With just five events left before the Final Series, there is a lot to play for this week in Germany. 156 players will tee it up at Bad Griesbach resort for the Porsche European Open but who deserves to be on yourFantasy Race To Dubaiteam? Here's a look at five players our stats expert believes you should consider.
Byeong Hun An
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The 2015 BMW PGA Champion returns to Germany for his first start in Europe in more than two months. He does so on the back of an emotional win at the Shinhan Donghae Open in his native Korea, where he shot 66-67 on the weekend to win by one stroke. An has finished in the top 20 only once since winning at Wentworth but did play well at this course in 2013 on the Challenge Tour, shooting 68-69-71-69 to finish in the top 15. The 24 year old ranks inside the top 20 in Driving Distance, Greens in Regulation and Scoring Average on The European Tour this season, a pretty combination for competing this week at Bad Griesbach.
Maximilan Kieffer
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A regular in Fantasy Five to Watch this season, Maxmilian Kieffer is putting together one of the most consistent seasons in recent European Tour history. 21 stroke play events played, 21 cuts made for the 25 year old. He returns to his native Germany this week after taking last week off following top 15 finishes at both the M2M Russian Open and KLM Open. Of all the players in the field this week, Kieffer has the lowest stroke average this season (tied with Wiesberger) at 70.1. With all his consistency in 2015, he is yet to pick up his first European Tour win and will be hoping to do so in front of his home crowd this week.
David Lipsky
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One year on from his first European Tour title, David Lipsky is showing the form that earned him the number one spot on the Asian Tour Order of Merit last season. The American's best finish in his first 17 events of the season was T35th at the BMW PGA Championship. Since then he has finished in the top 25 in five of his last six events including narrowly missing out on a play-off last week in Italy by a single shot. Lipsky enters the week 25 under par for his last five rounds and has ranked inside the top two in Putts Per Round in each of his last two events.
Fabrizio Zanotti
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Fabrizio Zanotti will be as excited as anyone about returning to Germany this week. The Paraguayan's only European Tour win came down the road in Munich at the 2014 International Open, and if he keeps playing the way he is, a second title may not be far away. Zanotti has finished in the top five in his last two starts, in Italy and the Netherlands, finishing a combined three shots off of the lead. He'll start this week on the back of nine straight scores in the 60s, a streak that puts him 40 under par for those rounds. He currently ranks 79th in The Race To Dubai so will hope to build on recent form in order to crack the top 60 and make his second appearance at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
Andrea Pavan
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Disappointed to miss the cut at his home Open last week, Andrea Pavan will be keen to get back into form this week in Germany. The Italian is one of two players in the field who have won at Bad Griesbach before, having taken home a Challenge Tour title here back in 2013 with four rounds in the 60s and a winning total of 19 under par. Having notched four top ten finishes last year, Pavan is yet to break through this season. The 26 year old has just four top 25 finishes in 2015, but with eight of his last nine rounds at 70 or better, the signs are there that he is returning to form and what better place to do that than a course he enjoyed success at before.
That's who our stats expert is picking but what about you? You have until early Thursday morning to select your ten manFantasy Race To Dubaiteam. Good luck!
