Fantasy Golf Round Up: Justin Rose Wins Gold
Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic on the PGA Tour
In this week's fantasy golf round up, Justin Rose wins gold medal at the Olympics and Ryan Moore takes the John Deere Classic
Fantasy Golf Round Up: Justin Rose Wins Gold
Wow, what a week.
Not only did golf return to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years, we saw a Gold Medal for Team GB thanks to Justin Rose's exquisite play.
The Englishman battled with Open Champion Henrik Stenson right down to the final shot on the final green.
Rose birdied the par-5 18th for Gold and 405 fantasy points whilst Stenson 3-putted for bogey to win the Silver Medal and pick up 345 points.
Matt Kuchar won the Bronze medal but was behind Ryan Moore in the 'USA 1' category.
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Moore won the John Deere Classic in Illinois for his fifth PGA Tour title.
The man from Washington State had just one bogey all week as he finished at 22-under-par.
Each week the GM Tipster posts his betting tips. Last week he had his 13th winner of the season thanks to Ryan Moore and now stands at over 750 points up for the season.
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There are great prizes from Puma Cobra Golf to be won each and every week. This week's prize is a Cobra Dry Tec bag and the prize for the month is a Limited Edition USPGA Tour Bag and a pair of Ignite shoes.
The leading players per category last week:
USA 1: Ryan Moore (John Deere Classic) - 405 points
USA 2: Johnson Wagner (John Deere Classic) - 275 points
GB: Justin Rose - 405 points
Ireland: Padraig Harrington - 35 points
Scandinavia: Henrik Stenson - 345 points
Rest of Europe: Thomas Pieters - 295 points
Asia: Kiradech Aphibarnrat - 275 points
Africa: Jaco Van Zyl - 5 points
Australasia: Marcus Fraser - 275 points
South America: Emiliano Grillo - 215 points
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Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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