In a tournament that has all too often been won by a little known American European golf gave a collective sigh of relief when Padriag Harrington finally broke the USPGA hold on the British Open and Ladbrokes.
Now the curse has been lifted other European players will start to believe more that they can win it at ladbrokes.co.uk making the race to be the top player from the continent even more fierce.
Tournament favourite Sergio Garcia is, unsurprisingly, favourite, at www.ladbrokes.uk, to be the King of Europe.
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However much like his outright price at ladbroke.co.uk his odds in this market are also far too short to get involved at around 4/1. Lee Westwood will attract a lot of the smart money.
The man from Worksop is on terrific form of late and his near miss at the US Open coupled with good showings in European tour events since will have many reaching for their wallet at www.ladbroke.uk.
7/1 seems a fair price. Miguel Angel Jimenez is usually a name you can trust at these events. The Spaniard is never far away on the leader board so at 14s is probably worth a look at in this market. The Scandinavians always go well in majors and the pair of Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlson at 25/1 and 16/1 could be a good thing. And at a bigger price the ultra consistent Oliver Wilson at 40/1 looks to be the value each way play.
