Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- Shot Clock Masters (European Tour Package)

OVERVIEW

Formerly known as the Lyoness Open, this week’s Euro Tour stop is a new event with new rules on a familiar course. First the course; Diamond CC, long links-type course that’s exposed to windy conditions and is considered a “tough and good challenge” (I feel like we’ve heard that literally every week on this tour). The course is primarily flat and thirteen holes have water hazards. The greens typically run a bit faster here at about 10.5’ on the stimp meter which has different effects on bad putters. Some like them faster than others and some like them slow so they can be more aggressive on the greens. There are four Par 5’s with the longest being 607 yards & four Par 3’s with the longest being 225 yards. Now the format. The shot clock will be used on every shot this week, and each player in the field will have 50 seconds for a first to play approach shot (including par 3 tee shot), chip or putt and 40 seconds for a tee shot on a par 4 or par 5 or second or third to play approach shot, chip or putt. Players will incur a one-shot penalty for each bad time incurred and these will be shown as a red card against their name on the leaderboard. Each player will have the right to call two time-extensions during a round which will permit them twice the usually allotted time to play the shot. Eddie Pepperell has already withdrawn from the event due to some wrist issues and won’t be participating in any US Open qualifying because of it, so keep that in the back of your mind when it comes time to target Euro players for the Open Championship.

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND

• The Course
• Diamond CC
• Par: 72
• Yardage: 7,400
• Greens: Agrostis & Poa Annua blends
• Location: Brescia, Italy
• Past Champions:
• 2017: Dylan Frittelli -12 over David Horsey, Mikko Korhonen & Jbe Kruger
• 2016: Ashun Wu -13 over Adrian Otaegui
• 2015: Chris Wood -15 over Rafa Cabrera Bello
• 2014: Mikael Lundberg -12 in a playoff over Bernd Wiesberger
• 2013: Joost Luiten -17 over Thomas Bjorn

KEY STATS TO TARGET

• Strong Emphasis – Greens in Regulation, Driving Distance, Ball Striking, P5 Scoring
• Important – Current Form, Scrambling, Putting Average

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