Fantasy Golf Round up: Day Dominates Players

Day picked up 607 points as a 50% bonus was on offer

Fantasy Golf Round up: Jason Day picked up 607 points with his win at the unofficial fifth major in game week six

Fantasy Golf Round up: Day Dominates Players

World number one Jason Day was the high scorer in Fantasy Golf week six with his four stroke victory at the Players Championship where 50% extra points were on offer.

The Australian led wire-to-wire to finish on 15-under-par and scored 607 points with the win.

Kevin Chappell, who finished 2nd on his own, was four back at 11-under and won 517 fantasy points.

On the European Tour, 20-year-old Jeunghun Wang won his second consecutive tournament at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open to collect 405 points.

The highest scorer of the month so far is 'forebandits' who's team was captained by Rory McIlroy, with Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama and Brandon Stone who all had high-scoring weeks.

The prize for this month is a Cobra King Utility iron or a Cobra King F6 Baffler fairway wood.

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Here are the highest point scorers per category in Fantasy Golf game week six:

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Chappell won $1,134,000 for his second-place finish

USA 1: Kevin Chappell - 517 points

USA 2: Justin Thomas - 472 points

GB: Ross McGowan (Mauritius Open) - 235 points

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Graeme McDowell came T9th for his best finish since the Honda Classic in February

Ireland: Graeme McDowell - 292 points

Scandinavia: Jonas Blixt - 67 points

Rest of Europe: Francesco Molinari - 352 points

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Wang became the first back-to-back winner on the European Tour since Rory McIlroy in 2014

Asia: Jeunghun Wang (Mauritius Open) - 405 points

Africa: Brandon Stone (Mauritius Open) - 255 points

Australasia: Andrew Dodt (Mauritius Open) - 275 points

South America: Tano Goya (Mauritius Open) - 315 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