British Masters 2018 betting preview: Top tips and best picks this week at Walton Heath
BRITISH MASTERS 2018 - Express Sport has teamed up with Betfair to bring you the top betting tips this week.
The British Masters is upon us as the players take to Walton Heath this week with several European Ryder Cup stars in action.
Justin Rose is the tournament host and fans will no doubt be delighted to see Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari back on the course.
Rose skipped his media duties ahead of the competition getting underway due to illness but is still hopeful he’ll be fit to play.
He said: ”I’m going to be doing everything I can to be out here as fresh as a daisy, or as a rose!
"I'm having a great time. The Pro-Am was fun, even though I wasn't feeling great.
"I'm a little fragile at the moment, but I think I've heard nothing but good reports about the golf course and we're all excited to get it underway tomorrow."
Rose is due to tee-off with Ireland’s Paul Dunne, won this event last year, and Matthew Fitzpatrick, the 2015 champion.
Live coverage of the British Masters comes from Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
British Masters 2018 betting preview
Betfair golf expert Joe Dyer said: "It’s all about the Ryder Cup on the European Tour this week with three stars from 2018’s victorious team vying for favouritism in Betfair’s British Masters market.
"Tournament host Justin Rose sits atop the pile, at 7/1 to back, a smidgen ahead of 15/2 Francesco Molinari.
"Tommy Fleetwood, second in last week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, is 10/1.
"Seven places are available for each-way punters this week at one fifth the odds.
"The Ryder Cup theme continues as we look down the betting with another star from Le Golf National, Thorbjorn Olesen, next up at 22/1, the same price as Matthew Fitzpatrick, the winner of the 2015 British Masters.
"Walton Heath is expected to demand the sort of strategic golf that Fitzpatrick can deliver, and he is a selection for the Betfair golf team in our weekly each-way column."
Check the full British Masters betting on Betfair here.
British Masters tee times
Starting at hole 1:
0740 Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn)
0750 Clement Sordet (Fra), Richard Bland, Marcus Kinhult (Swe)
0800 Austin Connelly (Can), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Matthieu Pavon (Fra)
0810 Lasse Jensen (Den), Richard Sterne (Rsa), Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa)
0820 Jason Norris (Aus), Jens Dantorp (Swe), Julian Suri (USA)
0830 Phachara Khongwatmai (Tha), Lee Slattery, Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)
0840 Brett Rumford (Aus), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Wade Ormsby (Aus)
0850 Renato Paratore (Ita), Romain Wattel (Fra), Joakim Lagergren (Swe)
0900 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Aaron Rai, Matthew Southgate
0910 Gavin Green (Mal), Ryan Evans, Julien Guerrier (Fra)
0920 Chase Koepka (USA), Paul O'Hara, Pelle Edberg (Swe)
1205 Scott Jamieson, Daniel Brooks, James Morrison
1215 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)
1225 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Tommy Fleetwood, Francesco Molinari (Ita)
1235 Sam Horsfield, Luke Donald, Eddie Pepperell
1245 Daniel Willett, Andrew Johnston, Ross Fisher
1255 Paul Waring, Shane Lowry, Tom Lewis
1305 Chris Wood, Haotong Li (Chn), Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1315 Andrea Pavan (Ita), David Howell, Alexander Levy (Fra)
1325 Gregory Havret (Fra), Nino Bertasio (Ita), Robert Coles
1335 Richie Ramsay, Ricardo Gouveia (Por), Ashley Chesters
Ryder Cup: Molinari and Fleetwood share a bed after victory
Starting at hole 10:
0740 Soomin Lee (Kor), Sam Brazel (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
0750 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Mikko Korhonen (Fin)
0800 Richard McEvoy, Jordan Smith, Brandon Stone (Rsa)
0810 Andrew Sullivan, Oliver Fisher, Matt Wallace
0820 Justin Rose, Paul Dunne, Matthew Fitzpatrick
0830 Thomas Bjorn (Den), Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood
0840 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Trevor Immelman (Rsa)
0850 Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Stephen Gallacher, Alexander Bjork (Swe)
0900 Carlos Pigem (Spa), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
0910 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Pedro Oriol (Spa), Lucas Herbert (Aus)
0920 Chris Hanson, Jason Scrivener (Aus), Maximilian Kieffer (Ger)
1205 Oliver Farr, Peter Hanson (Swe), Thomas Detry (Bel)
1215 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), David Lipsky (USA), Nacho Elvira (Spa)
1225 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Marc Warren, Robert Rock
1235 Harold Varner III (USA), Marcel Siem (Ger), Haydn Porteous (Rsa)
1245 Callum Shinkwin, Bradley Neil, Bradley Dredge
1255 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Zander Lombard (Rsa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa)
1305 Johan Edfors (Swe), Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin), Matthias Schwab (Aut)
1315 Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Scott Hend (Aus), George Coetzee (Rsa)
1325 David Horsey, Andrew Dodt (Aus), David Drysdale
1335 Daniel Im (USA), Steven Brown, Jeunghun Wang (Kor)