Fantasy Golf Picks & Predictions – Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

Fantasy Golf Picks and Predictions for the Scottish Open

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The European Tour will be in focus this week after the unfortunate destruction of the Greenbrier forced a cancellation stateside.  This week the players across the pond will be setting their sights on the large prize at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

For this installment of the tournament, which was first established in 1935 for two years and then brought back in 1972, the golfers will head back to Castle Stuart Golf Links for the first time since 2013.  The course offers plenty of challenges to every type of player with its classic links style layout and should once again bring out the best from the entrants this week.

With the Open Championship coming just a week after this event, plenty of the big names come out to get warmed up and get used to the time change.  That is certainly evidenced by the elite talent which has been able to claim the title here over the past few years.

The last time that this tourney was held at Castle Stuart, it was 42-time PGA TOUR winner Phil Mickelson who was able to come away with the victory, and since his name sat atop the leaderboard a pair of well know players in Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler have found a way to stave off the rest of the field and claim the top prize.  The players have been able to see their score go very low while playing here from 2011-2013 as both Mickelson and Jeev Milkha Singh won with a 17-under and as Luke Donald dominated over the field by four strokes with his 19-under-par showing in 2011.  A playoff would not be a surprise either, as both Mickelson and Singh needed extra holes to top the leaderboard while defeating the likes of Branden Grace and Francesco Molinari in the process.

It could be another top man getting it done again this week as the field coming in is stronger than most on the European Tour.  Official World Golf Rankings No. 21 golfer Phil Mickelson will be back to defend his 2013 title at this venue and will be joined by a slew of solid names.

Vegas is giving No. 6 Henrik Stenson the nod as the top option for the week as he comes to Scotland on the heels of his 10^th European Tour victory, winning the BMW International by three strokes just a few weeks ago.  Among the favorites will also be No. 10 Branden Grace, No. 13 Patrick Reed, No. 20 J.B. Holmes, No. 24 Chris Wood, No. 26 Shane Lowry, No. 27 Russell Knox, No. 28 Rafael Cabrera Bello, No. 37 Thongchai Jaidee, No. 40 Andy Sullivan, No. 41 Matthew Fitzpatrick, No. 47 David Lingmerth, No. 48 Danny Lee, and No. 49 Soren Kjeldsen from the top-50 in the world.  A slew of returning champions including Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer, and Graeme McDowell will also be teeing it up as the trio will be looking to add to their combined 39 victories between the two major tours.

As you can see, there are a lot of names to choose from this week so we’ve outlined below some of the golfers who you should be thinking about inserting into your daily fantasy lineup.  The addition of the European Tour really has allowed for some new fun on the DFS front and hopefully these players below can make some noise in Scotland by week’s end.

Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Fantasy Picks and Predictions

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