Graduations are always tear-jerkers. This week it’s the Kenya Open that graduates from the Challenge Tour and moves onto the next stage of its career. It’s now a European Tour event.

The course is Karen Country Club. It’s a par 71 that plays just over 6,900 yards. When you factor in the altitude (~6,000 feet above sea level) then it quickly becomes one of the shortest course on tour.

That is one angle we will target this week (short courses) but we also have bentgrass greens and a weak field.

You can also have a look at the Fantasy Golfanac for some past quotes from the event.

Let’s dive into some past results to see who might fit the course.

Top Performers on Bentgrass (since 2015)

Erik van Rooyen
Shubhankar Sharma
George Coetzee
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Ricardo Gouveia
Seungsu Han
Gregory Bourdy
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Jacques Kruyswijk
Romain Langasque

Top Performers on Short Courses (since 2015)

Shubhankar Sharma
George Coetzee
Erik van Rooyen
Romain Langasque
Stuart Manley
Haydn Porteous
Ricardo Gouveia
Jose-Filipe Lima
Jeff Winther
Thomas Bjorn

Top Performers in Africa (since 2015)

Romain Langasque
George Coetzee
Erik van Rooyen
Jeff Winther
Masahiro Kawamura
Chris Hanson
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Robert Macintyre
Renato Paratore
Shubhankar Sharma

Top Performers in Altitude (since 2015)

Romain Langasque
George Coetzee
Haydn Porteous
Stuart Manley
Jeff Winther
Erik van Rooyen
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Laurie Canter
Scott Vincent
Renato Paratore

Top Performers against Weak Fields (since 2015)

George Coetzee
Erik van Rooyen
Seungsu Han
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Sean Crocker
Romain Langasque
Jinho Choi
Shubhankar Sharma
Robert Macintyre
Jose-Filipe Lima

Golfers that show up on all FIVE lists: George Coetzee, Erik van Rooyen, Romain Langasque

Golfers that show up on 4-of-5 lists: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Shhubhankar Sharma

Golfers that show up on 3-of-5 lists: Jeff Winther

My Top 25 for the 2019 Kenya Open

1. Erik van Rooyen
2. Justin Harding
3. George Coetzee
4. Romain Langasque
5. Jeff Winther
6. Gaganjeet Bhullar
7. Adria Arnaus
8. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9. Sean Crocker
10. Sebastian Soderberg
11. Robert Macintyre
12. Shubhankar Sharma
13. Nick Cullen
14. Seungsu Han
15. Anton Karlsson
16. Oliver Wilson
17. Renato Paratore
18. Haydn Porteous
19. Masahiro Kawamura
20. Matthew Nixon
21. Matthew Jordan
22. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
23. Clement Sordet
24. Max Orrin
25. Jinho Choi