Wood left to ready himself for Turnberry
Wood found himself first reserve in Paris, but there were no late withdrawals.
The 21-year-old is only 16th reserve for Loch Lomond at present and said: "It doesn't look like I'll get in, so I'll probably go and play some links golf to prepare for Turnberry."
His finish last July made him exempt for this year's championship in two weeks' time.
Meanwhile, blistering heat and a blistered foot served only to bring out the best in young German star Martin Kaymer.
The 24-year-old began the French Open Alstom with a course record-equalling 62 at Le Golf National – 10 better than Padraig Harrington, who now has a fight on his hands to avoid a fifth successive missed cut just two weeks before his bid for an Open hat-trick at Turnberry.
So bad was Kaymer's right foot that as well as being seen by a doctor he had a hole cut in his golf shoe to allow him to play Wednesday's pro-am.
With the help of his three partners he won that by four with an amazing 16 under par best-ball of 55. To be only seven worse than that on his own underlined what a massive talent he is.
"I've been missing a lot of short putts, but everything came together – and I hope it continues," he said after taking a three-stroke lead over England's 2006 winner John Bickerton, Thai Thongchai Jaidee, Australian Scott Strange, Swede Peter Hanson and Argentina's Rafa Echenique, the man who was second to Nick Dougherty in Munich on Sunday after a closing albatross.
"The foot's still hurting, but I will survive," added Kaymer. "Yesterday when I was practising it was unbelievable pain, but now I don't worry about it."
Kaymer's round actually began with a bogey, but after five birdies in the next nine holes he chipped in for eagle at the long third and finished with three more birdies for an inward 30.
Bickerton, 40 later this year, said: "I've not been playing well, but these things happen in golf and you have to try and kick on and improve.
"I've changed a few things in my set-up. I was getting very crouched and very lazy and hadn't even noticed myself, so it was important to address those issues."
Harrington was paired with Ian Poulter, runner-up to the Irishman at Royal Birkdale last summer and to Swede Henrik Stenson in May's Players Championship in Florida, but they both finished down the field on one over.
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