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The European Tour's two-week stay on the idyllic island in the Mediterranean is upon us. The unveiling of Aphrodite Hills Resort begins on Thursday with a handful of household names set to take center stage.
I've got a lot of Cyprus Open predictions on my mind, so let's dive into a tournament betting preview.
We'll start by taking a quick peek at the pricing.
Just two of the top 100 in the world are here – Andy Sullivan and Thomas Detry. And while it makes sense to install Sullivan as the favorite – and less than half the price as the next guy in line – +1200 seems a bit egregious.
I like Sullivan this week, but as Bob Barker would never say, 'the price isn't right.'
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In terms of the guy standing out on the betting sheet, we'll start my Cyprus Open pick to win.
Perhaps considered a sleeper pick for the Cyprus Open, here's how I landed on Marcus Armitage.
He's got an appealing price tag at MyBookie and he's been knocking on the door as of late. And oh yeah, he quietly ranks inside the top 50 in SG: Off-the-Tee, SG: Approach, and SG: Around-the-Green.
You can point to his putting if you want to nitpick the 33-year-old Englishman. At the same time, Armitage gains strokes on the field in that department as well.
Since notching a top-25 at the Irish Open, Marcus has posted back-to-back top-10s. All signs are pointing toward being on the cusp of a breakthrough performance. Here's your chance to avoid being 'too late' to the party.
- Marcus Armitage
Additional Predictions and Best Bets
Now for some more Cyprus Open predictions – specifically ones you can take advantage of at the top online betting sites.
Worth a stab to hoist the trophy at +4500 at XBet, grabbing hold of Sami Valimaki to crack the top-10 gives us a bit of a cushion. The 22-year-old Finnish golfer has surged into the top 100 in the OWGR on the heels of three top-10s among his last six starts. Valimaki led the field in GIR last time out at the BMW PGA Championship (T13) and ranks 5th on the European Tour in SG: Putting.
Benjamin Herbert to Finish Top 20
T3-MC-MC-T19-MC. The discrepancies displayed in Benjamin Hebert's recent game log are far from encouraging, however, a couple of top-20s are sprinkled in. What else is reassuring about this prediction for the Cyprus Open?
The fact that Hebert clocks in 5th on the European Tour in SG: Approach and 18th in SG: Around-the-Green.
If the best bets for the Cyprus Open aren't enough to quench your thirst, try wetting your beak on the following Cyprus Open sleepers.
Chris Paisley +8000
If you see Chris Paisley's +7000 price tag at the top sites, keep shopping until you arrive at BetOnline. There you'll find the European Tour's leader in putting average at +8000 to win.
Dating back to his T4 at the Scottish Championship, Paisley is 27-under-par over his last eight rounds on tour.
After several attempts of playing full-time on the European Tour's big-boy circuit, it looks like Jonathan Caldwell is finally settling into a groove.
'It's hard not to enjoy being on the main tour after all the years on Europro and scraping it here and there. I am enjoying it and playing nicely, which helps' #europeantour#jonathancaldwell
— Irish Golfer Magazine (@IrishGolferMag) October 23, 2020
https://t.co/PkbKRspBMF
Eight consecutive red numbers resulted in a 7th at the Scottish Championship and a 5th at the Italian Open. As we all know, few things in professional golf are more inspiring than positive momentum.
Surely one of these Cyprus Open predictions caught your eye. The question is, which ones piqued your interest enough to pull the trigger?
Callum Shinkwin shot the lowest score Sunday at the Cyprus Open, and he also happened to win the golf tournament. The difference this week is that whoever shoots the lowest score on Sunday at Aphrodite Hills will be crowned as the champ – regardless of what happened beforehand.
The European Tour introduces a new format this week – one that promises to deliver drama and unexpected results.
Following 36 holes, the top 32 players and ties will advance to Saturday's third round. Scores are reset, and only the low 16 and ties from Saturday will earn a tee time for Sunday's shootout. Once again, the scores will be reset and whoever fires the lowest number (on Sunday) walks away with the trophy.
Let's dive into some Cyprus Showdown predictions and try and gauge how this thing might play out.
The unique shootout format for this week's event explains why the odds for the Cyprus Showdown are so bunched up. The more holes you play, the easier it becomes for the cream to rise to the top.
