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Singapore Classic golf tips: Rafa Cabrera-Bello an overpriced outsider in wide open tournament

A wide open DP World Tour betting market has led Tipstrr golf pundit Martin Colwell to look down the field for some decent each-way value in this weekend's Singapore Classic.

The DP World Tour heads to Singapore this week after a fourteen-year absence, with Laguna National Golf Resort Club, dubbed as the toughest course in Asia, taking centre stage in what should be dry but humid conditions with temperatures in the balmy mid-eighties.

This classic par-72 course is 7,471 yards in length across hilly terrain, punctuated by five water hazards and protected by deep unforgiving rough.

The fairways are wide and grassed with paspalum, and the key to success here looks to be a good second approach shot, with scrambling skills a must if you miss the Bermuda grass greens.
This demanding course means that bogey avoidance is as important as striving for birdies, so players will need to plot their way carefully around each of the eighteen holes.

In a wide open field, the market leaders are hovering around 14 to 16/1 this week, with three golfers jostling for the honour of bookmakers' favourite - Robert Macintyre, Jordan Smith and Ryan Fox.

It looks tough this week and with many of the tour's bigger names gravitating to the Phoenix Open, the field is not overly strong, leaving the door open for an outsider to pop up.

Therefore I do not particularly like any of the above at their odds, but of the three, if push came to shove, I would go with Macintyre, who is more of a strategic player than the other two.
In my opinion, Jordan Smith is overrated and it rarely pays to back him, while Ryan Fox likes a long and wide course, as he can hit the ball far but not always straight. He faded badly last week after getting into contention and is easily swerved this time around.

We then jump to the 22-25/1 mark, where again we find three golfers - Alexander Bjork, Adrian Otaegui and Adri Arnaus.

Bjork is relatively short-priced after going close last week and supposedly preferring tougher courses, while Otaegui won at Valderrama last October, and so has proved that he can also perform on a testing course. He has a good short game which always pays dividends when things get tough.
Adri Arnaus placed last week at Al Hamra and could have gone closer if his putter had behaved on Sunday. I can give Bjork a miss and prefer the chances of the two Spaniards.

Each-way value in wide-open market

Johannes Veerman has had decent finishes in his last two tournaments, finishing tied for eighth and nineteen respectively, and was a winner on tour in recent months as well. 

Veerman played for a number of years on the Asian Tour, he has familiarity with courses in this part of the world and what comes with it, so he might just be trending again to be in contention on Sunday.

Some real outsider value might be found in the shape of Hurly Long, as the German was shaping up well on the DP World Tour last year, but has failed to replicate that form so far in 2023. 

However, his price has gone way out to 125/1, which, again in not the strongest field, could hold some each-way value if he can find his game in Singapore.

One last contender to really catch the eye is the talented Spaniard Rafa Cabrero-Bello, who can admittedly blow hot and cold, but has shown up well these past two weeks. 

He could just as easily miss the cut as win the tournament, but the 50/1 available does look big for such a potentially high-quality player in a comparatively weak field.

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