Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The Scandinavian Masters Golf gets underway tomorrow with open winner Louis Oosthuizen the star attraction.
He’s 28/1 with Bet 365 to repeat the feat.
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18/1 Peter Hanson, Dustin Johnson
25/1 Edoardo Molinari, K.J.Choi, Soren Kjeldsen
Is it really possible Louis Oosthuizen can produce sparking golf for two weeks in a row after becoming Open Champion? Or does the reality of success (plus celebrating kick in). We rather suspect it does – good luck to him nonetheless.
The thing that stands out here is the fact that two successful Americans have decided to stay on in European for another week, in the shape of Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler. These two have been admirably consistent on the PGA Tour and both put up more than honourable showings in last week’s Open.
They can also drive long and the Stockholm Course, at more than 7500 yards, is one of the longest ever used on the European Tour.
The home challenge is led by Robert Karlsson and Peter Hanson, both consistent regulars on the Tour and Karlsson should be competitive here – but the field doesn’t have the depth of the USA Tour which makes Dustin Johnson at 18/1 with Bet 365 a real value pick.
If you like an outsider, try Nicolas Colsaerts at 100/1 with Bet 365 – he has had some good finishes earlier in the year, and he’s also one of the longest hitters off the tee in Europe, which should be an advantage here.