The European Tour is trying something a little bit different this week, with the Shot Clock Masters in Austria. Players will have to play every shot within 40 seconds, so there will be no standing around and taking forever on shots that we sometimes see on both the European and PGA Tours. If players don’t hit the shot within the time limit they will be penalized one shot. Very few top players are playing in this event, as the U.S. Open is next week. Diamond Country Club has hosted this event that used to be called the Lyoness Open and Austrian Open, eight times. Let’s look at the odds and predictions for the Shot Clock Masters.
Shot Clock Masters Odds
Dean Burmester +1400
Erik Van Rooyen +1600
Lee Slattery +1800
Miguel Angel Jimenez +2000
Matthias Schwab +2000
Ashun Wu +2500
Lorenzo Gagli +2500
Mikko Korhonen +2500
Paul Waring +2500
David Horsey +3300
Nicolas Colsaerts +3300
Andrea Pavan +4000
Joachim B Hansen +4000
Nino Bertasio +4000
Oscar Lengden +4000
Soren Kjeldsen +4000
Austin Connelly +5000
Bradley Dredge +5000
Gregory Bourdy +5000
Jose-Filipe Lima +5000
Nick Cullen +5000
Sepp Straka +5000
Jeff Winther +6000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +6600
Gary Stal +6600
Laurie Canter +6600
Sebastien Gros +6600
Wade Ormsby +6600
Felipe Aguilar +7000
Trevor Fisher +7000
Ajeetesh Sandhu +8000
Dimi Papadatos +8000
Justin Walters +8000
Kim Koivu +8000
Marcel Schneider +8000
Marcus Fraser +8000
Min Kyu Kim +8000
Richard McEvoy +8000
Shiv Kapur +8000
Tom Lewis +8000
Odds Analysis
Dean Burmester +1400
The field this week is not strong so someone has to be favored and oddsmakers chose Burmester. He tied for 38th in this event two years ago. He did tie for 12th at Wentworth and tied for 30th last week in Italy, but is that enough to make him a favorite this week?
Erik Van Rooyen +1600
You can almost say the same thing about Van Rooyen that you can about Burmester. He has played okay this season with six finishes of tie for 21st or better. He tied for 20th at Wentworth and then tied for 42nd last week in Italy.
Lee Slattery +1800
Perhaps Slattery can build off his third place finish last week. He led after 54-holes but lost his caddie to injury on the back nine. He does have a couple of top ten finishes in the past at Diamond.
Miguel Angel Jimenez +2000
Is there still something left for Jimenez? He calls Vienna home, so he should feel comfortable and he will get a lot of crowd support. He has played well on the Champions Tour and this field is weak enough that he can contend. I think he has some value at odds of +2000.
Ashun Wu +2500
I think you can make a better case for Wu winning this week than any of the favorites. He won this event in 2016 and he tied for 10th last year. He tied for 7th in the China Open and he also made the cut the last two weeks.
Paul Waring +2500
Why not Waring at a nice price? He tied for 5th in this tournament in 2013 and he was in the running last year until fading over the weekend. He was playing well this season until missing the cut last week in Italy.
Mikko Korhonen +2500
A player who has a lot of experience on this course is Korhonen and he has five top 25 finishes. He did miss the cut last week in Italy but had played well before that missed cut.
Nino Bertasio +4000
A longshot this week for me is Bertasio who tied for 19th in this event two years ago and then tied for 10th last year. He faced a lot of pressure last week to perform well in front of his home fans and missed the cut, so perhaps he bounces back this week.
Richard McEvoy +8000
McEvoy has five top ten finishes in 13 trips to Austria on the European and Champions Tours. He tied for 3rd and tied for 5th the last two years. He could be worth a shot at a big price.
Course: Diamond Country Club is a par 72 that measures 7,417 yards. It features water hazards on have of the holes. The course was actually built on a site that was bombed in World War II and there are still structures on the course from the war. Dylan Frittelli won this event last year, shooting 12-under par, while Ashun Wu won it two years ago shooting 13-under par.
TV Coverage: Golf Channel
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