On the flip side, anything can happen during a single round of 18 holes.
Of course, it'll take stellar play in order to have a shot in Sunday's last man standing format.
The easy thing to do with a Cyprus Showdown prediction is to pick a player who played well on this golf course last week. It's a bit off the wall to target a 19-year-old kid who has to take a 10+ hour flight to hop from one island to the next.
Then again, Rasmus Hojgaard isn't some random teenager showing up to Paphos just to have a good time. This is a dude who means business having already captured two European Tour titles.
Including one at The Belfry at the end of August.
Nineteen-year-old Rasmus Hojgaard claimed his second career European Tour title on Sunday at the U.K. Championship: https://t.co/O77TIOtt4gpic.twitter.com/GLnP0q6kGj
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) August 30, 2020
All things considered, T37 in his PGA debut last week at the Bermuda Championship was a solid result. Rasmus flashed his length (5th in driving distance) and has displayed his ability to go low during the final round on multiple occasions.
Case in point – Hojgaard fired the low-final round in back-to-back tournaments (English Championship, UK Championship) not long ago.
- Rasmus Hojgaard
Best Bet for the 2020 Cyprus Showdown
Rather than put all of your eggs into a basket held by Hojgaard, here is another Cyprus Showdown prediction you can apply directly to the betting arena.
I was on Armitage to win last week and boy did the good-natured Englishman give me a decent sweat. The co-leader after 36 holes played in the final grouping on Saturday and Sunday at Aphrodite Hills and will be licking his chops for another crack at the par-71 layout.
The Bullet's bullet @marcusarmitage1 ?#CyprusOpenpic.twitter.com/EBhHC0VhdR
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) October 31, 2020
Marcus only bogeyed one par-4 the entire week and knows he has lots of room to improve on the par-5s.
I'm not against taking another stab on Armitage winning the tournament at +4500, although a top-10 bet gives a little margin for error.
As you have probably gathered, this is as good of a time as any to roll the dice on some dark horses. I've got two sleeper picks for the Cyprus Showdown in mind.
Wilco Nienaber +5500
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Perhaps considered a sleeper pick for the Cyprus Open, here's how I landed on Marcus Armitage.
He's got an appealing price tag at MyBookie and he's been knocking on the door as of late. And oh yeah, he quietly ranks inside the top 50 in SG: Off-the-Tee, SG: Approach, and SG: Around-the-Green.
You can point to his putting if you want to nitpick the 33-year-old Englishman. At the same time, Armitage gains strokes on the field in that department as well.
Since notching a top-25 at the Irish Open, Marcus has posted back-to-back top-10s. All signs are pointing toward being on the cusp of a breakthrough performance. Here's your chance to avoid being 'too late' to the party.
- Marcus Armitage
Additional Predictions and Best Bets
Now for some more Cyprus Open predictions – specifically ones you can take advantage of at the top online betting sites.
Worth a stab to hoist the trophy at +4500 at XBet, grabbing hold of Sami Valimaki to crack the top-10 gives us a bit of a cushion. The 22-year-old Finnish golfer has surged into the top 100 in the OWGR on the heels of three top-10s among his last six starts. Valimaki led the field in GIR last time out at the BMW PGA Championship (T13) and ranks 5th on the European Tour in SG: Putting.
Benjamin Herbert to Finish Top 20
T3-MC-MC-T19-MC. The discrepancies displayed in Benjamin Hebert's recent game log are far from encouraging, however, a couple of top-20s are sprinkled in. What else is reassuring about this prediction for the Cyprus Open?
The fact that Hebert clocks in 5th on the European Tour in SG: Approach and 18th in SG: Around-the-Green.
If the best bets for the Cyprus Open aren't enough to quench your thirst, try wetting your beak on the following Cyprus Open sleepers.
Chris Paisley +8000
If you see Chris Paisley's +7000 price tag at the top sites, keep shopping until you arrive at BetOnline. There you'll find the European Tour's leader in putting average at +8000 to win.
Dating back to his T4 at the Scottish Championship, Paisley is 27-under-par over his last eight rounds on tour.
