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Bet Volvo World Match Play Championship: Australian Brett Rumford and Swede Henrik Stenson earnedtheir way into the line-up for this week’s Volvo World Match Play Championship at Thracian Cliffs Golfand Beach Resort. This completes the elite 24-man field which includes 14 of the world’s top 50 players.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The huge interest in Chinese golf will go up a notch during the Volvo China Open, which will be held from May 2-5 at Binhai Lake Golf Club, in Tianjin. No doubt inspired by the exploits of 14 year old Guan Tian-lang, who amazed the golfing world by making the cut at the Masters Tournament, China’s other rising stars will take on a field of top international players in the 19th edition of the Volvo China Open.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The European Tour heads to South Korea this week, as World Number Seven Louis Oosthuizen and Asia’s first Major Champion YE Yang headline the field for the sixth edition of the Ballantine’s Championship. Oosthuizen, who is making his debut in the event, will be hoping to bounce back after missing the cut in the Masters Tournament, a year after losing in a play-off to Bubba W  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The Open de Espana is one of golf’s oldest events, having first been contested in 1912 before making history as The European Tour’s inaugural event 60 years later at Club Golf de Pals in Girona. This week the Open de Espana returns to Parador de El Saler in Valencia for the fourth consecutive year and celebrating the 87th edition of the revered tournament.  Continue...

Bet Trophee Hassan II Golf Online: This will be the 40th edition of the Trophee Hassan II, which was first played in 1971 and became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 2010. It was founded by His Majesty the late King Hassan II, whose visionary concept laid the foundations for professional golf in Morocco. Other than His Majesty King Mohamed VI and his guests, the course – which is set in the grounds of the Royal Palace of Agadir – is only used by the field for this week’s tournament, and the immaculate layout against the backdrop of the stunning palace receives high praise every year.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The Maybank Malaysian Open is regarded as the most prestigious golf event in the country and a leading National Open in the region. The event has hosted some of the best international and regional professional golfers. Since taking up the title sponsorship eight years ago, Maybank has successfully attracted high-caliber golfers from around the world, such as Rory McIIroy, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer, Thongchai Jaidee, KJ Choi and Alvaro Quiros.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: This week the European Tour heads to India for the Avantha Masters, to be held for the first time at Jaypee Greens Golf Club. The 7,347 yards, Par 72 golf course designed by Greg Norman is India’s longest, and features 14 water hazards and 88 bunkers.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The European Tour moves from Johannesburg to the Eastern Cape for this week’s Africa Open.

East London Golf Club is the setting for the fifth of six European Tour events in South African in 2013, and the home contingent will be looking to maintain a formidable record in the tournament, with the roll of honor so far dominated by two of South Africa’s Major Champions.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: The Joburg Open, which is co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, has the largest field of the season, with 210 players starting the tournament which is being played for the seventh time this year. It is also one of only two events on The European Tour International Schedule – along with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - to be played over more than one course, with the players tackling the East and West Course for the first two rounds before the 36 hole cut before completing the final two rounds over the East Course.  Continue...

Bet Omega Dubai Desert Classic: Englishman Lee Westwood believes he can hit the ground running when he makes his first appearance of 2013 this week at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The 39 year old has an enviable record at the Emirates Golf Club, taking the runner-up spot three times, in 1999, 2010 and 2012, and amassing a total of seven top ten finishes, but in 19 appearances he has yet to pick up the trophy. This year will be different!  Continue...

Bet Abu Dhabi European Tour Golf Online: The world’s top two players, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, will head an all-star cast of the biggest names in golf at the eighth edition of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, which takes place from January 17-20, 2013, at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. After dazzling local galleries when paired over the opening 54 holes of last year’s tournament, McIlroy, a two-time Major winner and the current world number one, and Woods, widely-recognized as the most high-profile player in the sport’s history and a 14-time Major winner, will head the battle for Abu Dhabi’s prestigious falcon trophy and a share of the event’s US $2.7million prize purse.  Continue...

Bet DP World Tour Championship: After 44 tournaments played over 11 months across 24 countries and five Continents, the frontrunners in The Race to Dubai will this week converge on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates for a fitting finale to another superb European Tour season at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.  Continue...

