Fantasy Focus: Woods returns; ET in Sweden

Best picks for the PGA Tour's Memorial and the European Tour's Nordea Masters

Kevin Na
The Golf Monthly fantasy tipster thinks Kevin Na is one to watch this week
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This week, the Fantasy Focus colums looks at the best picks for the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament and the European Tour's Nordea Masters

Fantasy Focus - Woods returns; Europen Tour Sweden bound

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This week, the PGA Tour heads to Ohio for the Memorial Tournament at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village, while the European Tour is in Sweden for the Nordea Masters.

With the two events attracting strong fields, we've opted for a mix of players from both circuits as the US Open at Chambers Bay draws ever closer.

GM Tips for this week:

USA 1: Matt Kuchar - The consistent American has finished inside the top 15 in his last seven visits to Jack's place, including a victory in 2013.

USA 2: Kevin Na - I'm prepared to overlook Tiger Woods - a man with a tremendous Memorial record - and Jordan Spieth in favour of Kevin Na, who lost out in a play-off last year and comes into the event of the back of seven consecutive top-20 finishes in strokeplay events.

GB - Justin Rose - It has to be Justin Rose, doesn't it? He's a past winner at Muirfield Village (2010), he boasts a brilliant record here and he loves tough golf courses.

Ireland - Michael Hoey - The Ulsterman has missed his last two cuts, but he showed a semblance of form before that and notched a top-20 at the Nordea Masters in 2014.

Scandinavia - Alex Noren - The Swede is a past winner of his home Open and a player enjoying a very consistent season after returning from a wrist injury.

Rest of Europe - Victor Dubuisson - The Frenchman is far too good a player to be languishing for too much longer and should have some positive memories from his play-off loss here last year.

Asia - Thongchai Jaidee - The 45-year-old is the defending champion in Sweden and currently 6th on the Race to Dubai. Enough said.

South Africa - Charl Schwartzel - It's been a tough year for the 2011 Masters champion, but, as they say, class is permanent and form is temporary.

Australasia - Steven Bowditch - The Aussie is the form player in the category following his victory at last week's Byron Nelson Championship.

South America - Emiliano Grillo - It's only a matter of time before the Argentinian gets over the line. No one on the European Tour has been better this season from rounds one to three.

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Nick Bonfield
Content Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, commissioning and feature writing. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x