After several attempts of playing full-time on the European Tour's big-boy circuit, it looks like Jonathan Caldwell is finally settling into a groove.
'It's hard not to enjoy being on the main tour after all the years on Europro and scraping it here and there. I am enjoying it and playing nicely, which helps' #europeantour#jonathancaldwell
— Irish Golfer Magazine (@IrishGolferMag) October 23, 2020
https://t.co/PkbKRspBMF
Eight consecutive red numbers resulted in a 7th at the Scottish Championship and a 5th at the Italian Open. As we all know, few things in professional golf are more inspiring than positive momentum.
Surely one of these Cyprus Open predictions caught your eye. The question is, which ones piqued your interest enough to pull the trigger?
Callum Shinkwin shot the lowest score Sunday at the Cyprus Open, and he also happened to win the golf tournament. The difference this week is that whoever shoots the lowest score on Sunday at Aphrodite Hills will be crowned as the champ – regardless of what happened beforehand.
The European Tour introduces a new format this week – one that promises to deliver drama and unexpected results.
Following 36 holes, the top 32 players and ties will advance to Saturday's third round. Scores are reset, and only the low 16 and ties from Saturday will earn a tee time for Sunday's shootout. Once again, the scores will be reset and whoever fires the lowest number (on Sunday) walks away with the trophy.
Let's dive into some Cyprus Showdown predictions and try and gauge how this thing might play out.
The unique shootout format for this week's event explains why the odds for the Cyprus Showdown are so bunched up. The more holes you play, the easier it becomes for the cream to rise to the top.
On the flip side, anything can happen during a single round of 18 holes.
Of course, it'll take stellar play in order to have a shot in Sunday's last man standing format.
The easy thing to do with a Cyprus Showdown prediction is to pick a player who played well on this golf course last week. It's a bit off the wall to target a 19-year-old kid who has to take a 10+ hour flight to hop from one island to the next.
Then again, Rasmus Hojgaard isn't some random teenager showing up to Paphos just to have a good time. This is a dude who means business having already captured two European Tour titles.
Including one at The Belfry at the end of August.
Nineteen-year-old Rasmus Hojgaard claimed his second career European Tour title on Sunday at the U.K. Championship: https://t.co/O77TIOtt4gpic.twitter.com/GLnP0q6kGj
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) August 30, 2020
All things considered, T37 in his PGA debut last week at the Bermuda Championship was a solid result. Rasmus flashed his length (5th in driving distance) and has displayed his ability to go low during the final round on multiple occasions.
Case in point – Hojgaard fired the low-final round in back-to-back tournaments (English Championship, UK Championship) not long ago.
- Rasmus Hojgaard
Best Bet for the 2020 Cyprus Showdown
Rather than put all of your eggs into a basket held by Hojgaard, here is another Cyprus Showdown prediction you can apply directly to the betting arena.
I was on Armitage to win last week and boy did the good-natured Englishman give me a decent sweat. The co-leader after 36 holes played in the final grouping on Saturday and Sunday at Aphrodite Hills and will be licking his chops for another crack at the par-71 layout.
The Bullet's bullet @marcusarmitage1 ?#CyprusOpenpic.twitter.com/EBhHC0VhdR
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) October 31, 2020
Marcus only bogeyed one par-4 the entire week and knows he has lots of room to improve on the par-5s.
I'm not against taking another stab on Armitage winning the tournament at +4500, although a top-10 bet gives a little margin for error.
As you have probably gathered, this is as good of a time as any to roll the dice on some dark horses. I've got two sleeper picks for the Cyprus Showdown in mind.
Wilco Nienaber +5500
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A disastrous 79 last Saturday is likely to scare away any potential backers of Wilco Nienaber this week. However, the European Tour's leader in driving distance demonstrated he's got a short memory by firing a sizzling 64 on Sunday.
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I think we can all agree that making seven birdies and two eagles in the final round constitutes as 'garnering momentum' for the following week – especially when the next takes place at the same golf course.
21st last week at this same venue included 65s in the second and fourth rounds. What bodes well for Julian's somewhat erratic play is you actually don't need to put it together for four rounds this week to win. Just play well enough to move on to Sunday and then a hot putter can take over.
So, which of these Cyprus Showdown picks attracted your attention the most?
