Fantasy Race to Dubai: Ones to watch

The European Tour’s Race to Dubai makes its way to Northern Ireland this week for the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by Modest! Golf Management.

It's a new event on the European Tour schedule that features a cut at both 36 and 54 holes and will be played over two courses at Galgorm Castle and Massereene, but who do our experts think should be in your fantasy team?

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Expert Picks

Our expert picks will be 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 Channel on Youtube, and you can watch them talk about their picks here: Fantasy Golf Youtube Channel.

Kit's picks

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You can follow Kit on social media here: @KitOnTheCourse (Twitter), @KitOnTheCourse (Instagram)

Justin Harding

The South African romped to victory at the Magical Kenya Open with a score of -21 in March, and I expect this to be a low-scoring event as well. He has seven top-20s in 13 events since that win, including losing the play-off last week at the Cazoo Open. He has a very impressive stroke average of 69.46 and he’s inside the top 30 in putts per round, ‘strokes gained - tee to green’ and ‘strokes gained - around the green’.

Santiago Tarrio

The 30-year-old has been in scintillating form on the Challenge Tour this season. He’s won twice and finished inside the top five four times in his last seven starts – that other result was still a tied-16th. He also finished 7th in the Northern Ireland Open at Galgorm Castle and Massereene on the Challenge Tour last season. I believe he can carry that form and confidence onto the European Tour this week.

Vincent Norrman

He only joined the paid ranks in June, but the 23-year-old Swede looks like a real player. He finished tied-5th in his pro debut in the BMW International Open and added a T61 at the DDF Irish Open and a T10 at the Cazoo Open, which included a 10 on the final hole of the third round. He was also T12 in the Scandinavian Mixed as an amateur, so he seems to be comfortable with the mixed format.

Sophie's picks

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You can follow Sophie on social media here: @SophWalks (Twitter), @SophWalksGolf (Instagram)

Calum Hill

Hill won one of his three Challenge Tour events at Galgorm GC in 2018. The 26 year old was right in the mix last week before a very out of character 79. This score hasn’t helped his stroke average but he still ranks 7th in that category and 17th in putting.

Adrian Otaegui

The Spaniard lost in a play off at the Scandi Mix event (similar mixed format to this). He has also been steady in recent weeks with three top 30’s in his last four tournaments. The 3 time European Tour player hits loads of fairways which will be useful as Galgorm won’t play long.

Andy Sullivan

After a very solid performance in The Open (26th) Andy is back in form. I walked a practice round with him and he seemed so comfortable with his game. Another guy which will embrace this new format. The English man is 6th in greens in regulation and 2nd (69.3) in stroke average for the season.