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European Tour: HNA Open de France top 10 power rankings

By Mike Randleman

May 26, 2017; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Jon Rahm tees off on the 9th hole during the second round of the Dean & Deluca Invitational golf tournament at Colonial Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports
May 26, 2017; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Jon Rahm tees off on the 9th hole during the second round of the Dean & Deluca Invitational golf tournament at Colonial Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports /
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HARTFORD, WI – JUNE 16: Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the fourth tee during the second round of the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills on June 16, 2017 in Hartford, Wisconsin. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
HARTFORD, WI – JUNE 16: Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the fourth tee during the second round of the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills on June 16, 2017 in Hartford, Wisconsin. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /

Graeme McDowell won here back-to-back in 2013 and 2014. That’s just recent enough to allow me to forget that the Northern Irishman hasn’t had a chance to win in the final holes in two years.

If made cuts help you out for fantasy, McDowell is still a reliable pick despite limited appearances in title contention. Once ranked as high as sixth in the world, the former U.S. Open champion still ranks No. 93 in the world, mainly thanks to 12 made cuts out of 14 this year. Despite not being in the hunt on Sunday, he’s still performed well, finishing outside the top 30 just twice in those 12 events in which he played the weekend, his best finish being a T-13 at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

The Open de France will be just his third start on the European Tour in 2017 and his first on European soil. Following his consecutive victories at Le Golf National, McDowell missed the cut the last two years.

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