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Golf betting tips: Mexico Open and Kenya Open
This week our expert’s golf betting tips cover the Mexico Open and Kenya Open
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The PGA Tour bandwagon heads south this week for the Mexico Open at Vidanta Vallarta, while the DP World Tour focus shifts to Africa and the Kenya Open, which returns to Muthaiga Country Club for the third season in a row.
Tony Finau, the champion in Mexico a year ago and the top-ranked player in the field at the Greg Norman-designed Vidanta Vallarta, is the 6/1 favourite to retain the title, with Danish Ryder Cup ace Nicolai Hojgaard next in at 18/1.
The betting for the Kenya Open, a historic event that was afforded DP World Tour status in 2019, is headed by South Africa’s Thirston Lawrence at 14/1, with Scot Ewen Ferguson in close attendance at 16/1.
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Mexico Open golf betting tips
- Outright winner – Nicolai Hojgaard @ 18/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Cameron Champ @ 50/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Maverick McNealy @ 60/1 with bet365
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Vidanta made for in-form Hojgaard
Nicolai Hojgaard demonstrated that he is not cowed by reputations when seeing off Viktor Hovland and Tommy Fleetwood in the DP World Tour Championship in November and he could knock Tony Finau off his perch in Mexico this week.
The Dane finished runner-up in PGA Tour company at the Farmers Insurance Open last month and has performed creditably on subsequent course debuts in elite fields at Pebble Beach and Riviera Country Club.
This week he is not disadvantaged by a lack of experience, having finished 33rd in this event last season. Vidanta, a wide-open layout encouraging big hitters, is ideal for this increasingly confident performer.
Tip: Outright winner – Nicolai Hojgaard @ 18/1 with bet365
Champ can bounce back
A run of four missed cuts would be enough to put off plenty of punters, but Cameron Champ is the type of enigmatic performer who could make a mockery of his recent form by going close in Mexico.
The big-hitting three-time PGA Tour champion has finished sixth and eighth in two Mexico Open spins and has been playing better than his results suggest, averaging 69.6 across his last five rounds.
Tip: Outright winner – Cameron Champ @ 50/1 with bet365
Maverick has the right credentials
Maverick McNealy learnt his trade by the coast and he can show that his sixth-place finish in Phoenix last time out was no fluke by contending in Mexico.
The 28-year-old grew up at Pebble Beach, where he has twice finished in the top 10, while he has also played well at the Heritage, the Sony Open and another Greg Norman-designed Mexican venue, El Camaleon Golf Club in Mayakoba.
Tip: Outright winner – Maverick McNealy @ 60/1 with bet365
Kenya Open golf betting tips
- Outright winner – Aaron Cockerill @ 33/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Frederic Lacroix @ 22/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – John Catlin @ 35/1 with bet365
Cockerill can contend again
Ancient Muthaiga Golf Club is a tight, tree-lined venue and that should suit Aaron Cockerill, the Canadian who was in excellent form prior to missing a cut in Qatar on his last DP World Tour start.
A precise operator, Cockerill finished tied for second behind Ashun Wu in the 2022 event at Muthaiga and he compiled DP World Tour form figures of 32-25-15-4-23-6 prior to that blemish in Qatar.
Tip: Outright winner – Aaron Cockerill @ 33/1 with bet365
Frenchman Frederic can show class
Frederic Lacroix also missed the cut in Qatar, but the Frenchman had previously been in fine form in the early stages of the season and there is every chance he can bounce back in Kenya.
Lacroix, a long, straight driver of the ball, finished fifth in the South African Open on his last start of 2023, third in the Ras Al Khaimah to begin the new year and fourth at the Bahrain Championship.
Tip: Outright winner – Frederic Lacroix @ 22/1 with bet365
Catlin will relish tight Muthaiga test
With Muthaiga putting a premium on tee-to-green precision, this looks like a good opportunity for John Catlin to win a fourth DP World Tour title.
The accurate American was 15th on his course debut last year and he found form last week to finish third behind David Puig at the Malaysian Open on the Asian Tour.