Irish Open Fantasy Preview

With just a few weeks remaining until The Open Championship, the fields on the European Tour stay strong.


The headliners this week are Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm but there is plenty of mid-to-top-tier talent just behind them as we head to Ireland for the fourth Rolex Series event of the season.


The course is Ballyliffin GC, a links layout that plays to 7,462 yards on the scorecard with a par of 72.


There isn’t any history on the course so we’ll need to rely on course fit to fit some of these pegs into the proper holes.


Let’s look at a few angles to see who might fit the course this week:


Top Performers in GB&I (since 2015)

Shane Lowry

Graeme Mcdowell

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Andy Sullivan

Soren Kjeldsen

Richie Ramsay

Chris Wood

Paul Dunne

Bradley Dredge

Rory Mcilroy


Top Performers on Par 72s (since 2015)

Rory Mcilroy

Jon Rahm

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Alexander Levy

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Alexander Bjork

Shane Lowry

Peter Uihlein

Jorge Campillo

Andy Sullivan


Top Performers on Links Layouts (since 2015)

Andy Sullivan

Julien Guerrier

Joakim Lagergren

Chris Wood

Eddie Pepperell

Richie Ramsay

Paul Dunne

Romain Wattel

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Robert Rock


Top Performers in the Summer (since 2015)

Jon Rahm

Andy Sullivan

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Alexander Bjork

Julian Suri

Ryan Fox

Soren Kjeldsen

Scott Hend

Mike Lorenzo-Vera

Adrian Otaegui


Top Performers against Strong Fields (since 2015)

Rory Mcilroy

Jon Rahm

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Peter Uihlein

Matthew Fitzpatrick

Shane Lowry

Andy Sullivan

Paul Dunne

Hao Tong Li

Lee Westwood


Golfers that show up on all FIVE lists: Rafa Cabrera Bello, Andy Sullivan


Golfers that show up on 4-of-5 lists: NONE


Golfers that show up on 3-of-5 lists: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Paul Dunne, Shane Lowry


My Top 25 for the 2018 Irish Open

1. Rory McIlroy

2. Andy Sullivan

3. Rafa Cabrera Bello

4. Jon Rahm

5. Matthew Fitzpatrick

6. Alexander Bjork

7. Peter Uihlein

8. Shane Lowry

9. Kiradech Aphibarnrat

10. Jorge Campillo

11. Chris Wood

12. Paul Dunne

13. Jordan Smith

14. Graeme Mcdowell

15. Mike Lorenzo-Vera

16. Lee Westwood

17. Thorbjorn Olesen

18. Hao Tong Li

19. Thomas Pieters

20. Soren Kjeldsen

21. Shubhankar Sharma

22. Julian Suri

23. Matt Wallace

24. Dylan Frittelli

25. David Horsey


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