Joburg Open Matchups

The European Tour is in South Africa this week for the Joburg Open and many of the top betting choices are South African players. Christiaan Bezuidenhout is the favorite, but he will have to overcome jet lag, as he played in the Masters last week. The Joburg Open has not been held the past two years, so the defending champion is actually Shubhankar Sharma who won the title in 2017. South African players have won eight of the previous 12 Joburg Opens. I am coming off a nice 4-1 week with the matchups at the Masters. Let’s look at the matchups and picks for the Joburg Open.

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Joburg Open Matchups Odds

Christiaan Bezuidenhout -120 vs. Brandon Stone

Christiaan Bezuidenhout -160 vs. Shaun Norris

Jaco Ahlers -135 vs. Bryce Easton

Adrian Otaegui -125 vs. Marcus Armitage

Wil Besseling -125 vs. Antoine Rozner

Dean Burmester -125 vs. Louis De Jager

Richard Bland -135 vs. Jonathan Caldwell

David Drysdale -125 vs. David Law

Darren Fichardt -135 vs. Keith Horne

Gavin Green -125 vs. Fabrizio Zanotti

Shubhankar Sharma -120 vs. Scott Jamieson

Adrien Saddier -125 vs. Alexander Levy

Joost Luiten -120 vs. Matthew Jordan

Matthieu Pavon -120 vs. Steven Brown

Oliver Farr -120 vs. Jack Senior

Johannes Veerman -115 vs. Adri Arnaus

Adri Arnaus -120 vs. Marcus Armitage

Wilco Nienaber -120 vs. Dean Burmester

Sean Crocker -115 vs. Masahiro Kawamura

Louis De Jager -120 vs. Wil Besseling

Matthew Jordan -115 vs. Gavin Green

Alexander Levy -115 vs. Scott Jamieson

Joost Luiten -115 vs. Garrick Higgo

Shubankar Sharma -125 vs. Antoine Rozner

Daniel van Tonder -120 vs. Shaun Norris

Golf Matchup Picks

Brandon Stone -110 vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Stone is looking to win another Sunshine Tour and European Tour co-sanctioned event. He has already won the South African Open and the Alfred Dunhill Championship. “The Joburg Open is the last leg of the trilogy of Sunshine Tour co-sanctioned tournaments that I’m going for. I’d love to add this one as a win this week,” Stone said to the media. The field this week is weaker than the one for the South African Open and as I said earlier, I don’t like Bezuidenhout this week, as he has to overcome the jetlag coming back from Georgia. I will take Stone in this matchup.

Shaun Norris +130 vs. Christiaan Bezuidenhout

I am going against Bezuidenhout twice this week. This is more of a price play than anything else, but I do like the fact that Norris has played well in this event and I find it hard to believe that Bezuidenhout will play well. I will take Norris at plus money.

Wilco Nienaber -120 vs. Dean Burmester

I think Nienaber is one of the best players in the field this week and we get him at a short price int his matchup against Burmester. Nienaber has already proven he can handle the big stage and I see no reason he can’t win at home.

Joost Luiten -120 vs. Matthew Jordan

Luiten has proven in the past he knows how to win and he has done well in South Africa in the past. He has made the cut in all of his previous South African events and in his only Joburg Open start he finished sixth in 2010. I will take Luiten at the short price.

Shubhankar Sharma -120 vs. Scott Jamieson

We know that Sharma likes this course, as he won here three years ago. He has been playing pretty well of late and there is very little to like about the form of Jamieson. I will take Sharma in this matchup.

Shubankar Sharma -125 vs. Antoine Rozner

I will take Sharma in a couple of matchups this week. Sharma is the defending champion and he played well in Cyprus.  Sharma has two career European Tour wins and there is no reason to think he won’t play well this week. Rozner has never won on the European Tour and it is hard to see him getting his first win in South Africa. I will take Sharma in this matchup.

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