2021 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Betting Preview and Expert Tips

2012 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship Betting Tips

January 21st – 24th, 2021
Abu Dhabi G.C., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,583
Purse: $8 million with $1,333,280 to the winner
Defending Champion: Lee Westwood

Favourite Watch

Rory McIlroy and the in-hiding from the PGA Tour Justin Thomas are co-favourites at 6/1.  Rory is back for the first time since 2018 trying to get the W after eight top-10's from 10 appearances at the event.
If you want a win only bet it has to be Matt Fitzpatrick at 14/1.  Winner of the Tour Championship just down the road before Christmas, T2 here last year and T3 in 2018.

Doc's Top 5 Each Way Bets

Tip 1: Martin Kaymer 33/1

The amiable German has struggled to hit the heights over the past few season but a “back to basics” approach in 2020 seemed to be paying off with good showings at Wentworth, in Italy and a T14 at the DP World Tour Championship.  If ever there was a place for Kaymer to really burst back on the scene it's here in Abu Dhabi where he has won three times and finished in the top-10 three times in the past five years.

Tip 2: Victor Perez 33/1

I've been championing the cause of the big Frenchman for a while now and still think this guy is a Major winner in waiting.  Started 2020 well with a T2 here behind Lee Westwood, but a stint on the PGA Tour proved frustrating and fruitless.  A return to Europe yielded a solo 2nd in Wentworth and and 7th to end the end at the Tour Championship in Dubai. A solid each way punt this week.

Tip 3: Bernd Wiesberger 33/1

There are always lot of unknowns at an early January event, especially so in these unprecedented times; so many can come out of the blocks firing but I like Bernd Wiesberger as a dependable each way option from 33's.  The Austrian has three top-10's since 2015 in Abu Dhabi and finished 2020 well with a T4 at the RSM.  

Tip 4: Thomas Pieters 40/1

A four time winner on Tour, always in August and September for believers, like me in the circannual cycle of people (kinda like a circadian rhythm only over a year!) but Pieters seems to have an affinity for this kind of golf in Abu Dhabi.  Three times in the top-5 in the past five years with a best of solo second to Rickie Fowler in 2016. Worth a squeak at 40/1.

Tip 5: Jamie Donaldson 100/1

If Lee Westwood could have the greatest comeback season ever in 2020 why not Jamie Donaldson in 2021. The Ryder Cup finished last season super strong with top-10's in Spain Scotland Cyprus and scored an excellent solo 2nd at the South Africa Open.  A past winner of the event too in 2013, would a place here from 100/1 be so shocking?

Long Odds Glory Shots

Paul Waring 125/1:  T12 in 2020 and T6 in 2019 and queitly goes about his business.
Robert Rock 200/1: Still the best swing on Tour, winner here in 2012.
 

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