His breakthrough win on the over 50’s circuit came at the 2018 Swiss Seniors Open.
He followed that up with victory in the 2019 Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship at Trevose GC in Cornwall beating Barry Lane by a single shot, a season where he also finished 4th in the Order of Merit rankings.
However, the highlight of Jean-François Remésy’s career is surely the back-to-back Open de France titles in 2004 and 2005 where he said that, “apart from a Major, there is no bigger tournament for a Frenchman to win than this one”.
Remésy also won the 1999 Estoril Open.
Remésy was French Amateur Champion in 1985 and turned pro in 1987, he visited Q-school eleven times unsuccessfully before finally gaining his European Tour card at the 12th attempt, just as he was on the brink of giving up the game.
In 2025, Jean-François Remésy tied for 5th at the Swiss Seniors Open on −12, finished 22nd at the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship, and secured another top-five with 5th place at the Grass & Co English Legends on −8.