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Course Form. Plucking him out of the list would have been an inspired selection, however that result and the stats from his closest challengers do give us some clues as to who might perform well this week on this coastal test. In an extremely weak field bar a handful of players at the very top of the betting, few of those in attendance can boast a CV as strong as Andrew Dodt.
The most recent of those efforts was an 8 th place finish at the Australian PGA Championship in December where his all-round game looked on point, ranking 3 rd for Driving Accuracy, 5 th for GIR, 14 th for Scrambling and 13 th for putting average. Result: MC. The young Thai has progressed steadily since turning professional in , finishing 2 nd twice each on the Asian Development Tour and the Asian Tour itself before finally getting his breakthrough win in October at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters, holding off the far more experienced trio of Adilson da Silva, Ajeetesh Sandhu and Miguel Tabuena by a stroke.
He eventually finished in a tie for 9 th that week largely due to a Saturday 75, however overall he looks in decent form as he arrives here in Southern Australia for his Vic Open debut. Play Safe. From on Free bets expire after 30 days. New customers signing up through mobile or tablet device only. Further terms apply. The 34 year-old won the prestigious US Amateur before turning professional and earned himself a full PGA Tour card in after a sparkling campaign on the 2 nd tier that saw three of his four career wins come in quick succession, however despite a further success in at the same level, his career has stalled courtesy of back and thumb injuries.
The Australian is still a young man though in relative terms and it was encouraging to see him return to action in when he grabbed a spot in the US Open through sectional qualifying and showed further positive signs on the Australasian Tour with 5 top finishes from 9 starts before producing his best finish for well over 5 years with a 6th at the Australian PGA Championship in December, where he topped the field for Total Driving and Ball-Striking.
Nick was 2nd to the halfway point here in , despite having played hardly any competitive golf for the previous 2 years, and having improved on that effort overall last year with his 10 th place finish, I see no reason to oppose him here at the price on offer. Result: T Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits.
Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Registration required. The bonus code SPORT30 can be used during registration, but does not change the offer amount in any way. The Victoria-born 21 year-old now lives in Melbourne and plays his golf out of the Commonwealth Golf Club, which sits the other side of Port Phillip Bay, and knows the club here at 13 th Beach well having played the Vic Open every year since he was He recorded 3 cuts made from 5 attempts here as an amateur before being disqualified last year in his first outing here as a professional after signing for a wrong score, having made it through to Saturday.
Zach is one of the new breed of golfers who hits the ball a long way and putts extremely well — a combination which may well see him progress far, far higher over the next few years. An event like this close to home could be the perfect platform for him to get his European Tour career off to a flying start, especially with the local support and knowledge he has of the course, conditions and golf in the area in general.
Follow us on twitter golfbetting. Vic open golf betting Join over 6, punters on our facebook group. Watch our latest tips videos on YouTube. Going low enough to win the Vic Open is much more about being able to play links golf well. The Beach Course is a stunning layout set along the coast. Wind is usually a factor on this modern style links course which has relatively narrow fairways framed by penal rough, pot bunkers in strategic places and slopes which will lead to plenty of tricky lies.
The greens are big but hitting them is by no means a given in tougher conditions. Whilst scoring is largely dependent on weather conditions, it does tend to be quite good at 13th Beach Golf Links. Therefore, close finishes are commonplace with three 72 holes not enough to decide the winner on a regular basis.
The and tournaments were co-sanctioned by the European Tour, editions prior to and after have taken place on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The European Tour involvement had meant far greater exposure than normal for the LPGA Tour event but putting their money where their mouth is, event organisers have also managed to offer equal pay for both men and women.
On the same course. At the same time. Without doing a disservice to Victorians, that such a progressive step has been taken in this tournament is something of a surprise. They sponsor a number of events around the globe and are dedicated in their attempts to see disabled golf become a Paralympic discipline. Founded by Haruhisa Handa, they count Laura Davies and Lydia Ko the youngest player to ever be ranked number one golfer in the world among their ambassadors.
For those who support equal pay in sport and work generally, ISPS are doing great work and in helping make parity happen in this event they must be applauded. Prize money was low and although Gary Player won in and some big-name Australians also triumphed Peter Thomson won the first of his three Victorian Opens in and Kel Nagle won two in the s , in general the event was dominated by unheralded Australians, often from Victoria itself.
Bigger and better players did begin to feature a little more over time and from the huge names of Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player featured consecutively as runners-up. Norman would claim his only triumph here in , the year before another Open champion, Ian Baker-Finch, claimed his sole success.
The status, prestige and prize money has ebbed and flowed over the years with the Victoria Open at times being purely the state championship, at other times being part of the PGA Tour of Australasia and briefly featuring on the Von Nida Tour to , with no championship in or Around this time the future of the event seemed in doubt.
Golf Victoria knew that action was needed and they took a bold step. Rebranding as the Vic Open was hardly earth-shattering but the big move was putting men and women on course at the same time they play in alternating groups and, more significantly, offering them equal pay.
The unique shape of this event and the fact that fans can move about the course freely really caught the public imagination. In an era of MeToo and rising interest in gender equality and indeed gender inequality sponsors, players and fans really took to the Vic Open and it was a tournament reborn. Perth-born Min Woo Lee triumphed and in so doing joined his sister on the roll of honour, Minjee Lee having won the Victorian Open as it was then twice, in as an amateur and again in The Vic Open has not been co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour since and it remains to be seen whether it will return in the future.