The 2022-23 European Tour season wraps up this week with the DP World Tour Championship 2023 as the best 50 players from the year compete for their share of $10,000,000 in Dubai. With this event consistently delivering some of the best desert golf on the planet, golf fans can expect some brilliant gold action and betting opportunities alike.
Jon Rahm heads to the Jumeriah Golf Estates as the defending champion, having won here three times in the past six years. Can anyone prevent the Spaniard’s dominance in Dubai? Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Viktor Hovland will all be confident of their ability to prevail instead, with the former two having won here on multiple occasions, while Hovland is in red-hot form currently.
Ahead of this exciting tournament, we break down all the latest odds from bookmaker bet365 and outline the best bets to make on the 2023 DP World Tour Championship this week.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: November 13th, 10:00 A.M. (GMT)
The mark of a good tournament is when betting odds are nice and tight at the top of the field. Heading into the 2023 DP World Tour Championship, bookmaker bet365 has a three-way joint favourite in its odds, with Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm all returning 6.00 to win in the Untied Arab Emirates this Sunday. Behind these three, the odds more than double for Matt Fitzpatrick at 13.00, before Tyrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood aren’t far behind the Englishman on 15.00.
Odds for top finishes see Hovland get his nose in front of McIlroy and Rahm, with a return of 1.90 for a top five placement compared to 2.10.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: November 13th, 10:00 A.M. (GMT)
With such a competitive field, what are the best outright bets to make this week? We see two great wagers. One is going with the conservative bet of Jon Rahm. The Spaniard is excellent in the desert, having claimed this event three times in the past six years, including the most recent edition. Add to this the fact that he’s won four titles in 2023, and Rahm is a strong bet here in Dubai.
However, those after a little more bang for their buck might want to look at a lesser favourite such as Shane Lowry. The Irishman has been a regular at the business end of tournaments this year, beginning 2023 with 13 top 25 finishes in a row. In previous DP World Tour Championships, Lowry has been the first and second round leader and has placed as high as runner-up in 2019. It’s been a minute since Lowry last made a deep run, but this could be just the tournament for him to change this. With a return of 26.00, Lowry is a great dark horse bet.
