Bermuda Championship betting tips: Rai to shine in Caribbean

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, the world’s number 39, is not overly long off the tee but is excellent around the greens – a quality chipper and a very good putter.

He ranks 27th in greens in regulation (GIR) percentage on the European Tour and the South African will no doubt have is supporters at odds of 12/1 in the Bermuda Championship betting tips.

The 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed missed the early deadline for the Zozo Championship in Japan, won by Hideki Matsuyama, so will be well rested.

He needed that break, it would appear, after missing the cut at the Shriners’ Children’s Open and a T68 finish at the CJ Cup.

Reed did record six top-10s and made the cut in 18 of 23 starts in the 2021 season, so will look to get back to that level of form here and is a 14/1 shot.

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Chile’s Mito Pereira was a fine third in the Fortinet Championship – his first career top-three finish on the PGA Tour – and while it is early in the season, he is ranked second in GIR.

An accurate driver, this course should play to his strengths and he is a 20/1 chance in the Bermuda Championship betting tips.

Danny Willett finished one-over par for a T55 finish in this tournament last year and is a 25/1 chance this week.

One of his biggest assets is playing in windy conditions on links courses – as advertised again when taking the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews following a missed cut in the Fortinet Championship – and the former Masters winner is bidding to end a somewhat average year on a high.

Japan’s Takumi Kanaya, at odds of 33/1, is the former world number one amateur and owns three Japan Tour victories.

He finished T7 in the Zozo Championship and the world number 68 has finished no worse than T16 in his last eight starts.

Elsewhere

Aaron Rai has been in decent form of late.

Last year’s Scottish Open winner was T26 at the St Jude Invitational, T14 at the BMW PGA Championship and T25 at the Andalucia Masters.

He is a 50/1 chance and should go well as he invariably has good control in windy conditions.

Nick Watney, T2 at the Sanderson Farms Championship and T30 at the Fortinet Championship, is also worthy of consideration at odds of 66/1.

While he did miss the cut here last year, he was in poor form but appears to have found his game again in the last few months and his confidence is back.

Ten years ago Luke Donald was ranked as the world’s best player, his short game was always his forte, but times have changed and from 23 starts last season, he had two top-25 finishes.

Yet he still has that short game and veterans like Stuart Cink, who has won twice this year at the age of 48, can inspire. Donald is a 125/1 shot.

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