fbpx
Houston Open - Phil Mickelson

Betting tips: Who to back at the Houston Open

Our resident betting expert reveals who he will be backing this week as players get their final warm-up in for the Masters…

 

The one to be on: Phil Mickelson

Given he hasn’t won since the Open at Muirfield – back in 2013 – you can imagine I’ve handed over quite a lot of money in losing bets on Phil over the past three and a half years.

But there was a lot to like about the way he performed last week in Austin until he came up against a roadblock in Bill Haas.

If he can just remember that golf doesn’t always have to be about hitting the ball off the property, he’s certainly still got the game to win a lot more on the PGA Tour.

Winner of the Houston Open in 2011, he hasn’t finished out of the top 20 since – 13th, 17th, 12th, 16th and fourth – and he’s playing well enough too.

Take the Match Play out of the equation and a tied-seventh in Mexico suggests a player peaking just in time for Augusta. I’ll be taking a piece of the 22/1 available.

If big Phil is too short, 2015 winner JB Holmes at 35/1 might be more palatable. He’s got two further top 15s in Humble but will need to step up on recent efforts.

The each-way back: Russell Henley

Houston Open

These are Russell’s form figures at the Houston Open over the past three years: fifth, fourth and seventh. And yet I’ve seen prices up to 35/1.

Top 20s at the Valspar, Phoenix, Sony Open, the RSM Classic and the Sanderson Farms, going all the way back to last October, indicate a really solid season.

When you combine that with a track he clearly likes, he has to be worth an investment.

Charles Howell III will also be in my plans. He had a pretty decent week at the WGC-Match Play and has been in solid form all season. Having finished seventh and fifth at the Houston Open over the past two years, he’s hard to ignore at 50/1.

The dark horse: Cameron Tringale

Houston Open

I’m not just putting up Cameron because he started following me on Twitter. (He follows a lot of people, I’m nothing special.)

I like to place significant emphasis on course form in my punting and Tringale has put up some decent numbers at Houston in the past – good enough to make his odds of 125/1 look a bit too big for me.

Take away his 57th-place finish last year and Tringale has picked up three top 10s in the previous four (fifth, fourth and eighth) with the other a top 20.

It’s been a slow start to the PGA Tour season for the Californian but a top 10 at the Genesis Open shows that, in the right circumstances, he will contend.

At the price, I’m ready to back he could threaten the Houston Open frame this week.

Latest Posts

dp world tour 2024 schedule

DP World Tour

DP World Tour 2024 schedule and results

Read full article - DP World Tour 2024 schedule and results
liv golf schedule 2024

LIV Golf

LIV Golf schedule 2024: Every date, venue and result

Read full article - LIV Golf schedule 2024: Every date, venue and result
players championship field 2024

News

Players Championship field: Who is playing at TPC Sawgrass?

Read full article - Players Championship field: Who is playing at TPC Sawgrass?
LIV Golf

LIV Golf

How far have the LIV golfers fallen in the world rankings?

Read full article - How far have the LIV golfers fallen in the world rankings?
pga championship field

News

World Golf Rankings 2024: Who’s in the top 10?

Read full article - World Golf Rankings 2024: Who’s in the top 10?
LIV Golf

LIV Golf

Show me the money! How much has each LIV player made since signing up?

Read full article - Show me the money! How much has each LIV player made since signing up?
rory mcilroy talor gooch

News

Rory McIlroy’s advice for Talor Gooch: Be more like Joaquin Niemann!

Read full article - Rory McIlroy’s advice for Talor Gooch: Be more like Joaquin Niemann!
viktor hovland prize money

News

Soulless, comical and sad: Viktor Hovland has a bleak outlook on golf

Read full article - Soulless, comical and sad: Viktor Hovland has a bleak outlook on golf
talor gooch

LIV Golf

‘It’s noteworthy’: Talor Gooch defends controversial Rory McIlroy asterisk claim

Read full article - ‘It’s noteworthy’: Talor Gooch defends controversial Rory McIlroy asterisk claim