The 2017 Race To Dubai is already under way but the expected big guns are currently enjoying a festive break and won’t be stepping onto the European Tour until the New Year.
Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson have dominated the Race To Dubai in the last five years – McIlroy winning three times and Stenson twice – and are the market leaders again. But by no stretch of the imagination is next year’s renewal a two-horse race. Danny Willett has gone close in the last two years and the reigning Masters champions is massively overpriced at 33/1 with BetVictor.
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Willett, from Sheffield, is one of the few big names with euros already on the board in the 2017 Race To Dubai. Maybe he thinks he can steal an early march on his likely rivals and avoid the heartbreak of the last two years. But, whatever his intentions, it indicates a resolve to get his name on the role of honour sooner rather than later and he’s maybe not as likely to be lured away by the US Tour as often as the likes of McIlroy, Stenson and Justin Rose.
McIlroy is only a best 13/8 with Stenson at 11/2 with BetVictor. Rose is 20/1 in places while Matthew Fitzpatrick is 33/1 with Coral.
Fitzpatrick, another son of Sheffield (there must be a thriving development programme in South Yorkshire), is the rising star of the European Tour. The 22-year-old only turned pro in 2014 but won the British Masters last year and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship this year. The US Tiour beckons but he may concentrate for one more year on the European Tour and can be backed at 12/1 with BetVictor to win the Race To Dubai in betting without McIlroy and Stenson.
2017 Race To Dubai Current Best Odds
Rory McIlroy (13/8), Henrik Stenson (11/2), Alex Noren and Justin Rose (20/1), Branden Grace, Danny Willett, Tyrrell Hatton and Matthew Fitzpatrick (33/1), Rafael Cabrera Bello, Patrick Reed and Thomas Pieters (40/1), Andy Sullivan, Bernd Weisberger and Louis Oosthuizen (50/1), Charl Schwartzel, Francesco Molinari and Sergio Garcia (66/1), Byeong-Un Han, Chris Wood, Martin Kaymer and Shane Lowry (80/1), Thorbjorn Olesen (100/1)