Bet European Golf Online: World Number one and Ryder Cup hero Rory McIlroy will seek to continue his stellar 2012 season by successfully defending his UBS Hong Kong Open title this week at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Although Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Yung Yo claimed the title back in 1963 and 1964, no player in the modern era of the UBS Hong Kong Open has succeeded in following up a victory by retaining their crown the following year. However, a repeat performance in Fanling this year would enable McIlroy to head to Dubai the following week for the DP World Tour Championship intent on claiming his first Race to Dubai success.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Online: World Number One Rory McIlroy returns to The European Tour this week looking to put further distance between himself and the chasing pack in The Race to Dubai with a fifth victory of the year at the Barclays Singapore Open. The Northern Irishman has enjoyed the best season of his career to date with a second Major victory at the US PGA Championship and three other wins on the PGA Tour as well as playing a starring role in Europe’s epic Ryder Cup win over the USA at Medinah.  Continue...

Bet WGC-HSBC Champions Online: The top two players in the world are skipping this event – both Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are taking the week off, but the 2012 WGC-HSBC Champions will carry on and has once again attracted a world class field that includes sixteen Ryder Cup players and nine Major winners. Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson head the list of top notch players in the field this week in China and all have the opportunity to gain ground in the world rankings.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Europe’s Ryder Cup heroes, led by the inspirational Ian Poulter, will be reunited in China this week when 11 members of the victorious team from Medinah Country Club and Captain Jose Maria Olazabal compete in the inaugural BMW Masters. Englishman Poulter returns to action at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai for the first time since his hugely influential performance against the United States.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Major Champion Charl Schwartzel will headline the inaugural edition of the ISPS Handa Perth International, the most lucrative tournament staged in Australia this year. The 2011 Masters Tournament winner will be joined at Lake Karrinyup Country Club, in Western Australia, by the American pair of Jason Dufner and Bo Van Pelt, who between them have won a total of four US PGA Tour titles.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Tom Lewis will bid to become the first player to successfully defend the Portugal Masters title this week, when Ryder Cup Captain Jose Maria Olazabal will make his maiden competitive outing since guiding Europe to a famous victory alongside two of his triumphant team members, Martin Kaymer and Francesco Molinari.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Edoardo and Francesco Molinari take center stage on familiar ground this week, with the BMW Italian Open taking on extra significance for each brother for contrasting reasons. While the 1.5 million tournament is, of course, their national Open played in their home city of Turin, for Francesco it also represents his last competitive outing before The 2012 Ryder Cup, and for Edoardo a return to action following three months out with a wrist injury.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Defending champion Simon Dyson is aiming to mark the centenary of the KLM Open by winning the tournament for the fourth time. The Englishman, who finished in tied 27th place at last week’s Omega European Masters, has dominated the 1.8million event in recent seasons, taking the title when it was played at Kennemer Golf and Country Club in 2006 and 2009, before tasting victory again last year at Hilversumsche Golf Club in Hilversum, The Netherlands.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: This season will mark the 41st staging on The European Tour of one of the most picturesque and stunning venues in world golf, as the Omega European Masters once again returns to the crisp alpine air of Crans-sur-Sierre GC. In 2011 Thomas Bjorn completed a season hat-trick, and won for the second week in a row after his Johnnie Walker Championship win the week before, with a stunning Sunday 62 that saw him win by four strokes from his nearest competitor Martin Kaymer.  Continue...

Bet European Tour Golf Online: Having hosted some of the highest profile global events, Gleneagles is used to being in the spotlight. However, when the first players tee-off in the Johnnie Walker Championship this week, it will be the focus of attention for the golfing world. Not only will be the 156-man field be vying for a share of the prize fund, but it is also the last counting event in the race for European Ryder Cup points; for some players, it will be their most important tournament of the year.  Continue...

Bet Alstom Open de France: World Number Three Lee Westwood headlines one of the strongest fields in the history of the Alstom Open de France this week in Paris, France, with the Englishman looking for back-to-back victories on European soil. Westwood captured his 22nd European Tour title at the Nordea Masters in Sweden at the start of the month, before traveling to the United States and another solid performance finishing in the top ten in the US Open Championship at Olympic Club.

Westwood has four top ten finishes in nine appearances at the Open de France and came close to winning the title at Le Golf National in 2009, losing in a play-off to Germany’s Martin Kaymer, who joins Westwood in the field next week.  Continue...

Bet BMW International Golf Online: Following his fine performance at the US Open Championship, Martin Kaymer is set to receive a joyous reception at this week’s BMW International Open, a tournament he won in memorable fashion in 2008. Shortly after finishing inside the top 15 at the Olympic Club on Sunday night, Kaymer boarded a flight bound for Cologne to compete in the 24th edition  Continue...

Bet European Golf Online: The 22nd edition of the Nordea Masters gets underway this week in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament moves to a new date this year, moving from its previous July slot. The event starts on Wednesday, different then the customary Thursday start, which will allow the players an extra day to commute to next week’s US Open.  Continue...