British Masters predictions: Aussie star set to light up The Belfry
- The British Masters was at The Belfry from 2006 to 2008 and returned there for the 2021 and 2022 editions
- The Brabazon Course has also hosted four Ryder Cups and the UK Championship in 2020
Recommended bets:
- Min Woo Lee to win and each-way
- Jordan Smith to win and each-way
- Richie Ramsay top-10 finish
This week's DP World Tour action comes from The Belfry, Warwickshire, which will host the British Masters for the third successive season.
This event has lost some of its lustre in recent years, but a resurgent Justin Rose is on hand to add some much-needed prestige to the 2023 edition and he is the tournament favourite at 17/2 with LiveScore Bet.
The Brabazon Course, which hosted four Ryder Cups between 1985 and 2022, is an historic track which demands tee-to-green excellence. The winner this week will likely need to drive the ball well.
Aussie ace Lee is ready to win down in grade
Rose may top the betting, but Min Woo Lee has been producing world-class Stateside efforts in recent weeks and the talented Australian has every chance of taking home another DP World Tour title this week.
Lee finished fifth at the US Open then ninth in elite company at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship last week, so he arrives in the UK in red-hot form and ready to compete at a lower grade.
Outside of Majors and WGC events, the 24-year-old has form figures of 3-3-8-12-4-3-2-13 from his last eight appearances on the DP World Tour and he likes the Belfry, having finished 11th in the UK Championship in 2020 and 21st in the 2021 British Masters.
A much more complete player two years on, Lee looks worth a punt at 11/1 with LiveScore Bet.
Ball-striking class makes Smith a dangerman
With high-class ball-striking expected to be the order of the day, look no further than Jordan Smith, who ranks consistently among the best tee-to-green operators on the DP World Tour and looks set for a bold Belfry bid.
Smith has finished 17th and 21st in the two previous editions of this event, both at The Belfry, and he returns to the Midlands venue having finished sixth at the European Open in his last regular DP World Tour start then 20th at the US Open, where his iron-play was among the best in the field.
The Bath man is a two-time DP World Tour winner, including a runaway victory at the 2022 Portugal Masters, and he is 18/1 with LiveScore Bet as he bids to make it three on Sunday.
Accurate Scot can make up for 2022 heartache
Richie Ramsay made a disastrous double-bogey at the 72nd hole of the 2022 British Masters which, coupled with Thorbjorn Olesen's eagle-birdie finish, saw the Scot slip from first to third in heartbreaking fashion.
However, the accurate Aberdeen man dusted himself down to win the Cazoo Classic the following month, and he could gain revenge at The Belfry this week having finished seventh in Belgium and fifth in Sweden in two of his last three DP World Tour starts.
Ramsay's measured style clearly fits this venue and the best way to support him could be in LiveScore Bet's top-10 finish market, for which he is a 4/1 chance.