Fantasy Golf Round Up: Li Haotong Wins Home Open

Li was the top-scorer in game week 4

Li Haotong took the spoils this week by winning the Volvo China Open for his first European Tour title and 405 fantasy golf points. Here's the round up of Fantasy Golf week 4:

In Fantasy Golf week 4 Topwin G&CC hosted the Volvo China Open which was won by Chinese sensation Li Haotong.

The 20-year-old fired a bogey-free final round 8-under-par 64 to post 22-under and win by three from Chile's Felipe Aguilar for his first European Tour victory.

It meant Li won 405 fantasy golf points - the highest scorer of the week.

It's the third week in succession there's been a first-time winner on tour, after Soomin Lee won the Shenzhen International last week and Andrew Johnston took the Open de Espana the week before.

Felipe Aguilar earned 345 points with his second-place finish although he was disappointed after a double-bogey at the 16th which ended his title hopes.

England's Richard Bland's closing 66 left him in a tie for third on 18-under par, tied with Marcel Siem and Lucas Bjerregaard. They each scored 315 points.

On the PGA Tour it was the weather-affected Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana.

Due to a deluge of rain over the weekend, the tournament was extended into Monday and only 54 holes (plus a further two play-off holes) could be completed.

Brian Stuard emerged victorious after a two-hole play-off with Byeong-Hun An and Jamie Lovemark.

Brian Stuard wins Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Brian Stuard wins Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Stuard played 56 bogey-free holes for his first PGA Tour victory, however he is not registered on Fantasy Golf so the lion-share of the points went to An and Lovemark - each winning 345 points.

Month one is now complete and Team of the Month is 'popcorn2' with 5984 points.

Here were the leading players per category in fantasy golf week 4:

USA 1: Jamie Lovemark - 345 points

USA 2: Harold Varner III - 215 points

GB: Richard Bland - 315 points

Scandinavia: Lucas Bjerregaard - 315 points

Rest of Europe: Marcel Siem - 315 points

Asia: Byeong-Hun An - 345 points

Byeong-Hun An Fantasy Golf

Africa: Thomas Aiken - 85 points

Australasia: Jason Day - 275 points

South America: Felipe Aguilar - 345 points

 

 

 

Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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