The final stop on the European Tour is the DP World Tour Championship with the top 50 golfers in the Race to Dubai standings competing for the hefty prize and Race to Dubai crown at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. Bernd Wiesberger tops the standings and can win the prize as the circuit’s top golfer with a top-2 finish regardless of what his nearest competitors do. Anything less leaves the door open for Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry or Matthew Fitzpatrick. That will create a lot of tense moments in the tournament matchups. Rory McIlroy has won the event twice in the past seven years and opened as the betting favorite. He’s also chasing down the World’s No. 1 ranking giving him plenty of motivation this week. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of matchup betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager.
DP World Tour Championship Matchup Odds at BookMaker.eu
Shane Lowry -127 vs. Robert MacIntyre -103
Guido Migliozzi +108 vs. Joachim B. Hansen -138
Danny Willett -128 vs. Kurt Kitayama -102
Thomas Detry -119 vs. Marcus Kinhult -111
Tom Lewis -107 vs. Ian Poulter -123
Jordan Smith -157 vs. Adri Arnaus +125
Francesco Molinari -143 vs. Matt Wallace +113
Sergio Garcia -111 vs. Rafael Cabrera Bello -119
Louis Oosthuizen -129 vs. Henrik Stenson -101
Victor Perez -110 vs. Lee Westwood -120
Justin Rose -111 vs. Louis Oosthuizen -119
Tyrrell Hatton -131 vs. Matthew Fitzpatrick +101
Jason Scrivener -118 vs. Benjamin Hebert -112
Bernd Wiesberger +143 vs. Paul Casey -180
Rory McIlroy -156 vs. Jon Rahm +124
Thomas Pieters -126 vs. Hao Tong Li -104
Mike Lorenzo Vera -150 vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout +120
Matthias Schwab -135 vs. Erik Van Rooyen +105
Justin Rose -123 vs. Henrik Stenson -107
Patrick Reed -145 vs. Matthew Fitzpatrick +115
Rory McIlroy -215 vs. Tommy Fleetwood +168
Patrick Reed -128 vs. Tyrrell Hatton -102
Need to Know
There is no cut line with the top-50 in the Race to Dubai standings battling for four days at the magnificent Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. The only host this event knows plays at 7,675 yards and par 72, and is one of the Middle East’s top venues. The length may seem scary but it really isn’t with wide fairways and large greens keeping balls in play. That’s reflected in past scores with nine of the 10 winners carding 16-under or better with four into the -20s. Big hitters rock this course but there is something for everyone. The entire layout offers a variety of intriguing holes and requires every stick in the bag. The course is known for its finishing stretch with a birdie opportunity on 15 and the island green on 17 that calls for an accurate iron shot. And the 18th asks golfers to play with a water hazard that runs the entire length of the hole.
DP World Tour Championship Matchup Picks
Henrik Stenson -107 vs. Justin Rose
I gotta say I’ve lost some confidence in Rose, who hasn’t put four rounds together in some time. And Stenson called Dubai home for a number of years getting used to the local courses. He made the most of his time by winning back-to-back here in 2013 and 2014 with a few other top-10s and a T12 last year. His recent form hasn’t been quite as strong, but it hasn’t been bad with three top-20s and a MC in four starts. Stenson’s familiarity with the course and the inability of Rose to string solid rounds in a row has me leaning one way in this matchup.
Bernd Wiesberger +143 vs. Paul Casey
I’ve done well backing Wiesberger this season and there’s no reason to stop now. With the Race to Dubai crown within reach this is no time for him to wither, and I don’t expect him to. Finishing first or second gets him the title regardless of what his nearest competitors do giving him plenty of motivation. He got to the top behind three wins, two of which were Rolex Series events, and he enters off a T3 at the Nedbank Challenge.
Patrick Reed -128 vs. Tyrrell Hatton
Reed’s play has been splendid for a few months and he’s enjoyed plenty of success at this event, which is why I’m going with him in this matchup. We last saw him at the Turkish Airlines Open a few weeks ago earning a T10, his third top-10 in the last four starts. The week off is well-deserved after placing among the top-25 in 13 of his last 14 starts. Three top-10s here and a trip to the President’s Cup upcoming is enough to keep Reed in fine form.
Marcus Kinhult -111 vs. Thomas Detry
We didn’t see much from Kinhult before his British Masters title a few months ago, and there wasn’t much going on afterwards. But he seems to have found his game recently and comes in on a bit of a hot streak. He was T18-T11-T17 in three events before nearly capturing the title at last week’s Nedbank Challenge, only to lose in a playoff. He debuted here last year with a T22, and there is room for improvement.
Jason Scrivener -118 vs. Benjamin Hebert
Talk about trending in the right direction. Since the middle of last month Scrivener has just gotten better capping his run with a T3 last week at the Nedbank Challenge. Four finishes among the top-26 in his last five starts also includes a T7 at the Spanish Open. He’s making his debut on this course, but he does have two top-10s and a T16 in three starts in the UAE.
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