The DP World Tour resumes this week, and we hit European soil for the first time with Belgium hosting the Soudal Open.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Strokes Gained: Tee To Green
- GIR
- Scambling
- Putting Average
- Par 4 Scoring
- Birdies
Rinkven is a parkland course that is a relatively new design that is absolutely a second-shot course.
It is not an overly long course, the last two winners have reached -17 and -18 respectively so there is a need to go low.
Key Correlation Tournaments
- British Masters
- Kenya Open
- Austrian Open
BEST BET
HAOTONG LI ($26)
Haotong Li has been a regular selection in these pages this year such has been his form.
He won the Qatar Masters in February and has four Top 16 finishes in six starts since including a T-2 in the Turkish Airlines Open.
Ranks second in Par 4 Scoring, third in Birdies, sixth in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 11th in GIR.
Looks a prime contender again.
BEST VALUE
ADRIEN SADDIER ($36)
Frenchmen who is absolutely flying at present.
He has three Top 10s in his last six starts and has rarely been out of the Top 20 since October last year.
Finished T-13 here last year.
He ranks sixth in Birdies, 13th in Putting Average and 14th in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green.
Posted Top 25 finishes the last two Kenya Opens and the most recent Austrian Open.
MARCO PENGE ($36)
Coming off a super PGA Championship debut where he finished T-28, Englishman Marco Penge looks a prime player who can win his second DP World Tour event this weekend.
He claimed the Hainan Classic three starts back and has a game that should suit here despite two missed cuts from two starts.
BEST ROUGHIES
JOHN PARRY ($67)
Parry has had a super year with a win in the Mauritius Open and runner-up finishes in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and Kenya Open, the latter being a key guide for here.
Parry ranks eighth in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 13th in Scrambling.
DAVID MICHELUZZI ($101)
Quality Australian who has shown up well on the DP World Tour the last 12 months. He has five Top 20s in his last 14 tournaments.
Has had a layoff since playing The National out here.
Ranks ninth in Putting Average and 11th in Scrambling.
TOP FRENCH
ADRIEN SADDIER
Saddier is among the selections to win the tournament and his consistency makes him a quality bet to finish as the top Frenchman.
TOP NEW ZEALANDER
KAZUMA KOBORI
Kazuma Kobori is one of two Kiwis and is surprisingly an outsider.
He is a Top 15 scrambler on Tour and should be favoured over Daniel Hillier.