Steve Palmer’s Golf Tips This Week
- Jon Rahm: 14/1 with BetVictor
- Brookes Koepka: 22/1 (7 places with BetUK)
- Dustin Johnson: 30/1 (8 places with Betfred)
- Adam Scott: 75/1 (7 places with BetUK)
Steve Palmer’s Top Open Golf Tip
Writing in his Racing Post column ahead of The Open at Hoylake, Steve Palmer picked JON RAHM (14/1 with BetVictor) as his top betting tip this week.
He said: “the double-figure quotes about Jon Rahm are more than acceptable, and the Masters champion looks a rock-solid each-way investment for the Royal Liverpool showpiece.”
“Rahm’s decision to skip the Scottish Open looks a shrewd one given the way the tournament panned out, with wake-up calls in the early hours of the morning for the Renaissance Club competitors on Saturday and Sunday.”
“With rain and breeze in the Open forecast, the freshness of Rahm may prove decisive over 72 holes. He sharpened up his links game in Ireland last week, like Tiger Woods used to do prior to the Open, and Rahm is fond of this type of golf.”
“Rahmbo has twice won the Irish Open on links terrain – at Portstewart by a six-shot margin in 2017, then at Lahinch by two shots in 2019 – and the Spaniard has slowly but surely developed into an Open contender. He was 11th in 2019 and third in 2021.”
Steve Palmer’s Next Best Open Bet
Palmer has picked BROOKES KOEPKA (22/1 with BetUK – 7 places) for his next best bet and you can get 22/1 with BetUK who are paying 7 places on The Open 2023.The Racing Post pundit said: “Koepka has been producing some of the best golf of his career since getting fully fit at the start of this year. Victory in LIV Golf Orlando at the start of April was followed by second place in the Masters, then he won the US PGA in May. He has been a leaderboard regular on the LIV circuit and finished 17th in the US Open on a course he hated.”
On Koepka’s record in the final major of the season, Steve Palmer said: “Koepka’s Open record is rock-solid. He was tenth in 2015, sixth in 2017, fourth in 2019, and sixth in 2021, registering four top-tens in his last six Opens. A share of 67th place at Hoylake in 2014 was a useful sighter of this week’s venue. He was world number 80 going into that event – a PGA Tour maiden and a DP World Tour maiden – but returns as an entirely different animal.
A repeat of the Rahm-Koepka Masters one-two seems entirely feasible. Ricky Elliott, an excellent links golfer in his own right and a Royal Portrush member, is the perfect caddie for Koepka in Open assignments.”
