{"id":3806,"date":"2015-03-10T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2015-03-17T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T12:28:39","slug":"review-amp-betting-guide-for-the-tshwane-open-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/golf\/3806\/review-amp-betting-guide-for-the-tshwane-open-3","title":{"rendered":"Review & Betting Guide For The Tshwane Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pretoria<\/a>

Pretoria Country Club club house \u00a9 Pretoria Country Club<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ross<\/a>

Ross Fisher 18\/1 \u00a9 Cyrille Bertin<\/p><\/div>\n

The tour stays in South Africa this week for the Tshwane Open and tees up on a new venue known locally at the \u201cCountry Club,\u201d the Pretoria Country Club came about in the early months of 1909 and was the brainchild of millionaire Mr Julius Jeppe. Jeppe already owned a shooting lodge on the site and used to bring groups over from Johannesburg for fishing and shooting at weekends.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clarrie Moore who was the first professional at the club \u2013 he was also the greenkeeper \u2013 was tasked with laying the course out around a lake which he decided was an impossible job so more land was purchased and work began.<\/p>\n

After World War II P Watters and Jock Brews \u2013 the professional at Killarney Club \u2013 were consulted on plans to update the course, the club then employed well-known architect Bob Grimsdell in 1948 to make further improvements with the help of the then resident professional George Van Niekerk and the new course was completed in 1950.<\/p>\n

In 2004 the Gary Player Design Group was hired to toughen the course up and Player\u2019s most noticeable change was the plethora of penal pot bunkers that captured any wayward shot to which the members were not happy. The call went up for even more changes and so DDV Design were engaged to make some changes and removed some pot bunkers while remodeling others, leaving the course you will see on TV this week.<\/p>\n

My tips to win:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ross Fisher 18\/1 \u2013 with PaddyPower \u2013<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is the defending champion and although the Tshwane Open is being played over a new venue this week I think the Englishman will relish the prospect of defending his title and moving up the Race to Dubai ranking into second place, he is currently in third only 37,000 behind Rory McIlroy. A big part of Ross\u2019s points comes from his runners-up finish at the backend of last year at the Nedbank Golf Challenge here in South Africa and I am sure he will want to get back to winning events and what better way than to defend his title this week.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Morten Orum Madsen 40\/1 \u00a9 Cyrille Bertin<\/p><\/div>\n

I have tipped\u00a0Jaco Van Zyl 25\/1 \u2013 with 32Red \u2013<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0for the last two weeks and he has had a runners-up finish at the Joburg Open and followed that up with a Top 6 at last week\u2019s Africa Open. Jaco hasn\u2019t played well in the Tshwane Open but it’s a new venue this year and on his current form I think we will see him in one of the final pairings challenging again come Sunday.<\/p>\n

Morten Orum Madsen 40\/1 \u2013 with StanJames \u2013<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0stormed up the leaderboard with his final two rounds of 64, 66 at last week\u2019s Africa Open and I am sure he will be itching to get going come Thursday. It\u2019s been a bit of a stop start season for the Dane who had a Top 5 finish at the Dubai Desert Classic and while he followed that up with a Top 25 in the Malaysian Open he seemed to lose his way at the Joburg Open where he missed the cut. It seems that was a bit of a wake up call and I expect him to be buzzing this week.<\/p>\n

My each-way tips:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Howell 45\/1 \u2013 with Bet365 \u2013<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0got off to a great start at last week\u2019s Africa Open but slowly slid back down the leaderboard. David had a runners-up finish the week before at the Joburg Open and seems to be coming into a good run of form he just lacks that consistency to be challenging every week. David has had two Top 15 finishes in this event over the last couple of years and although it’s a new venue I think we will see him in the thick of it come Sunday.<\/p>\n

I think\u00a0Danie Van Tonder 80\/1 \u2013 with StanJames \u2013<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>will be glad that he is back on home soil after his final round 80 at last week\u2019s WGC event over the Blue Monster track, it was one of those tournaments that got progressively worse for the Sunshine Tours 2012 Rookie of the year. But it\u2019s all a learning curve and I am sure being back home on the European\/Sunshine Tour playing in a tournament he had a runners-up finish in last year will see him challenging again this week.<\/p>\n

\"Mikko<\/a>

Mikko Korhonen 80\/1 \u00a9 Pauline<\/p><\/div>\n

There is no outside tip this week but there is I think good value with Finnish golfer\u00a0Mikko Korhonen 80\/1 \u2013 with SportingBet \u2013<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>who won this year\u2019s final qualifying stage. If he keeps his current run of form going that has seen him finish twenty-fifth, twenty-forth and thirteenth over his last three events we should see him challenging for a Top 5 finish this week. Mikko got off to a bad start firing a 73 in last week\u2019s Africa Open but recovered well with three rounds in the 60s and should come into this week in confident mood.<\/p>\n

For a full<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0updated list of betting odds during the tournament go to\u00a0planetgolfreview.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pretoria<\/a>

Pretoria Country Club \u00a9 Pretoria Country Club<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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