GolfMagic Fantasy: Picks for The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool
GolfMagic Fantasy: Win awesome Callaway prizes with GolfMagic Fantasy. Here are our picks for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.
The GolfMagic Fantasy game - brought to you by our friends at Callaway - launched at The Masters, and we're back this week with our picks for the final major of the year: The 151st Open Championship.
GolfMagic Fantasy is free to play and there are some huge prizes up for grabs from now all the way through to our final event at the Tour Championship in August.
Our season-long winner will receive a full custom through the bag fitting with Callaway at one of their national fitting centres.
We all also have some incredible prizes for weekly winners.
This week you'll get your chance to win a limited edition Odyssey putter and head cover.
How do I enter a team?
To enter your team, all you need to do is sign up for a free account here.
It's quick and easy to join, and you have until the first scheduled tee time at the Open Championship on Thursday to enter your five players, of which one of them needs to become your captain who will earn you double points!
In total, we'll have 20 events.
We've compiled a helpful guide for you on all the information you need in order to play GolfMagic Fantasy this season.
With that being said, let's get stuck into our GolfMagic Fantasy picks for the 2023 Open Championship.
Ben's GolfMagic Fantasy picks:
Pot 1 - Rory McIlroy
Why do we do this to ourselves? It's been nine years and McIlroy doesn't need reminding. But, he's in form coming into this Open off the back his first victory on Scottish soil. He'll be keen to put to bed his St. Andrews heartbreak. This is the time.
Pot 2 - Brooks Koepka (c)
Koepka is just so damn impressive in majors. Did you know that since 2017, Koepka is 80-under in major championships. That represents 21 strokes clear of his nearest competitor. He's fit, healthy and it always appears he has a point to prove to his critics and naysayers. He's my captain.
Pot 2 - Tommy Fleetwood
Despite not having won on the PGA Tour yet Fleetwood has been impressive in the majors the last few years. He's had multiple top-5 finishes. He will undoubtedly have a huge backing in Liverpool. Will it be Fleetwood's time?
Pot 3 - Shane Lowry
The 2019 Open Champion will have his backers at Royal Liverpool. He hasn't been great this season, posting only one top-10 finish in the 17 events he has played. But this is The Open and form goes out the window.
Pot 4 - Dustin Johnson
DJ just represents incredible value in this category. Okay, so he wasn't brilliant at the Masters (T-48), was equally a non-factor at the PGA Championship (T-55) but most recently posted a top-10 finish at the U.S. Open.
The rules
Team selection:
You must pick a team of five golfers for each tournament in the PGA Tour season. There are no player values or salary cap for selections, however you must respect the Pots criteria, better explained in the next section. Golfers who are not in the field will not be available for selection. Golfers who withdrawal from a tournament before the start and are still within your team will not be earning any points.
Each week your team will be wiped, so you must pick a fresh team ahead of each tournament. This is to ensure that you have five active golfers in your team each week to maximize your scoring potential.
Deadline:
You have up until the first scheduled tee-time to pick your team or make edits to your team. If you do not submit a team by this time, you will be automatically assigned five players. No team edits are permitted after this deadline.
Players pots:
Your 5 players will be chosen from 4 pots:
Pot 1 will be golfers ranked 1-10 (Official World ranking)
Pot 2 will be golfers ranked 11-25 (Official World ranking)
Pot 3 will be golfers ranked 26-50 (Official World ranking)
Pot 4 for will be all remaining golfers (Official World ranking)
Selection restrictions are as follows:
You can only pick a maximum of 2 players from pot 1
You can only pick a maximum of 3 players from pots 1 and 2 combined
You can only pick a maximum of 4 players from pots 1, 2 and 3 combined
You can only pick a maximum of 5 players from pots 1, 2, 3 and 4 combined
Take a look at the Callaway prizes on offer in 2023!
- Week 1 - The Masters
Special Edition Major’s Themed Callaway Tour Bag - Week 2- RBC Heritage
Limited Edition Callaway Paradym Driver (9 degree Driver with a HZRDUS 60 stiff shaft) - Week 3- Mexico Open at Vidanta
An Odyssey Putter of the Winners Choice (*excluding Toulon Garage range) - Week 4- Wells Fargo Championship
x4 Dozen Chrome Soft Golf Balls - Week 5 - AT&T Byron
x2 Callaway Wedges - Week 6 - PGA Championships
Limited Edition Head Cover & Odyssey Putter - Week 7 - Charles Schwab
Callaway Tour Bag - Week 8 - Memorial
Callaway Shoes, Cap and Glove - Week 9 - Canadian Open
Callaway Paradym Fairway Wood - Week 10 - US Open
Limited Edition Head Cover & Odyssey Putter - Week 11 - Travelers Championship
X4 Dozen Chromesoft Balls - Week 12 - Rocket Mortgage
Callaway Paradym Hybrid - Week 13 - John Deere Classic
Callaway Tour Bag - Week 14 - Scottish Open
OGIO Travel Case - Week 15 - The Open
Limited Edition Head Cover & Odyssey Putter - Week 16 - 3M Open
Travis Matthews Polo - Week 17 - Wyndham Championships
Callaway Shoes, Cap and Glove - Week 18 - FedEx St Jude
Callaway Paradym Hybrid - Week 19 - BMW Championships
Callaway Paradym Fairway Wood - Week 20 - Tour Championships
Callaway Paradym Driver
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