Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- Turkish Airlines Open (European Tour Package)

OVERVIEW

This is the second year this event is being held at the Carya Club, so while we have SOME course history to go off of, I won’t be putting much weight on course history this week. A few items about the course: this is a resort course, and while on the surface it seems as though accuracy is the key stat to target, the rough will be short thus basically an extension of the fairway, not really penalizing an unfortunate fairway miss. There are trees on this course, but for the most part shouldn’t be an issue for players, the greens are large, undulating and fast and hitting the appropriate side of the fairway off the tee is of greater importance than being able to bomb it off the tee – of course bombing it off the tee AND on the correct side of the fairway will work to that players advantage as well. Before we get into the plays I’d like to point out that jamming in Stenson & Rose in the same lineup is impossible with the lowest priced players being $6,900 and if you lock in Stenson/Rose you have $6850 remaining per player. So, with that being said, I think if I have to choose one or the other, I’m leaning Stenson because Rose isn’t one to keep form for a long time, plus he’s riding high after DJ gifted him that victory last week. Another strategy you could employ, would be to play Stenson in GPP and Rose in cash to get your exposure to the two best plays in the field (or vice versa, but I’d rather have Stenson who looked about as dialed in as I’ve ever seen a player hitting the flag on several occasions last week. Not even kidding, I think he hit 3 or 4 flags on approaches, and would’ve ran away with the tournament if those drop or if he makes birdie on all of them; he only made birdie on one if my memory serves me correctly.)

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND

• The Course
• Carya Golf Club
• Par: 72
• Yardage: 7,186 yards
• Greens: Bentgrass
• Location: Antalya, Turkey
• Past Champions:
• 2016: Thorbjorn Olesen -20 over David Horsey & HaoTong Li

KEY STATS TO TARGET

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

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