Prayers for Nice as 2nd round begins at the British Open

But that was impossible for the French golf pro.

In fact, Sordet was on the west coast of Scotland for the British Open at Royal Troon, but his girlfriend, Marie, and her family were in Nice and celebrating Bastille Day when a truck plowed through revelers gathered along the Riviera city’s waterfront promenade.

The 23-year-old wore a white cap inked with the message “Pray For Nice” as he took to the fairways. “I will say my prayers”. “But I was just trying to enjoy my last day at The Open”.

The 23-year-old woke up to a flurry of text messages from anxious friends not realising that he was in Troon competing in the Open.

Sordet’s second successive round of 75 left him eight over par and means he will miss the cut and will likely return home later on Friday.

Mickelson was in no danger of suffering such a fate as a testing early breeze – in the opposite direction than on Thursday – swiftly died down and allowed the five-time major victor to nearly reach the par-five fourth in two.

“I woke up at four in the morning as I had an early tee time and I knew straight away as I had texts from people asking if I was okay”, said the Frenchman, who moved back to his homeland after attending Texas Tech University.

“My girlfriend is from Nice, and she has family there”.

“I tried not to think about it, but that’s why I had this on my hat”, said Sordet. It was a big party last night because it was the 14th of July, so we had a bunch of friends and it was my girlfriend’s mom there. They’re safe now, so everything’s okay.

“I’m really proud to be French”, he said.

National flags of every Open participant are flown near the first tee.

French golfer Clement Sordet took to the course at Royal Troon with “Pray For Nice” written on his cap on day two of The Open.

The R&A have made black ribbons available to players who wish to wear them around their arms as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives.