Back to the run of the mill stuff this week and the Europeantour sees a decent field assembling in Munich where last week's US Open players make the rare trip over for a rare "run of the mill" event. Victor Hovland heads the betting market and despite his eye injury in the sand of Torrey Pines he most certainly is the player to beat here. How much his exertions in San Diego will affect his performance this week remains to be seen, but we can rightly assume he's fit to play, but wouldn't be a confident win bet for me with his intentions for the week unclear. His price cements the decision to look down further down the field.
Not only do we see players teeing it having competed at the US Open last week but we also have home players returning from the US having being plying their trade on the Korn Ferry Tour & Champions Tour in Stephan Jaeger & Alex Cejka and its these two players that are of real interest here in Munich. A trip home during the Euros may be a welcome visit for both but I don't believe they will treat purely as a jolly as both are recent winners and should be keen to put in a challenge here. The latter was raised in Munich so the return visit during these times will be a welcomed one for him and his family. Cekja may be 50 years of age but he's playing well and won't be daunted by the young guns and his price is very tempting to see how he does fare. Cejka won the Seniors PGA Championship a couple of weeks ago having won his first Seniors title in the US earlier that month at the Regions Tradition. Those wins will bring confidence and whilst he is up against it here a bit, there's no reason why he can't challenge and grab a high finish at 150/1 - 7 places.
Likewise, Jaeger too hails from Munich and his visit home comes on the back of some excellent performances lately on the Korn Ferry Tour where he is 8/11 this season with a win at The Emerald Classic and two runners up placings last month at the Knoxville Open (he also won this back in 2018) & the Rex Hospital Open in which he lost a playoff to Mito Pereira, who backed the win up with another the following week. It's a very rare appearance on the Europeantour, but his price is value given he is competing well and looks destined for the PGA next season. 50/1 - 7 places is too big for this.
I could run amok this week in the hope that Hovland & Garcia don't dominate proceedings,not to mention Louis Oosthuizen too, but I have a further 4 players showing up for me as value picks which I can't leave unbacked.
We all know of John Catlin's ability on this tour and having tasted the experience of a Major this year, we can expect the American to be chomping at the bit to add to his haul very soon. As with Jaeger, Catlin is value for me @ 50/1 - 7 places
Shaun Norris is of real interest here. The South African has shown solid form on the Asia & Japan tours and can be a contender here on the European tour too. He too is a recent winner having won the Partner PRO-AM in Japan last month in a playoff. Notwithstanding he has missed the cut on both occasions since, he is well capable of a good week given he is strong in the putting department and fairly consistent in finding greens and if accuracy off the tee is not critical at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried as previously seen,then the course should be suitable for his game. I certainly think there is a bit of juice in the 100/1 - 7 places.
Brandon Stone is a winner, can go in at any time and perhaps having seen his compatriots play so well at Torrey Pines he may be motivated to up his game of late. Brandon won on the Sunshine Tour back in April before missing the cut at Kiawah Island, but he can feel at home on the European tour where he has 3 wins to his name, one of which was a Rolex Series in Scotland. Another GIR performer, the Joburg native needs to warm up his putter but I'll chance him @ 80/1 - 7 places too.
Finally, Min Woo Lee was put up here earlier this season on this blog and duly missed the cut but recent form suggests an improvement is imminent. mc-52-21-28 in last 4 starts may not be altogether inspiring but the price accounts for that @150/1 - 7 places. The Australian could be deemed mercurial, as demonstrated by his TOP-30 at the WGC Workday back in February and I just thought the price was too good to leave on the table.
Selections
0.50 pts e/w A. Cejka @ 150/1 - 7 places
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