Jack Singh Brar should spend plenty of time under par

Jack Singh Brar
The Southampton-born 22-year-old's starring role in the 2017 Walker Cup was reminiscent of Thomas Pieters' performance in the 2016 Ryder Cup. Both men were on heavily defeated teams – America crushed Singh Brar's GB & Ireland side 19-7 – but both still garnered plenty of points. Singh Brar won three points from four matches with Cameron Champ among his victims in the opening foursomes.

Singh Brar looked a star in the making in the Walker Cup, then quickly won on the Alps Tour after turning professional.

A Challenge Tour breakthrough followed in September and it will probably not be long before this emerging talent is contending for European Tour titles.

Adri Arnaus
The 24-year-old Barcelona boy enjoyed a wire-to-wire victory in the Challenge Tour Grand Final in November and looks good enough to handle the upgrade to the European Tour comfortably.

Arnaus has just completed his first full year as a professional, earning an immediate graduation to the main circuit. Last year he took the Alps Tour by storm at the start of the summer, finishing second in his first two events before claiming two titles, including the Alps Tour Grand Final. He soon settled on the Challenge Tour, winning its most prestigious event.

Arnaus finished ninth in the Alfred Dunhill Championship last week, a display that suggested this rising star is already equipped to mix it with the big boys.

Kim Koivu
The 27-year-old Finn has taken a cautious route to the professional game, turning pro only last autumn, but he seems ready to make an overdue impression. Five years of college Stateside was followed by a season as an amateur on the Nordic Golf League before he turned pro.

This year Koivu has been making up for lost time, winning three times on the Challenge Tour to establish himself as a rising star of European golf. He is inconsistent and has missed 14 cuts in 2018, but when he is good, he is extremely good, so punters could cash in at fancy prices when he tees up in low-grade European Tour company this season.

Koivu finished seventh in the Portugal Masters in September – invited because of his three CT victories – so he will be looking forward to that tournament in October.

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