European Tour Power Rankings: ISPS Handa Vic Open
By Matt Coles
From New Zealand’s premier golfer to China’s best right now in Haotong Li, who takes place inside the top three on the Power Rankings ahead of the ISPS Handa Vic Open.
The Chinese star has one victory on the European Tour to his name, having secured the Omega Dubai Desert Classic title in 2018, when he made his move to World No.32, his best position so far on the Official World Golf Rankings.
Li now sits outside the top 75 on the OWGR, and just inside the top 70 on this season’s Race to Dubai leaderboard on the European Tour, following a T21 result at last week’s Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisors.
He also finished inside the top 50 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, the first Rolex Series tournament of the new campaign. That result came a few weeks after he came home as the runner-up at the CHINA TOUR Championship in December.
Over the last couple of years, Li has also finished in 2nd in Saudi Arabia and at the Turkish Airlines Open, T5 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, T9 at the Sky Sports British Masters and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, along with a top 20 result at the U.S. Open in the summer of 2018.
Two years is long enough for a golfer of Li’s quality to wait for another European Tour title. Could this be the week for the Chinese star to win again?