Three Omega European Masters 2026 first-round leader tips to follow this week.
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Antoine Rozner at 45/1 (Seven Places) - 1pt EW
Rozner has an excellent record around here, having shot a best of 62, three rounds of 64, three more of 66 and nine other rounds of par or better across the 20 rounds he has played at the course.
He has twice recorded the lowest round of the day at this event, highlighting his ability to put together a low score around here.
He has played this event five times, finishing as high as T4 and never outside the top 34.
Rozner comes into the week in solid form, having finished T13 at the Danish Golf Championship and T21 at the British Masters. He shot a 64 in the second round in Denmark, which was the second-lowest score of the day.
He was also T9 after the opening round at the British Masters, having been T17 after the first round of the Danish Golf Championship the week before.
Joost Luiten at 60/1 (Seven Places) - 1pt EW
At an event that has seen players with strong course form return and excel in the past, 40-year-old Joost Luiten appeals. He arrives not only playing some decent golf but with an excellent record around here, with finishes of T6, T5, T23 and T23 in his last four appearances and just one missed cut in nine appearances at the course, back in 2010.
He has also shown that he knows how to go low here, shooting a 64, the second-lowest round of the day , in 2014, two 66s and a 65 in 2023, and two 65s in 2022.
Luiten arrives in decent form too, with finishes of T17 at the Genesis Scottish Open, T26 at the Danish Championship and T37 at the British Masters.
He was just two strokes off the lead after the opening round last week, shooting a 5-under 67 to sit T4 after day one. He was 34th after the opening round at the event before that and 13th after day one the week prior.
His irons are also hot right now, ranking 18th and 10th in Strokes Gained: Approach over the last two weeks respectively.
Lucas Bjerregaard at 110/1 (Five Places) - 1pt EW
Bjerregaard is another player who has proven he can go low here, while he also arrives with some very strong first-round performances behind him.
The 35-year-old has played this event eight times, finishing inside the top 10 on three occasions. His best finish came in 2018 when he finished second, but he showed he can still thrive at this track last year when finishing T8. He shot two rounds of 66 and a 65 during that performance.
In his last four DP World Tour starts, Bjerregaard has three first-round finishes inside the top six. He kicked off the Nexo Championship with a T6, began the Danish Championship the week before with a T2, and opened the Austrian Alpine Open with a T3.
Going back a little further, he finished T5 after the opening round of the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship and T10 after round one of the Turkish Airlines Open. That gives him five top-10 first-round finishes in his last seven DP World Tour appearances.
At a track he has shown he thrives at before, and with the best first round leader form in this field he was hard to ignore.
