Analysis paralysis. It's a horrible affliction, and it's one which hit me again when looking through the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, where world number five Bryson DeChambeau makes his return to the Middle East. More on him later.

Top of the list before prices hit Oddschecker was Martin Kaymer, last week's headline selection. He made a sparkling start in Abu Dhabi only to stutter to 22nd, but still it's easy to argue that it represented another step in the right direction. I wrote prior to that event that Kaymer's long-game looks to be back and he ranked first in greens hit to underline the suspicion; something similar could see him contend one week later.

Then I remembered that, for all his quartet of top-fives at the Emirates Golf Club, Kaymer does take every opportunity to remind us that it's not quite perfect for him. He's far from alone in making the point that this is a venue made for a high-ball draw, patented here by Rory McIlroy, and it's a black mark against his chances.

Kaymer could of course make a mockery of the notion that hitting it right-to-left counts for more on the Majlis Course than most places but ultimately you have to be ruthless when whittling down a shortlist and, his gradual return to form depending so much on that stock fade, it's a fade from me, too.