With the drama of Augusta now behind us, the Tour travels to Morocco for the Trophée Hassan II, a staple on the European Tour schedule since 2010.
A strong field is set to tee it up at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam where Jeunghun Wang defeated Nacho Elvira in a playoff twelve months ago. The course long, tight with some testing rough off the fairways. With that in mind, our statistics guru has hand picked these three players for your Fantasy team consideration.
Pick of the favourites: Dean Burmester
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As one of the stand out performers of the season so far, Dean Burmester is full of confidence as he returns to Morocco. Having won his last start at the Tshwane Open, he will start the event as one of the favourites. The South African has eight top 20 finishes in his last nine worldwide starts and finished in the top 15 in his debut at this event 12 months ago. He ranks second on Tour in Stroke Average so far this season whilst also ranking in the top 15 in Driving Distance, Putts per GIR, Putts per Round and Sand Saves. If Burmester plays anything like he has in recent weeks, he is likely to be in the hunt on Sunday.
Form horse: Joost Luiten
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Dutchman Joost Luiten will be a popular pick this week in Morocco and rightfully so. Having won at least one event in five of the last six European Tour seasons, the 31 year old will have his sights set on the top of the leaderboard at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. Luiten has finished in the top 15 in three of his last four starts in Morocco and arrives this week on the back of top 30s in his last seven strokeplay events. He is enjoying a career-best season on the greens, averaging 29.3 Putts per Round and 1.77 Putts per GIR. When on he possesses one of the best all-round games on Tour and should be well-rested and fully motivated this week.
Wildcard: Robert Rock
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Few players this week will welcome a return to Royal Golf Dar Es Salam as much as Robert Rock. The smooth-swinging Englishman birdied three of his last seven holes last year to finish one shot out of the playoff. Rock also finished in the top seven in 2010, the previous time the Trophee Hassan II was played at this venue. The 40 year old spends a lot of time coaching other players these days but still works hard on his own swing. He has made three of last four cuts entering the week and will always have the memories of two impressive European Tour victories at the 2011 Italian Open and 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
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 the event begins on Thursday. Good luck!
