Henrik Norlander has taken more single bets through oddschecker than any other golfer teeing it up at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.
The 35-year-old Swede, currently a lowly 232 in the world rankings, has been tipped by Niall Lyons at 300/1 with eight places (he is available at 500/1 with five places) after posting encouraging numbers both off the tee and in terms of approach to the green in his last outing at the Valero Texas Open.
Lyons reasoned: “He (Norlander) enjoyed a miserable run of six missed cuts on the trot from the Farmers through to the Valspar before finally making the weekend at Texas last time out.
“That may just inspire confidence in someone who has been struggling for a long time on and around the greens. His game has improved recently though getting better each of the last five weeks around the greens. On the greens, he had a horror show at Texas but managed to make the weekend simply because of his ball-striking finishing sixth off the tee and seventh on approach. Had he managed an average week on the greens he would have seen a much better result than his 53rd."
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Whether or not you think he is overpriced or not, a run of six successive cuts before his 53rd place finish at the Valero makes his presence at the top of our most backed list all the more surprising – particularly given he is going up against the likes of two-time major champion Collin Morikawa (14/1), Lyons’ top Masters tip Justin Thomas (also 14/1) and Cameron Smith (16/1).
Meanwhile, second to Norlander for most single bets and the clear leader for total single stakes through oddschecker for the RBC Heritage is Lyons’ top tip for the week, Sungjae Im (33/1 eight places), who fell away somewhat with a final day 75 at Augusta but still held on to a top 10 spot.
“Sungjae Im showed for the second occasion at Augusta now and after a relatively quiet start to the calendar year got himself back on the map in style at the year's first major,” said Lyons.
“The Korean is a special talent who looks overpriced to land the prize here this week at Harbour Town. He finished 13th last year after three rounds in the 60s which included a second round of 65. A final round 72 saw him fall a few spots but it was always going to be a tough task reigning in Stewart Cink last year.
“Last week he showed significant improvement from the tee which was welcome as I had pointed out earlier in the year the few yards distance he had gained this season and I expected at some point for it to pay dividends.
“Course form often holds here also so last year’s effort was a good sign he can maintain that. Didn't go off a whole lot bigger than 40s last week so the 33-40 available with the books as of now is surely worth investing in.”
