46 events down. One to go. We're in Dubai for the final week of the season at Jumeirah Golf Estates. The top 60 players this season tee it up at the DP World Tour Championship, with $8m up for grabs in prize money.
The Earth Course has shown to suit a certain type of player, with a select few doing well on at this event year after year. With that in mind, our statistics guru has suggested the following three players for yourDaily Fantasy Team
Pick of the favourites: Rory McIlroy
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It's no surprise that the defending DP World Tour Championship winner is the man to beat this week. As well as wins here in 2012 and 2015, the World Number Two has four further top five finishes at this event. He is 73 under par for his last 16 rounds at the Earth Course. As for form, his numbers are just as impressive. He has ten top ten finishes in his last 12 European Tour starts, including two wins and he has been in contention nearly every time he has teed it up in this part of the world. In his last 23 starts in the Middle East, McIlroy has four wins, 16 top five finishes and just one missed cut. With a win, and nothing less, for any chance of defending his Race to Dubai title, expect to see the Northern Irishman in contention late on Sunday night.
Form horse: Francesco Molinari
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It's been a quiet, but efficient, season for Francesco Molinari in 2016. The Italian has seven top ten finishes so far this year, including a win at his home Open and three straight top six finishes entering this week. Buoyed by a memorable hole in one at the sixth hole, Molinari finished fourth at the DP World Tour Championship last year, one of five top 20 finishes at the event in the last six years. The four-time European Tour winner is having a career-best season in terms of Scoring Average, Driving Accuracy, Putts per Round and Putts per GIR and is possibly flying under the radar in a strong field this week.
Wildcard: Victor Dubuisson
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There's no doubt it has been a disappointing campaign for Victor Dubuisson in 2016. The Frenchman has just two top tens compared with eight missed cuts so far this season but count him out at your peril. On his day, Dubuisson can be one of the best players in the world and the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates is a perfect fit for his game. His last three finishes here read third, second and 13th and he has a career scoring average of 69. Having received some much needed confidence in the form of a third place finish last week at the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player, Victor may be the dark horse to add to your Fantasy team this week.
Those are our picks, now it’s time to make yours. Whether you are playing theFantasy Race to Dubaior our newDaily Fantasy Game, be sure to make your picks before Wednesday night. Good luck!
