Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- Nordea Masters (European Tour Package)

OVERVIEW

This tournament is Sweden’s version of The Masters in that it brings out a fairly strong field (composed of a lot of Swedish born players) and was previously known as the Scandinavian Masters. This event has been played at a few different courses in the past, but will be making its return to Barseback Golf & Country Club for the first time since 2009. The course is long having five Par 4’s over 450 yards, and one Par 3 that will play over 200. There’s only one Par 3 on the back, so I expect the majority of the scoring to come from the inward nine this week. All of the Par 5’s measure under 600 yards, but Ricardo Gonzalez won here in 2009 despite a third round 77, as Gonzalez was one of six players to fire in the sixties in round one and one of five to shoot in the sixties in round 2; getting off to a fast start seems imperative for our plays this week.

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND

• The Course
• Barseback Golf & Country Club
• Par: 73
• Yardage: 7,607 (can play up to 8,056 yards)
• Greens: Bentgrass
• Location: Malmo, Sweden
• Past Champion:
• 2009: Ricardo Gonzalez -10 over Jamie Donaldson [-8]

KEY STATS TO TARGET

• Strong Emphasis – Driving Distance, Greens in Regulation, Par 4 Scoring
• Important – Scrambling, Putts per GIR

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