Fantasy Golf Picks: European Ryder Cup Race Heats Up

The five transfers you need to make to your teams this week

European Ryder Cup

This week in fantasy golf the race for the European Ryder Cup team moves into its penultimate week whilst it's the final week to qualify for the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour

Fantasy Golf Picks: European Ryder Cup Race Heats Up

This week in fantasy golf it's the Czech Masters on the European Tour and the Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour.

Both tournaments are significant. The Czech Masters is the penultimate event before the nine European Ryder Cup automatic qualifiers are finalised and the Wyndham is the final week before the FedEx Cup begins, where only the top 125 in the standings progress.

Last week it was the Men's Olympic tournament and the John Deere Classic.

Justin Rose won Gold in Rio and Ryan Moore sealed the John Deere to each pick up 405 fantasy points.

European Ryder Cup

Thomas Pieters with Czech Masters trophy last year. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

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The 5 transfers you need to make to your teams this week:

European Ryder Cup

Jim Furyk with his record-breaking scorecard. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images)

USA 1: Jim Furyk - Fresh off shooting a 58 at the Travelers Championship for the PGA Tour's lowest-ever round, Furyk should be in your teams this week.

USA 2: Patrick Reed - The Texan finished T11th in the Olympics, finishing with a final round 64 (-7). He won his first PGA Tour event here back in 2013 by beating Jordan Spieth in a play-off.

GB: Andy Sullivan - The Englishman has not missed a cut on the European Tour all season and has two recent top-6 finishes in France and Scotland before coming T12th at The Open. After three wins last season he hasn't won yet but could do well this week with his Ryder Cup place not yet certain.

Rest of Europe: Thomas Pieters - The defending champion came fourth in the Olympics despite a third round of 77. He can't make the Ryder Cup team on merit but a win here and another good showing at the Made in Denmark next week would at least boost his hopes for a wildcard pick.

Asia: Hideki Matsuyama - Matsuyama came T4th at the USPGA so comes here in very decent form.

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