The Bet365 Sportsbook offers the best odds on European Tour golf betting for this week’s Barclays Scottish Open, the last tournament before next week’s The Open Championship at St. Andrew’s. US Masters Champions, and world number two, Phil Mickelson, heads the odds to win the Scottish Open at Bet365 Sportsbook priced 10.20*. Success at Loch Lomond would give Mickelson the perfect prep for the Open Championship, where he has historically struggled, but it would also see him knock Tiger Woods off the number one spot in the official golf world rankings, a position he has held since June 2005. As well as the outstanding value of the outright Barclays Scottish Open market, Pinnacle are also offering match-ups priced to less than 103%.
European Tour Betting – Star Studded Field at Loch Lomond
The field for this weeks Scottish Open at Loch Lomond is stacked with talent, headed by Phil Mickelson who is the 10.20* favourite at Bet365 Sportsbook. Along with a purse of £3million Mickelson has the huge incentive of being able to take over top spot from Tiger Wodds in the World Rankings with a win or second-place finish. Woods is back home with his family, rather than getting links practise, so the loss of the position at the top of the golfing world he has held since June 2005 would be a significant blow ahead of the Open.
Lefty’s best showing at the Scottish Open came in 2007 when he lost in a playoff to Gregory Havret. Fresh off his second-place finish to Graeme McDowell (19.25*) at the U.S. Open, Havret is priced at a profitable 77.04* to win at Loch Lomond for the second time. McDowell himself is a winner, succeeding in 2008, and of course is in excellent form winning twice in June – Wales Open and US Open.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer (17.24*) is looking to become the first back-to-back winner at the Scottish Open, and is third on the odds to win the Scottish Open behind Ernie Els (13.17*).
Els is a two-time winner at Loch Lomond, and he’s joined by a bevy of worthwhile wagers in Glasgow. Last week’s Alstom Open de France winner Miguel Angel Jimenez (41.56*) is in the field, as is Retief Goosen (26.37*), Robert Allenby (36.49*), Camilo Villegas (41.56*), Vijay Singh (51.70*), Ryo Ishikawa (71.97*), and Lucas Glover (87.19*).
Get the best odds to win the Scottish Open at Bet365 Sportsbook, and match-ups priced to less than 103%, giving you the best chance to win more on European Tour golf betting.