Thomas Pieters –

Playing in a European Tour event for just the second time since February, Pieters is one of the stronger members of this week’s field.

The Belgian is a three-time European Tour winner at the age of 25, and has climbed to 28th in the world rankings, thanks largely to a T4 finish at the Masters in April.

Pieters has only played at this event on three occasions but came 16th last year, his best finish to date.

He’s having the best year of his career, having picked up three top-fives in his last nine starts, and has never finished worse than 30th on the six occasions that he has made the cut during that run.

Pieters has only played sparingly in recent weeks, but has the class to win this weekend and must be backed at our enhanced price.

Lee Westwood –

Course form counts for plenty at Le Golf National.

All of the last four winners of this event had finished inside the top 15 previously, while Graeme McDowell, Francisco Molinari, Thongchai Jaidee and Ian Poulter are among several players to have earned multiple top-five places.

That means Westwood, who finished fifth in 2008, second in 2009 and 11th last year, is worth backing this week.

The Englishman is in decent form – with two top-15s in his last four starts – and placed inside the top 20 in both the Masters and the WGC Match Play in the past three months.

He hasn’t won on the European Tour since the 2014 Malaysian Open, but looks poised to be in contention once again this weekend.

Jamie Donaldson –

Donaldson’s impressive history at this event makes him one of the more intriguing outsiders in the field.

The Welshman finished inside the top 20 in three of his last four appearances at Le Golf National, including a sixth place in 2013 and fifth a year later.

The former Ryder Cup star hasn’t won on the European Tour since 2014 and made a mediocre start to this year.

He now seems to be coming into some form, though, having finished seventh at the Nordea Masters and 14th at the BMW International Open in his last two starts.

That, along with his course form, makes him worth a punt at this price.

Nicolas Colsaerts –

Colsaerts is another former Ryder Cup player who has found his touch in recent weeks.

He’s made six consecutive cuts and finished third at the BMW PGA, eighth at the Nordea and 26th at the BMW International in his last three starts.

The world No. 106 should extend his streak of good results at an event in which he has performed well in the past.

He earned back-to-back 11th-place finished in 2011 and 2012, and produced a decent performance to come 22nd last year.

He might not have the class to win, but is a good each-way bet.

Best of the rest

Martin Kaymer won this event in 2009 and has finished inside the top five three times since.

Back him to beat Shane Lowry – who has never finished higher than 17th in four tries – at

Francesco Molinari has finished second at Le Golf National on three occasions and is in good form with four top-25s out of five.

Back him to beat debutant Jon Rahm at

Dylan Frittelli has three top-fives in his last six starts and won the Lyoness Open three weeks ago.

Back him to beat George Coetzee at