Defending champion George Coetzee +725 and major champion Charl Schwartzel +525 headline the field that needs some other star power in order for it to remain apart of the European Tour schedule. This is one of the weakest fields on the European Tour and more or less a South African Open - almost the entire field are South Africans. The event needs to either find another date, or attract better players in order for it to stick and retain sponsors moving forward.
The list is short of players that will contend this week. Brett Rumford +3250 and young guns Haydn Porteous +3050 and Trevor Fisher, Jr. +2050 all could find the winner’s circle this week.
Pretoria Country Club will host the event for the second consecutive year. The venue is a short 6,830-yard par 70 parkland course which is over 100 years old. Hall of Famer Gary Player re-designed the course in 2004 and made it much tougher than the original design. The fairways are fairly narrow in places while the greens are small and undulating. Last year only two players were able to reach double digits under par.
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Current Tshwane Open Golf Odds at BookMaker Sportsbook:
Charl Schwartzel +525
George Coetzee +725
Jaco Van Zyl +1815
Trevor Fisher, Jr. +2050
Richard Sterne +3050
Haydn Porteous +3050
Brandon Stone +3050
Dean Burmester +3550
Justin Walters +3550
David Horsey +3550
Brett Rumford +3250
Hennie Otto +8050
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4550
Zander Lombard +4550
Jason Scrivener +5250
Daniel Im +6050
Keith Horne +5250
Jbe Kruger +6550
Fabrizio Zanotti +5250
Jacques Blaauw +6050
Ben Evans +7550
Shaun Norris +7550
David Drysdale +8550
Clement Sordet +8050
Thomas Linard +8550
Jean Hugo +8050
Ross McGowan +10250
Felipe Aguilar +7250
Oliver Fisher +7050
FIELD - Any other player +185
ODDS ANALYSIS
Englishman David Horsey +3550 has played a limited schedule so far in 2016 but he is 3 for 3 in made cuts and although he hasn’t cracked the top ten in any of his starts, that will all change this week. He finished T10 here last year and has cracked the top ten in three of his last seven starts in South Africa.
Charl Schwartzel vs. George Coetzee
With the weak field, this is going to be a weekly matchup. Schwartzel is the favorite but it will be Coetzee who comes out on top. Coetzee grew up on this course, is fully recovered from last year’s injury and is playing some great golf of late with three made cuts in a row and a top ten finish. Coetzee wins this power matchup.
Haydn Porteous is a promising 21-year old who earlier this year picked up his first win on the European Tour but this week the course is short and tight and doesn’t fit his game. Last year he shot 80-73 to miss the cut and even though this year his game is in much better form, the tight course will again get the best of him. Fade Porteous!
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