GOLF EUROPEAN ARTICLES

Rory McIlroy is favored to win the British Masters, which begins on Thursday in Northern England. It is a little surprising that McIlroy is favored considering how poorly he has played recently. McIlroy admitted about a month ago that he has been playing hurt and I have been going against him on a regular basis in golf matchups. McIlroy is listed with odds of +650, while Sergio Garcia is the second choice at odds of +1050. Let’s look at this event, odds and predictions.... 

Padraig Harrington will look to become the first player to defend his title in the Portugal Masters, which begins on Thursday. This will be the 11^th edition of the Portugal Masters and eight of the previous ten winners are in the field. Harrington is listed as a longshot to win this week at odds of +5000, well behind Thomas Pieters who is listed as the favorite at odds of +1406. Shane Lowry is the second choice in the betting at odds of +1616. We aced last week’s PGA matchups, but we were just 2-3 with the European matchups in the KLM Open. Let’s look at the odds and picks for this week’s Portugal Masters.... 

Thomas Pieters is a lukewarm favorite to win this week’s European Tour event, the Portugal Masters that begins on Thursday. Pieters is listed at odds of +1450, while Shane Lowry is the second choice at +1650 and Andy Sullivan is the third choice at odds of +1850. Expect a lot of birdies this week at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura, Portugal, as the winning score the last two years was 23-under par. Let’s look at this event, odds and predictions.... 

Defending champion and local favorite Joost Luiten is favored to win the KLM Open, which begins on Thursday in the Netherlands. Luiten has two wins and five top ten finishes in this event. Luiten is listed with odds of +1600 to win this event and the only other player listed with odds of less than +2500 is Bernd Wiesberger at +1800. We went 2-2 last week with the matchup picks in the European Masters. Let’s look at the odds and picks for this week’s KLM Open.... 

Bernd Wiesberger and Joost Luiten are co-favorites to win the KLM Open which begins on Thursday in the Netherlands. These two players battled for the title last year with Luiten shooting a course record 63 in the final round to defeat Wiesberger. It looks to be a wide-open event this time around, with nine players listed with odds between +1850 and +3050. Let’s look at KLM Open odds, some course info, notes and golf predictions.... 

It is a top heavy field this week in the European Masters, as only two players are listed at odds of less than +2500. Alex Noren and Tommy Fleetwood are the top two betting choices at odds of just over +1100. Noren is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 12 in the world and he is also the defending champion, while Fleetwood leads the Race to Dubai standings. We went 4-1 last week with the matchup picks in the Czech Masters. Let’s look at the odds and picks for this week’s European Masters.... 

Alex Noren and Tommy Fleetwood headline the field for the Omega European Masters which begins on Thursday in Lens, Switzerland. Noren is the defending champion and the betting favorite at odds of +850, while Race to Dubai leader Fleetwood is the second choice at odds of +1150. It is a top-heavy field, as no other player is listed with odds of less than +2550. Let’s look at the odds and some players to consider for this event.... 

Thomas Pieters is getting a lot of respect from oddsmakers again this week, as he is listed as the favorite to win the Czech Masters. Pieters did not play well last week in Denmark as the favorite, but he has played well in Prague in the past, and he is the only player listed at odds of less than +1000. We went 2-2 last week with the matchup picks in the Made In Denmark. Let’s look at the odds and picks for this week’s Czech Masters.... 

The European Tour heads to Prague this week for the Czech Masters where Thomas Pieters is listed as the favorite. This tournament will have a little added emphasis this year, as it is the beginning of the qualification for the 2018 Ryder Cup. Pieters is listed as the top choice to win at odds of +950, while Jordan Smith is the second choice at odds of +1250. Let’s look at the odds and some players to consider for this event.... 

Thomas Pieters headlines the field for the Made in Denmark, which goes up against The Northern Trust this weekend. The field for this tournament in Denmark is understandably not very strong, but Pieters is one big name and he is joined by former major winner Martin Kaymer and local favorites Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjon Olesen. It has been a good season for us picking PGA matchups, so we’ll look to continue that success with European Tour matchups. Let’s look at the odds and picks for the Made in Denmark... 

Thomas Pieters is favored to win the Made in Denmark, which begins on Thursday at the Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort in Farso, Denmark. Pieters is the defending champion and listed at +850 to win for the second straight year. Other contenders include Martin Kaymer at odds of +1650 and local favorites Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen, at odds of +1150 and +1850 respectively. Let’s look at the odds and some players to consider this week.... 

The Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match is scheduled to start August 17-20, 2017. The Golf Channel will televise the event.... 

Ryan Fox is listed as the lukewarm favorite to win the Fiji International, which begins on Thursday at the Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course. This will be the second consecutive year that the Fiji International is part of the European Tour schedule. Most of the top European players are bypassing this event, so there are no big name players in the field. Fox is listed as the favorite at +1250, while Andrew Dodt is the second choice in the betting at +1650.... 

