Native sons are expected to dominate the leaderboard this weekend in golf betting action on the European Tour, as the prestigious Volvo Golf Champions tournament commences Thursday on The Links at Fancourt in George, South Africa.
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The Volvo Golf Champions is effectively the European Tour’s equivalent to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour, and it was held for the first time last year at The Royal Golf Club in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Paul Casey, currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, won the inaugural event in 2011.
South African major champion Louis Oosthuizen is listed as the strong 5/1 betting favorite to win the Volvo Golf Champions this time around, as it has been moved to the Gary Player-designed, par-73 course at Fancourt Country Club that plays to a length of 6,852 yards and is rated as the No. 1 course in South Africa.
Oosthuizen opened the 2012 season in impressive form last week with a win at the Africa Open, shooting all four rounds under 70 at the East London Golf Course including a second-round 62 to successfully defend his title at that event.
Fellow South Africans Charl Schwartzel and Retief Goosen are also ranked among the top contenders to win this weekend by the oddsmakers, with Schwartzel listed second behind Oosthuizen at 13/2 odds and Goosen following closely at 12/1 odds. Like Oosthuizen – who won the 2010 Open Championship – both players are also former major champions, with Schwartzel winning the Masters last year and Goosen earning a pair of U.S. Open crowns in 2001 and 2004.
Robert Karlsson of Sweden interrupts the collection of South Africans atop the betting odds as he joins Goosen at 12/1 to win the Volvo Golf Champions, while another South African major winner inErnie Els is listed at 16/1 odds.
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