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Golf betting tips: Check out our 70/1 shot for the Qatar Masters
Our expert’s golf betting tips this week range from 20/1 to 70/1 for the Qatar Masters
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There are only three tournaments remaining of the 2023 DP World Tour season and just one full-field event, this week’s Qatar Masters, which offers a last chance for those outside the top 116 to wrap up their playing rights for next season.
A fixture on the European Tour schedule since its inception in 1998, the Qatar Masters takes place at Doha Golf Club for the 24th time in 26 editions, with the exceptions being the 2020 and 2021 tournaments that were staged at Education City.
A 7,466-yard par 72 which is at its toughest when the wind blows, this exposed Doha track is the preserve of both desert specialists and those who thrive in links conditions.
PGA Tour man Aaron Rai, fresh from a trip to Japan for the Zozo Championship, leads the betting at 18/1, with Thorbjorn Olesen, Jordan Smith and Alex Bjork all 20/1 to land the title.
Qatar Masters golf betting tips
- Outright winner – Thorbjorn Olesen @ 20/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Ewen Ferguson @ 28/1 with bet365
- Outright winner – Sami Valimaki @ 70/1 with bet365
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Dangerous Dane can shine again in Doha
Olesen is on course to earn a PGA Tour card via his place on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai rankings and the Dane can rubber-stamp his Stateside status by winning the Qatar Masters.
He has superb Doha form in his back catalogue, finishing third behind Sergio Garcia in 2014 and a runner-up to Branden Grace in 2016 – both in stronger fields than this – while he demonstrated an ability to handle the renovated layout when finishing 12th last season.
A winner of the Thailand Classic earlier this campaign, Olesen has shown himself to be adept at handling blustery conditions, winning the first three of his seven DPWT titles in Sicily, Perth, Australia, and at Scotland’s Dunhill Links.
He returns to one of his favourite venues having finished 10th in at the French Open then 17th and ninth in two events in Spain, and he should again make his presence felt on the leaderboard.
Tip: Outright winner – Thorbjorn Olesen @ 20/1 with bet365
Ferguson could mount successful title defence
Ewen Ferguson won his first DP World Tour title on his Doha GC debut last season and the Scot, who has since gone on to bag a second title in Northern Ireland, could double up when he returns to the Middle East.
He has had to wait 19 months to defend his title – the 2022 tournament took place in March – but his form in recent weeks suggests he should make a stout title defence having become a DP World Tour leaderboard regular.
The 27-year-old Glaswegian was 10th in France, then finished ninth and 13th over the two weeks in Spain, while his best performance of the year relative to the strength of field came when he finished 12th in the Scottish Open on another modern links course.
Tip: Outright winner – Ewen Ferguson @ 28/1 with bet365
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Finnish ace Valimaki is showing signs of life
Sami Valimaki made his DP World Tour breakthrough at the 2020 Oman Open, then went on to claim the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award, but it has not been easy going for the Finn, who has struggled to live up to expectations over the past three seasons.
Injuries and a loss of form led to him falling outside the world’s top 500 by June 2022, but he appears to be on his way back, finishing fourth at the Czech Masters and, perhaps more significantly, sixth at last month’s Dunhill Links.
His win in Oman came at the coastal Al Mouj club, so he should be well equipped to handle this assignment if the wind blows.
Tip: Outright winner – Sami Valimaki @ 70/1 with bet365