The betting field is what you would expect the week after a major championship, lackluster at best. Patrick Reed, at No. 26, is the highest ranked player in the betting field and Germany’s best player, Martin Kaymer, isn’t teeing it up. South African, Charl Schwartzel and American Jimmy Walker give the tournament two former major winners, but after that, there’s a huge dropoff of talent.But as the saying goes, the show must go on and there are some intriguing golf matchups to wager on.... 

Patrick Reed is a lukewarm favorite to win the Porsche European Open, which begins on Thursday in Hamburg, Germany. Reed is listed at +1250, while Charl Schwartzel is the second choice at +1450. No other player is listed with odds of less than +2250. None of the top ranked players in the world are in the field, as Schwartzel is the highest ranked at No. 21 in the world. Let’s look at the latest odds, some possible contenders and a few longshots.... 

The third of golf’s four majors, the Open Championship, gets underway on Thursday at Royal Birkdale in England with Rickie Fowler now listed as the favorite at odds of +1430. Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy opened as co-favorites but bettors are backing Fowler to win his first major. We are coming off another good week with the matchup picks, as we were 3-1 at the John Deere Classic. We’ll look to continue that success at the Open.... 

Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy are co-favorites to win the Open Championship, which begins on Thursday at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England. This looks to be a wide open major, as seven players are listed with odds of less than +2000. Unlike last year, when Henrik Stenson blitzed the Royal Troon course, players will have a much tougher test on the links at Royal Birkdale. Let’s look at Open Championship odds, notes and predictions.... 

Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler lead a strong field assembled for the Scottish Open, which begins on Thursday at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. Many of the world’s top players are using this event to get ready for next week’s Open Championship, which will be held at Royal Birkdale. Five of the last six Open winners have used the Scottish Open as preparation. Four of the world’s top ten are in the field, led by Rory McIlroy who is ranked No. 4 and Fowler who is ranked No. 10. McIlroy is the second choice in the betting at +1050 behind Fowler, who is listed at +850.... 

Rory McIlroy is favored to defend his title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, which begins on Thursday, July 6 at Portstewart GC in Northern Ireland. A number of top players are in the field for this event, as joining McIlroy, are Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose and last week’s winner Tommy Fleetwood. Eight of the last ten winners of this event were from Ireland or Great Britain. Let’s look at the odds and Irish Open predictions.... 

World No. 11 Jon Rahm headlines the field for the HNA Open de France, which begins on Thursday at Le Golf National just outside of Paris, France. A solid field is assembled, with 12 of the world’s Top 50 expected to compete. Rahm is favored at odds of +1000, with Francesco Molinari the second choice at +1400. It is an important tournament for many players, because Le Golf National will host next year’s Ryder Cup.... 

Masters champion Sergio Garcia and reigning Open champion Henrik Stenson lead the field for the BMW International Open, which begins on Thursday in Munich, Germany. Garcia is listed as the top betting choice at odds of +750, while Stenson is the second choice at +850. The top local choice in the betting is Martin Kaymer at odds of +1850. Only one German has been able to win the BMW International Open, and that was Kaymer in 2008.... 

Bernd Wiesberger is a solid favorite to win the Lyoness Open, which begins on Thursday in Austria. It is a weak field this week on the European Tour, so Wiesberger should have a good shot to win in front of his home fans in a tournament he really looks forward to playing, as he noted on the European Tour website. "It is always something special to compete in front of a home crowd and I can already look back on several good results and many great memories of the Lyoness Open.” Wiesberger is the only player listed at single-digit odds and only one other player, Joost Luiten is listed at odds of less than +2550.... 

Henrik Stenson is the favorite to win his home event for the first time, the Nordea Masters, which begins on Thursday in Sweden. Stenson is listed at odds of +550, while fellow Swede Alex Noren is the second choice at odds of +750. Noren is coming off a fantastic comeback last week to win the BMW PGA Championship. Stenson and Noren are getting the bulk of the attention, as no other golfer is listed with odds of less than +1850.... 

Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose headline the field for the BMW PGA Championship, which begins on Thursday in England. Each player is ranked in the Top 10 in the latest world golf rankings and they are co-favorites at odds of +1050. They are joined in the field by five other players ranked in the Top 25. The tournament will look a bit different this year, as the West Course at Wentworth was re-designed, and that means the scores will be much better.... 

There are some nice odds available on the Rocco Forte Open, which begins on Thursday in Sicily, Italy. It is one of the weakest fields in recent memory on the European Tour with no top players competing. The favorite to win this tournament is actually a rookie, with Jordan Smith the favorite at odds of +1850. The Rocco Forte Open is a new event so we don’t have much data to go on, but the Verdura Golf Club did host a European Tour event five years ago....