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BetEasy Masters Preview

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Australia’s action packed golfing summer gets properly underway today with the first round of the BetEasy Masters.  While the Australian Open will also see a quality International field embark upon Australia, the BetEasy Masters filed has a quality look to it, including several strong performing Americans.  Boo Weekley is arguably the most well known, having won three times on the PGA Tour.  He’s making the trip to Australia for the first time and is being heavily backed by the BetEasy Masters punters.  Of the local hopes, the obvious onus falls on World number 2, Adam Scott.  Any Scott rustiness (he hasn’t played for weeks) should evaporate over the four days.  Scott is simply too good a ball striker, too experienced in Australian conditions, and too calm not to feature on the BetEasy Masters leaderboard come the business end of the tournament.

The Course

Despite an impressive list of tournament hosting duties, including the World Matchplay Championship in 2001, Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club hosts the BetEasy Masters for the first time.  The highly regarded sandbelt course is widely recognised as one of the greatest competitive courses in Australia.  This week it aims to test a strong field using its bent grass greens and 96 bunkers to protect itself from scoring that could threaten to match the high temperatures forecasted.

The Dick Wilson and J B MacKenzie co-designed course has, in total, hosted seven Australian Opens, five Australian P.G.As, ten other Professional tournaments and in 2001 hosted the Australian Amateur Championship for the fifth time.

The Sound Bites

“It’s a neat golf course. I never played a golf course that had bunkers that ran off or the green that ran off into the bunker.  It’s one of them ones that’s going to be in the Top 10 of golf courses that I ever played.” – Boo Weekley

“But like I said, there’s 120 odd other guys here who also have that dream, and I’m sure there’s going to be tough competition this week” – Adam Scott

The Defending Champion

Adam Scott – Two time defending champion after wins at Kingston Heath in 2012 and Royal Melbourne in 2013.  BetEasy have him as the $3.25 favourite.

The Field

a. Notable Australians*

Stuart Appleby and Steven Bowditch – $23 Beteasy

Oliver Goss – $67 Beteasy

Geoff Ogilvy – $15 Beteasy

Geoff Ogilvy – $26 Beteasy

 

b. Notable Internations*

Boo Weekley (USA) – $26 Beteasy

Kyle Stanley (USA) – $34 Beteasy

Zac Blair (USA) – $26 Beteasy

 

The Outsiders

Michael Hendry (NZ) – $51 Beteasy 

Bronson La’Cassie (AUS) – $101 Beteasy

Nathan Green (AUS) – $51 Beteasy

 

British Open 2014 Preview

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Tiger Woods returns to action for the British Open at Royal Liverpool but gone are the days when he was automatic favourite. Those who have faith in the American’s powers of recovery can get 25-1 about him making a sensational comeback this week.

Despite positive vibes from the player, the fact remains that he has not won a major since 2008. It is surely going to take longer than even (in which he missed the cut) to recover his game after back surgery.

This time last year, Phil Mickelson’s supporters were happily playing up their winnings from the Scottish Open. He was only a peripheral figure there this time around despite a closing 65 and his overall form does not suggest another British Open triumph for “Lefty”. My tip for top American is Dustin Johnson who seems to have the knack of putting in a solid effort in this tournament every year.

In the last four seasons he has finished fourteenth, second, nine and thirty-second. OK, that last performance doesn’t take your breath away but he obviously does his research and does not just turn up expecting a flat calm day. He may even have won in 2011 but for a double-bogey at the 14th hole, allowing Darren Clarke to go on and win.

German sport is on the up after their World Cup success. Martin Kaymer turned the US Open into the most boring major tournament in living memory, such was his dominance. I’m not expecting him to do that at Royal Liverpool but 25-1 looks a good each-way price.

The best of the Australian challenge will surely come from Adam Scott. Two years ago he should have won this event comfortably but collapsed dramatically to hand the Claret Jug to Ernie Els. I think there was an element of embarrassment for the big South African in accepting the trophy. To Scott’s credit he came out and won the US Masters the following spring and is now one of the leading players in the world. He has made the top ten of three of the last six majors.

Jim Furyk who frequently pops up on the leaderboard at major championships, although he has only ever converted once. 70-1 will do for an each-way bet while you can get more than double that about Joost Luiten if you fancy a real long shot. After Holland’s heartbreak in the penalty shoot-out, let’s hope Luiten does not need to endure a play-off!

Adam Scott @16-1 Bet365

Martin Kaymer @25-1 Ladbrokes

Dustin Johnson @40-1 William Hill

Jim Furyk @70-1 BetVictor

Joost Luiten @150-1 888Sport, Unibet

Each-way ¼ odds, 1,2,3,4,5