Tour Member to win on The European Tour
The third player since 2000 to make the Canarias Open de España event their debut European Tour win, following Brain Davis (2000) and Kenneth Ferrie (2003)
