Weekly Golf Betting Preview – Race to Dubai
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Well, it’s not every week we tip up a 200/1 place but that’s exactly what we did last week in the shape of Chris Wood at the Open Championship. This weeks affair in Sweden looks rather low key in comparison to Sunday’s drama but here are our picks for this weeks SAS Masters.
World number 7 Henrik Stenson heads the betting at 15/2 with totesport and looks like a decent favourite. Stenson’s been running pretty cold since his biggest career win at the TBC Sawgrass a few months ago but showed some class at Turnberry last week and if playing to anywhere near the top of his game should be good enough for this field.
Soren Kjeldsen’s one of my favourite golfers on tour and I’m happy to back him again this week. The Dane finished in the top thirty at Turnberry last week and didn’t let himself down at all across all four days. His record isn’t great on this course but he’s a much improved player since his last visit. Kjeldson’s second favourite at 10/1 with totesport.
The third Scando to head the betting is last years winner Peter Hanson. We tipped him up at 40/1 last year and he’s a much shorter 14/1 shot here with totesport. Hanson’s had an inconsistent year but shown glimpses of the form that won this tournament last year recently with a good finish at the US and British Opens plus a fourth place three weeks ago in France.
It’s actually a Frenchman that catches the eye at slightly longer odds this week in the shape of Raphael Jacquelin at 33/1 with totesport. Jacquelin missed the cut at Turnberry last week but it was down the road a week before at Loch Lomond where he really caught the eye with a storming final round 66 which catapulted him into a tie for second. Add this to a fifth place finish here back in 2006 and we could expect a bold show.
As an outsider Kyle Stanley at 66/1 with totesport could represent some value. The American lines up here on a sponsors invite and comes here off the back of turning pro after the US Open where he finished just outside the top fifty. In his first professional tournament Stanley finished tied for 19th at the Travelers Championship some comes here in good form.
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