Canary Islands Championship Betting Tips: Back-to-back events provide useful form guide

Preview and Odds for this week’s European Tour event

The European Tour remains in Tenerife this week for the Canary Islands Championship, the final leg of a three-tournament swing in the Spanish archipelago.

It is the fourth time in the post-lockdown era that a course has staged back-to-back events, so what can we learn from the double-headers in Wales, Cyprus and Kenya in terms of Canary Islands Championship betting tips?

At Celtic Manor, Romain Langasque won the Wales Open despite not playing in the preceding event, but runner-up Sami Valimaki was sixth the week before and Connor Syme was eighth and third.

In Cyprus, the format changed from 72-hole strokeplay to a “showdown” concept at Aphrodite Hills, but Robert MacIntyre was third and first and Callum Shinkwin first and fourth.

In Kenya, Justin Harding won the first event at Karen Country Club and held the 54-hole lead the following week before fading to 14th, while fellow South African Jacques Kruyswijk was fifth both weeks.

Burmester eyeing repeat success

It was another South African, Dean Burmester (pictured above), who tasted success in Tenerife on Sunday, a flawless closing 62 giving him a total of 25 under par and a five-shot winning margin.

The low scoring came as no surprise given that Costa Adeje is a resort course which usually features six par-fives and the professionals took full advantage, even with the eighth hole made into a par four measuring 560 yards.

Winning consecutive events is never easy, but a flying start to Sunday’s final round meant Burmester’s victory was relatively stress-free and that is reflected in a price of 14/1 to claim a third European Tour title.