Betting odds of 2010 Ryder Cup
The countdown would soon end as 2010 Ryder Cup is about to start at the Twenty Ten course. Like any other such event, Bettor.com has also something in mind regarding the odds of what will happen and who will win at this biannual tournament? Here is the betting
preview:
Who is the Host?
First of all, Europe has the advantage of being at home and this can be a significant factor leading to its victory. It is likely that Europe would be strongest on the opening day as Americans are still in the phase of understanding the course along with
the overcast weather conditions. Therefore, an assumption can be made that the Americans will not bag opening lead.
Who gets the early foursomes?
Confidence in this bet can be elevated on the basis of two reasons: Colin’s leadership along with his history of tremendous starts with four balls and Europe's history of fast starts.
For starters, Europe's four victories in the last six matches have been coupled with the opening session of four balls. At the same time, America's two victories came when Ben Crenshaw in 1999 and Paul Azinger in 2008 took the first turn in foursomes. Thereby,
the first turn in foursomes decides the winner and here at Celtic Manor, Monty has already taken the first shot.
Secondly, while revising the past stats we see that it was only once in 1985 when the visiting Americans had claimed lead on the first day. On the other hand, Europeans have been in the lead for eight times in the last 11 Cups while in five of the last six
events.
Top achievers
As for the top achievers, the thumb rule states that the side with the top achiever is the ultimate winner. In this context, Europe has been the top scorer of last eight events and almost always, the top achiever of the European side has outmatched the highest
scores.
Europe: 4, 4, 4½, 4½, 3½, 3½, 3, and 4½
USA: 3½, 3, 2½, 3½, 3½, 2½, 4, and 3
Five out of six times, a European has topped these criteria while only once there has been a tie. That's partially an indication of Europe winning most of those matches but even in defeat, the leader on the leader board was theirs.
So, it is decided that Europe will be the winner and the top scorer will be a player out of them. But, the question arises that who will be that player? While tallying the current and past stats, Graeme McDowell is the pick of the day.
McDowell is ready to form a strong pair with Rory McIlroy on Friday and unless factors go against the situation, Colin will hope to play this duo as much as he can. The two make a great team with ultimate chemistry but usually McDowell takes the role of
the dominant partner. This statement is proved from the figure of victories held by the US Open champion in singles and also his Ryder Cup experience.
Moreover, he claimed his most recent victory at the Wales Open on the same course. Therefore, Mc Dowell holds better position than his partner. He is a fine performer in bad weather and also has the ideal upbeat form to move forward.
On the other side, Americans too have provided top scorers of the event but currently five of the US team players have a terrible Ryder Cup record. These five are Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk. Among the rest, two are big hitters.
These are Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson, who might find lots of trouble owing to the high roughs.
Meanwhile, Matt Kuchar and Jeff Overton have been in the last group of the closing FedEx matches. This leaves us with Mahan, Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink. Therefore, the only three players left with United States are the only ones they can rely on.
This is it for the betting preview that results in Europe earning the most points.
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