Sporting Comebacks and popularity in Brussels was definitely a theme over at Le Paris National too last weekend, when the likeable Belgian, Nicolas Colsaerts made a welcome and needed return to form by winning the French Open.

The big bombing Belgian held on over the very difficult closing holes at Paris National to land his first Tour Title since 2012, the same year he starred as a Rookie in that historic ‘Miracle At Medinah’ Ryder Cup Team. Many thought that he would kick on to become a Superstar after that performance, but like so many impressive Ryder Cup Rookies (and there are rafts of them with incredibly similar stories) the game, which seemed so easy, became very difficult and frustrating.

So going into last week`s event Nicolas was in danger of losing his Tour Card and needed a good finish at either that French Open or this week's upcoming Portugal Masters. It`s fair to say, once again, Colsaerts rose to the occasion by not only securing his Tour Card, but that win now makes him exempt until 2021! Perhaps now, with job security, he can truly kick on and show the kind of World Class potential he clearly has.

It wasn`t all plain sailing in the world of Tour Golf last week though with a few incidents of some quite incredible Rules breaches!

Firstly at Paris National, Marcel Siem had to Disqualify himself after 9 Holes of the Tournament. Marcel Siem-ed to think that Preferred Lies were in play, taking 5 during his opening 9 Holes. So when he discovered that ‘Lift, Clean & Place’ wasn`t being used he had to incur 10 Penalty Shots leaving him 11 Over Par after only 9 Holes! With his prospects of making the Cut essentially over, he Disqualified himself from the Tournament!

But the only saving grace for the German was he wasn`t the biggest Rules Blunder story of the week! That accolade went to Lee Ann Walker in the Senior Ladies PGA Championship who racked up a whopping 58 Penalty Shots over a 23 Hole stretch.

Walker was making a return to Tournament Golf after a 7 Year absence, in which time many of the game's Rules have changed. One of which was ‘The Caddies Position & Involvement In The Players Alignment’ – Unaware that this had been changed/banned she and her Caddy went back into their old 2012 routine. Only after her playing partner had flagged up the breach after the 5th hole of their 2nd Round did they realise they were doing something wrong. Retracing their tracks over the previous 22 Holes they realised they had breached the Rule 27 times culminating in that almost unbelievable 58 Shot Penalty!