Fantasy Golf Tournament Preview- WGC-HSBC

OVERVIEW
After back-to-back no cut events, we get…another no cut event! The PGA Tour heads to China to finish up the Asian swing as the Sheshan Golf Club hosts the WGC HSBC Champions. The field continues to get stronger as the swing heads to a finish and culminates here as we get to see DJ, Rory, Rose, Brooks, the duo known as Moli-Wood, Rahm, Finau and Matsuyama. For those of you who play European Tour DFS, you’ll recognize some names in the field this week as well as Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace, Thorbjorn Olesen, Adrian Otageui, Lucas Bjerregaard, and Erik Van Rooyan headline the names from the Euro Tour this week and can be found in the value section below. Last year Rose started the final day six shots back of Dustin Johnson only to see DJ crumble, while Rose played some excellent golf beating DJ, Brooks & Stenson by two shots when it was all said and done. The course is basically another bomb & gouge course (with seashore Paspalum fairways – South African grass blend), but can play to the hands of the sharp iron players as well as we’ve seen Henrik Stenson, Tim Clark, Martin Kaymer & Danny Willett have all had strong finishes or strong rounds while playing here the past few years.

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND

o The Course
• Sheshan Golf Club
• Par: 72
• Yardage: 7,200 yards
• Greens: Bentgrass
o Location: Shanghai, China
o Past Champions:
• 2017: Justin Rose -14 over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, & Henrik Stenson
• 2016: Hideki Matsuyama -23 over Daniel Berger & Henrik Stenson (by 7 strokes)
• 2015: Russell Knox -20 over Kevin Kisner
• 2014: Bubba Watson in a playoff over Tim Clark
• 2013: Dustin Johnson -24 over Ian Poulter

KEY STATS TO TARGET

o Strong Emphasis – SG: OTT+SG: APP, SG: T2G, Birdies or Better, Par 5 Scoring
o Important – Scrambling, Current Form, Course History

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