| Lee Westwood set for Dunhill joy |
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| Written by Zico Kelly | |||||||
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Thursday, 04 October 2007
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 Lee Westwood ticks all the boxes for the Point-Spreads golf team at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Jumping in on Lee Westwood at SportsBetting.com at 14 to 1 odds about the in form Englishman.Fought out over three famous links courses, St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is now in its seventh year. It’s an pro-am haven for European celebrities, but for those not interested in how Hugh Grant, Boris Becker, Michael Vaughan, Johan Cruyff, Mornie du Plessis, Ian Botham, Steve Redgrave play the game, there's a serious golf tournament going on. And it´s one that in the past couple of years has had a large impact on the outcome of the European Order of Merit. The most recent Dunhill champs, Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington, have gone on to nab the No. 1 spot and it could well be that Lee Westwood, Ernie Els or Paul Casey may do the same this year. After his Open Championship triumph, Harrington stands a long way clear of Westwood at the moment ahead by E867,163 but a second Dunhill victory for the Englishman on Sunday, worth E562,624, could bring him within touching distance. There are still big-money tournaments ahead where he can make up the deficit though sadly he is not in next week's World Match Play. Westwood holds the Kingsbarns record with a 62 and has finished fifth, seventh and eighth in the three years since he won that´s a record that could make SportsBetting.com’s 14 to 1 odds look very foolish indeed. Local man Paul Lawrie must also come into consideration at 90 to 1 odds with SportsBetting.com. Lawrie missed the cut at The Belfry but his ninth in Cologne on his previous outing and 20th at the Scandinavian Masters hint at signs that he is coming back from a poor season. 90s for the tournament's first champ, back in 2001, is a bit of an insult and he could be a great long-shot. And finally lets help ourselves to some Ernie Els at 9 to 1 odds at SportsBetting.com. The easy swinging South African played some great stuff at the Presidents Cup and had two strong strokeplay performances before that. Always at home on links courses he could take some serious stopping if he gets off to a fast start.                        |
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