| European Tour: Big priced Rocha and Jeppesen can threaten in Vienna |
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| Written by Zico Kelly | |||||||
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Thursday, 07 June 2007
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 The European Tour swings into Austria this week for the BA-CA Open with home hope and defending champ Markus Brier installed as the 9/1 favourite with Bodog.com.Brier has been in fantastic form this season with a win at the China Open and a second at the Italian Open (lost in a play off) and a fifth at the BMW Asian Open, but the bookies can stuff that price back into their well lined pockets as far as I’m concerned. Brier will command the bulk of the attention this week from media and spectators alike and that kind of pressure will be hard to carry on this tight driving course that features very slopey greens on the outskirts of Vienna. In a field that contains genuine world class players like Colin Montgomerie 14s, Lee Westwood 10s and Miguel Angel Jimenez 14s, Brier will certainly have his work cut out to justify his favourites tag. I prefer the chances of two much bigger priced talented youngsters who could be just the type to spring a surprise. Stand forward 100/1 humdingers Alexandre Rocha and Steven Jeppesen. Brazilian prospect Rocha finished 18th on his debut at Fontana in 2006 and I expect him to improve on that this week. He’s shown flashes of form this season with a 7th at the Italian Open and his accuracy from the tee will help his cause enormously on a track that features water hazards on 10 holes! Bodog.com has posted golf betting odds on teh BA-CA Open in Vienna: Markus Brier 9/1 Lee Westwood 10/1 Richard Green: 12/1 Miguel Angel Jimenez: 14/1 Colin Montgomerie: 14/1 Martin Kaymer: 20/1 Paul Broadhurst: 22/1 Graeme McDowell: 28/1 Darren Clarke: 40/1 Soren Hansen: 40/1 Gary Orr: 40/1 Robert-Jan Derksen: 50/1 Peter Lawrie: 50/1 Stephen Gallacher: 50/1 Gary Murphy: 50/1 Graeme Storm: 50/1 David Frost: 66/1 Tom Whitehouse: 66/1 Martin Erlandsson: 66/1 Oliver Fisher: 66/1 Steven Jeppesen: 80/1 Mads Vibe-Hastrup: 66/1 Michael Jonzon: 80/1 Emanuele Canonica: 80/1 Steven Jeppesen: 100/1 Alexander Rocha: 100/1                        |
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