See below as we run through the main golf tournaments this week – Abu Dhabi Championship and the American Express.
This includes facts, odds and picks from our own golfing professional Cliff Jackson with odds from 32Red.
DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC
OVERVIEW: The Desert Classic always produces one of the best fields of the year and this is now different boasting stars from either side of the Atlantic.
Bryson DeChambeau is the defending champion, but it is British stars Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick who are the head of the betting.
? January 2016: Bryson finishes low amateur in Dubai, ranked 530th in the world.
? January 2019: Bryson wins his sixth professional event in Dubai, ranked number five in the world.
? January 2020: Bryson arrives this week on a camel looking to defend his title.?#ODDC pic.twitter.com/N9eNPd6B2o
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) January 22, 2020
FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN
OVERVIEW: You knowing the Golfing season is really here with the famed Farmers Insurance Open, and as it goes from strength to strength and is one of the real highlights of the early golfing calendar.
Justin Rose comes in as defending champion, but he has a huge task on his hands to retain it with a stellar field including Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Rickie Fowler amongst the big names teeing it up.
.@RickieFowler fine-tuning his craft ahead of the @FarmersInsOpen. pic.twitter.com/HMFClxlXF9
— GOLFTV (@GOLFTV) January 21, 2020
Our resident golf expert is Cliff Jackson. Cliff is a leading youth coach and PGA professional at the famed Seaton Carew Links – one of the oldest courses in the world.
If we didn’t already think the golfing year was here, it really is here – two wonderful fields and we have some great action to look forward to.
Looking in Dubai, I think Sergio Garcia showed some good stuff last week and enough to back him for a win here and it is hard to look beyond Tommy Fleetwood again.
And in California, I really am excited about this one and I do wonder if Rory McIlroy will come flying out the traps and I think he will finish top-ten, but to win I like the look of Rickie Fowler here.
Cliff’s Picks…
Tommy Fleetwood @15/2 to win the Dubai Desert Classic
Sergio Garcia @18/1 to win the Dubai Desert Classic
Rory McIlroy @3/4 to finish top-ten at Farmers Insurance Open
Rickie Fowler @18/1 to win the Farmers Insurance Open
