It’s Open Championship week and one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the sporting year when your Fantasy team can make huge gains with a good week at Turnberry. The Open is pivotal to the season and if you get the selection right this week you could be a step closer to a fantastic five-star holiday in Dubai. The Race to Dubai is certain to have a very different look on Sunday night, so are you confident your current selection will be those in the top 15 at the end of the season, or is it time to switch a few players? After all, there is still 42% of the season’s prize money up for grabs so still plenty of opportunities to make a difference.
Nine of last year’s top 15 are currently outside the current Race to Dubai top 15, including the top two players from 2008 – Robert Karlsson and Padraig Harrington. Will they force their way back into the reckoning or can those players ahead of them now hold on until the end of the season?
Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen, Søren Hansen, Miguel Angel Jiménez, Graeme McDowell, Jeev Milkha Singh and Henrik Stenson all finished in the top 15 in 2008 but right now they are on the outside looking in and if they are to contribute to your final standings, they need to climb up The Race to Dubai.
With The Open this week, some players at Turnberry will make huge gains and every European Tour Member in the field has a chance to get into the all important top 15 who , come the end of the season, will qualify for the Dubai World Championship from November 19-22, at Jumeirah Golf Estates
The Open has announced a total prize fund of £4.2 million with £750,000 to the winner and with so much money at stake this week, anyone who hasn’t yet entered The Fantasy Race to Dubai still has every chance of picking the top 15 who will ultimately contribute prize money at the end of the season and winning that fabulous prize of a five-star holiday to Dubai.
Your team might be earning good money now but are all members of your squad in the top 15 of The Race to Dubai, and more importantly will they stay there, as that is all that counts in the Fantasy Race to Dubai.
If your player finishes the season outside the top 15, all the points that player has accumulated will be lost and count for nothing. A player finishing in 16th at the end of the season is as valuable as the player in 120th as their money is worthless. It is all about finishing in the top 15 on The Race to Dubai, so are you sure all your current squad will finish that high?
So if you think the current top 15 won’t be sharing the $10 million bonus pool at the end of The Race to Dubai, then make your selection count now or enter a new Fantasy team without delay and start earning points for your team.
