Betting Odds for 2010 Vivendi Cup
The 2010 Vivendi Cup will start today at the Golf de Joyenval in Chambourcy, which is just 15 km away from the French capital, Paris. Two of the Ryder Cup European team members would also be teeing off soon on the courses of Retz and Marley.
The first two rounds will be a pro-am, thereby; they would take place on the Retz Course while the other two will be on the Marley Course. 65 professionals are expected to contest but who gets the job done is a question that will get answered by the end
of the fourth round.
Here is the betting preview of the players that might shine:
Padraig Harrington
He has been winless for two years now and also has no spectacular history with the Vivendi Cup either. He lost it in 2008 and had done the same two years before that. Therefore, looking at the trends, it is hard to say that the 39-year-old would do some
wonders this time.
This season too, he has been quite a loser of course as he failed to make the cut in the Masters, the Open and then the PGA Championship. Despite all this, he had a couple of credits as well. He finished second at the Irish Open and enjoyed five top ten
finishes this year.
Although, his 0WGR has fallen to the 22nd spot but still he has been chosen by the Captain of the 2010 Ryder cup team and therefore, he will represent his continent in the upcoming month. This signifies that he might improve his game at the Vivendi
Cup as a practice session for the big event.
Therefore, according to the bettors, the three time major champion Padraig will be one of the players to shine in the 2010 Vivendi cup.
Peter Hanson
This Swedish born player holds two tournament victories in the current season. The first one was at the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorco while the second one was at the Czech Open. It was the Czech Open that earned him a spot in the Ryder Cup team.
Coming to Hanson’s performance stats, he made a cut in 14 tournaments this season, out of which he finished four times in top 25s while won only two. Apart from this, he made a cut in four majors of the year where he finished sixteenth in the U.S. Open,
thirty-seventh in the Open Championship, and fifty-eighth in the PGA Championship but did not play in the Masters. Even then, he certainly portrays a stronger picture than Padraig Harrington.
Jose Manuel Lara
Jose won the Austrian Open last week after having finished fourth in the KLM Open. That was his first tournament victory in four years. Although, his performance stats are not impressive but still, he has portrayed consistency in the last few months which
makes the bettors ponder over the possibility that the Spaniard might outshine in the Vivendi Cup.
Gregory Bourdy
Last player on the betting list is the Frenchman, Gregory Bourdy. Although, he has been winless this season, but still his consistency of not missing even a single cut might lead him to a recognizable spot. USB Hong Kong Open was the last event where he
posted a victory. However, this time he has the advantage of playing on the home ground, which might give him some edge.
This is it for the betting preview of the event’s possible winners which is starting today at the course of Retz. This course is a design of Robert Trent Jones Sr., therefore one can presume that it will be an easy catch for the players. Marley Course has
four par 5 holes which are reachable in two shots, meaning, golf fans will be witnessing plenty of ‘birdies’.
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