Fantasy Golf stats round-up: Week 13

There were two American winners ahead of the Open

Miguel Angel Jimenez
Miguel Angel Jimenez had a strong weekend in Scotland. Credit: Andrew Redington (Getty)

There were two American winners on the PGA and European Tours this weekend.

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Round-up

You deserved a pat on the back if you went for Danny Lee to win at the Greenbrier last week. However, it didn't take a seasoned golf fan to recognise that Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler could realistically win at the weekend.

Since a poll emerged claiming Fowler is the most over-rated golfer on Tour, he's won the Players Championship and the Scottish Open. That's one way to silence the doubters.

As for Spieth, he sealed his second John Deere Classic title in a play-off win over Tom Gillis on Sunday. Not bad preparation for what's to come this week at the Open.

 

PGA Tour

Many of the PGA Tour's highest-ranked players were in Scotland at the weekend, but there was still a big name challenging Spieth in the Fantasy stakes, with Zach Johnson claiming 315 points.

Lee is in excellent form and also earned some of you 315 points, with Carl Pettersson the highest European scorer in Illinois.

European Tour

The fans at Gullane were treated to a masterclass in world-class golf from Fowler.

Not far behind him, though, were Matt Kuchar, Raphael Jacquelin and Eddie Pepperell.

Miguel Angel Jimenez also picked up big points, along with Englishmen Luke Donald and Ross Fisher.

Overall

Boddington continues to sit out in front with 16,736 points, with Paxton Putters and Kiramy not too far behind.

Jordan Spieth was the highest-ranked finisher in Boddington's team.

 

Who's hot and who's not

Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose were the most popular players last week.

Rory McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson were the most transferred players.

 

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Top players in each category last week

America A-L - Rickie Fowler - 405 points

America M-Z - Jordan Spieth - 405 points

Great Britain - Eddie Pepperell / Marc Warren - 295 points

Ireland - Graeme McDowell / Shane Lowry / Padraig Harrington - 5 points

Scandinavia - Carl Pettersson - 135 points

Rest of Europe - Raphael Jacquelin - 345 points

Asia - Thongchai Jaidee - 5 points

Africa - Thomas Aiken - 5 points

Australasia - Danny Lee - 315 points

South America - Felipe Aguilar / Fabrizio Zanotti - 31 points

 

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Will Medlock graduated from UEA with a degree in Film and Television before completing a Masters in Sports Journalism at St Mary's in London. Will has had work published by The Independent and the Rugby Paper.