Fantasy Race to Dubai: Ones to watch
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The European Tour’s Race to Dubai continues this week with the BMW International Open. Who will be crowned champion, and who should you have in your Fantasy team?
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Expert Picks
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Our expert picks are brought to you every week by Sky Sports Presenter Kit Alexander and former Ladies European Tour player, coach and presenter Sophie Walker. The duo also co-host their own weekly Fantasy Golf Youtube Channel.
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Sophie's picks
You can follow Sophie on social media here: @SophWalks (Twitter), @SophWalksGolf (Instagram)
Louis Oosthuizen
The world number 12 is a surprise entry into the BMW International Open. Louis finished 2nd to Mickleson at the PGA Championship and 2nd last week in the US Open. The South African has my favourite swing on tour but what will surprise many of you is that it’s his putting which stands out this season. He is the best putter on the PGA Tour stats right now.
Thorbjorn Olesen
The five-time European Tour winner has only played five tournaments this year, but has recorded a top five and missed no cuts. His scoring average of 69.11 which places him eighth on tour. This is down to hitting over 70% of greens and ranking 11th of the putting stats. Thorbjorn has top 10’d at the BMW International Open in his last two visits.
Viktor Hovland
Firstly keep an eye out (literally) to see if Viktor plays this week as he pulled out of the US Open with an eye injury. The Norwegian is over to aid his Ryder Cup qualification and I think he could walk away with his first European Tour trophy also. Hovland is fifth on the FedEx Cup standing and the second highest ranked player in the field (13th).
Kit's picks
You can follow Kit on social media here: @KitOnTheCourse (Twitter), @KitOnTheCourse (Instagram)
Sergio Garcia
The 16-time European Tour winner hasn’t been in brilliant form, but he’s shown enough in bouncing back from four missed cuts on the trot with T20th and T19th finishes in his last two starts to suggest he’s worth a pick. Especially when his course form at Munchen Eichenried includes two runners-up finishes and a T7th in his last four starts here. His class should shine through.
Matthias Schwab
The Austrian should have a comfort factor in Germany and he continues to be one of the most consistent and accurate ball-strikers on Tour. He’s racked up five top-11s in his last seven starts, but he still needs to putt better in order to convert his fine form into a maiden win. He finished in T3rd the last time this event was played in 2019, just two shots outside the play-off.
Sam Horsfield
The 24-year-old hasn’t finished worse than T21st in his six starts in regular European Tour events this year, including three top-10s. He didn’t play in last week’s US Open so he won’t have to contend with travelling from the west coast of America to Germany. He ranks 1st in birdies per round, 2nd in ‘strokes gained - approach’, and 6th in scoring average on the European Tour.
