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Golf betting tips: We have an 80/1 shot for the Mauritius Open
Our expert’s golf betting tips this week range from 14/1 to 80/1 shots for the Mauritius Open
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The final DP World Tour event of 2023 begins on Thursday morning with the Mauritius Open at Heritage Golf Club offering one last shot at silverware before the Christmas break.
Heritage has staged this event three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2019, but those editions took place at Le Chateau Golf Course. For 2023, the tournament moves to the neighbouring La Reserve Golf Links, a brand new course co-designed by Louis Oosthuizen.
The South African, the 2010 Open champion, snapped a five-year winless run at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his homeland on Monday and he’s 13/2 to follow up at the course he helped create.
Mauritius Open golf betting tips
- Outright winner – Antoine Rozner @ 14/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Laurie Canter @ 25/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Renato Paratore @ 30/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Sam Bairstow @ 80/1 with bet365
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Rozner ready to defend crown
Oosthuizen has to be respected after last week’s Leopard Creek masterclass but he continues to struggle with arm tendon issues and a three-day turnaround in a different country is not ideal for a player who has long battled injury.
His course knowledge could prove invaluable but, at the available odds, a better bet comes in the form of Antoine Rozner, the Frenchman who confirmed his love for this tournament by winning the 2022 Mauritius Open at Mont Choisy Le Golf.
The course has changed but the blueprint remains the same for success at coastal venues – controlled approach play, particularly when the wind gets up as it’s likely to at this modern links.
In addition to winning in Mauritius last year, two previous visits to the island nation yielded seventh and second-place finishes, both at different courses, with the 2019 runner-up effort coming at the other Heritage course.
Rozner, who won his second DP World Tour title in blustery conditions in Qatar in 2021, warmed up by finishing 15th at the Alfred Dunhill last week so he should be ready for his title defence.
Tip: Outright winner – Antoine Rozner @ 14/1 with bet365
Canter can atone for near-miss
Laurie Canter missed out on a lucrative 2024 LIV Golf deal when losing a play-off at the LIV Promotions event in Abu Dhabi last week, but the Englishman can bounce back with DP World Tour success in Mauritius.
With at least £1.5million on the line, Canter three-putted the opening play-off hole, then topped his drive into the water at the second, blowing his big chance at a full season on the big-money circuit.
However, he played well overall and that came a week after he was fourth at the Australian Open. He's a high-class ball-striker who, provided he is over that disappointment, can respond with success this week having finished 16th at Le Chateau in 2017.
Tip: Outright winner – Laurie Canter @ 25/1 with bet365
Paratore at home by the sea
Renato Paratore hasn’t had much to smile about in 2023 but the Italian enjoyed a consistent three-week stint in South Africa, finishing runner-up at the South African Open and backing that up with a 20th-place finish at the Alfred Dunhill.
Paratore knows how to handle himself by the coast, winning the 2017 Nordea Masters at Barseback Golf Club in Sweden, while he was a runner-up behind Rasmus Hojgaard in this event in 2019.
Tip: Outright winner – Renato Paratore @ 30/1 with bet365
Amateur can make an impact
For a decent each-way bet, take a swing at Sam Bairstow, the young Englishman who made the final of the Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes in June 2022 before making the cut in the Open Championship a month later.
Bairstow earned his DP World Tour card after a solid finish to the Challenge Tour season and he was 32nd at the Alfred Dunhill last week. His links pedigree makes him an interesting contender.
Tip: Outright winner – Sam Bairstow @ 80/1 with bet365
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