Richard Bland will look to defend his British Masters title this week at the Belfry. Bland was a huge story last year when he got his first DP World Tour win after going for decades without a win. Bland has capitalized on that win and played well in a number of events, including some on the PGA Tour. Bland is not listed as the favorite this week, as that honor goes to Robert MacIntyre. I have been doing really well with PGA matchups, but I am struggling with the matchups on the DP World Tour. Let’s look at British Masters matchups picks.
Defending Champion: Richard Bland
British Masters Matchups
Robert MacIntyre -125 vs. Adrian Meronk
Robert MacIntyre -114 vs. Lee Westwood
Richard Bland -114 vs. Danny Willett
Rasmus Hojgaard -115 vs. Adri Arnaus
Oliver Bekker -125 vs. Hennie du Plessis
Dean Burmester -125 vs. Thomas Detry
Laurie Canter -120 vs. Richard Bland
Sam Horsfield -125 vs. Lee Westwood
Nicolai Hojgaard -120 vs. Ryan Fox
Danny Willett -125 vs. Adrian Otaegui
Adri Arnaus -115 vs. Oliver Bekker
Craig Howie -122 vs. Masahiro Kawamura
Romain Langasque -129 vs. Wade Ormsby
Dean Burmester -114 vs. Rasmus Hojgaard
Laurie Canter -129 vs. Ross Fisher
Kalle Samooja -117 vs. Fabrizio Zanotti
Thriston Lawrence -143 vs. Guido Migliozzi
Matthieu Pavon -129 vs. Jack Senior
Hennie Du Plessis -122 vs. Matthew Jordan
Grant Forrest -136 vs. Scott Jamieson
Thomas Detry -152 vs. Shubhankar Sharma
Sam Horsfield -129 vs. Edoardo Molinari
Jason Scrivener -143 vs. Johannes Veerman
Antoine Rozner -136 vs. Julien Guerrier
Dean Burmester -129 vs. Ryan Fox
Justin Harding -137 vs. Jason Scrivener
Marcus Armitage -125 vs. Matthew Jordan
Ross Fisher -114 vs. Mikko Korhonen
Wil Besseling -120 vs. Antoine Rozner
Thorbjorn Olesen -129 vs. Viktor Perez
Jorge Campillo -125 vs. Scott Jamieson
Golf Picks
Robert MacIntyre -114 vs. Lee Westwood
Robert MacIntyre is listed as the overall betting favorite in this event. He played well a year ago and was tied for the lead entering the final round. He played well last week in Spain and I expect him to contend for the win this week. Westwood is a big name, but he doesn’t contend that often and I think MacIntyre is the better choice in this matchup.
Laurie Canter -120 vs. Richard Bland
Canter has had his chances to win in recent years and he has given away a lot of opportunities. He had some bad shots last week but hung in there and still finished third. He played well in this event a year ago and I expect him to be in the mix this week. Bland will have to deal with the hoopla of being the defending champion and I don’t know that he will be in top form this week. I’ll take Canter in this matchup.
Adrian Otaegui -105 vs. Danny Willett
It was just a couple of weeks ago that Otaegui finished in second place. He did miss the cut last week but a letdown was natural. There is no question that Spanish golfers are on a nice run and I expect Otaegui to play well this week. Willett is a big name who hasn’t played at a high level for quite some time. I don’t see that changing this week, so I will take Otaegui.
Viktor Perez -101 vs. Thorbjorn Olesen
Perez played well a couple of weeks go with an eighth place finish and then missed the cut last week. He is a very good putter and when he gets hot, he is a threat to win. He is also a very accurate driver and that is important at Belfry. I went against Olesen last week and I am going against him again in this matchup.
Jason Scrivener -143 vs. Johannes Veerman
I know that Scrivener missed the cut in this event a year ago, but he comes in playing much better this year. He finished 18th in Spain last week and ranked really well in strokes gained: tee-to-green. I’ll lay the price and take him in this matchup against Veerman.
Jorge Campillo -125 vs. Scott Jamieson
Campillo finished in seventh place in this event a couple of years ago. He is playing well, making the cut in 9 of his last 10 events. He was third in greens hit last week. I’ll lay the small price and take him in this matchup against Jamieson.
Check out the latest British Masters matchup odds at SugarHouse.
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