The Hong Kong Open has been testing the top golfers of both the Asian and European Tours for half a century and some pretty big names have snapped up the title in Fanling. Greg Norman, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer and Tom Watson have all added the elite Asian Tour title to their career resumes.

This year, however, the local giants of the game are hoping to break the twenty-year title duck with the number one Chinese golfer, Liang Wenchong, together with the first Chinese to win a European Tour event, Zhang Lianwei, leading the attack.

Other Asian Tour stars include Singapore Open hero, Jeev Milkha Singh and Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, who must be kicking himself after a dismal final round in Singapore that effectively cost him the title.

South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini, who has had a good year on the PGA Tour, will be making his debut and is joining a strong field including defending champion, Miguel Angel Jimenez, losing Ryder Cup captain, Nick Faldo and his charge, Graeme McDowell, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, Germany’s pride and joy, Bernhard Langer and the bad boy of the greens, John Daly.

Leading Irish sports bookmaker, Paddy Power, is offering odds on 72 hole handicap betting, big 7 versus the field and outright betting. Current odds on a win are Graeme McDowell 16-1, Miguel Angel Jimenez 18-1, Rory McIlroy 20-1 and Jeev Milkha Singh 20-1.

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In-form Spaniard, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, will be the man to watch when he leads out a field chock-a-block with local hopefuls at the first Madrid Masters to be hosted by the European Tour.

He will be gunning for a fifth European Tour title and if successful he will be the first Spaniard since 1960 to win at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid - venue of eight Spanish Opens and 4 Madrid Opens!

Fernandez-Castano silenced his detractors a fortnight ago when he claimed the British Masters at the Belfry in a playoff against the man currently third on the European Tour Order of Merit, England’s Lee Westwood. Fortunately many of the top ranked tour men have opted to rest before the richer Portugal Masters next week, so the 27-year-old will feel he has a real chance of pocketing a healthy slice of the Euro 1 million prize fund.

He will be up against consummate countrymen Jose Maria Olazabal and Miguel Angel Jimenez but the men who may just prove to be a test too far are US Open champion, Angel Cabrera and one of the most talented young men currently on the pro circuit, Germany’s Martin Kaymer.

Sports bookmaker, Betfred, is offering an attractive range of betting options on the inaugural Madrid Masters including place betting, 1st round leader, 72-hole matches, the top European player and the top British or Irish player. Current odds on the match are Miguel Angel Jimenez 10/1, Martin Kaymer 10/1, Angel Cabrera 12/1 and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 25/1.

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A couple of the vanquished Ryder Cup team mates will be out at the Belfry this week-end to try and make amends for their ordinary performances at Valhalla. The British Masters kicks off in the Midlands on Thursday and Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and Oliver Wilson are all pencilled in as part of the elite European Tour field.

Another man who will walk out onto the Barbazon course with a victory firmly in mind will be Darren Clarke, who was controversially overlooked by Faldo for the Ryder Cup. One wonders whether Faldo is regretting his obstinancy at this point!

Scot, Colin Montgomerie will also be hoping to find a bit of the form that has propelled him to 31 title wins and has made him the undisputed king of the European Tour in the past. He claimed the title in 1998 and will want a slice of the 1.8 million pound prize fund.

Bookmaker, betfair, clearly believes the Ryder Cup boys still have the finesse to dominate at the Belfry and are currenly offering the following odds on a win - Lee Westwood 9.2, Graeme McDowell 12, Oliver Wilson 16 and Darren Clarke 22, Colin Montgomerie 34!

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The Johnny Walker Championship at Gleneaglesis the final event European players can garner much needed Ryder Cup points and with a win under their belt, they will be sure to impress captain, Nick Faldo, who has some tricky decisions to make before the showdown at Valhalla.

There are a couple of young fellows who will be feeling the heat right now, knowing they only have the one last gasp to claim a coveted Ryder Cup cap and they are Oliver Wilson, Nick Dougherty, Ross Fisher and Martin Kaymer.

Wilson, a 27-year-old Englishman, has yet to win a title but he is, nevertheless, sitting in the 10th and final automatic spot and unless he misses the cut at Gleneagles, he is more than likely the man Faldo will turn to.

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Brit, Nick Dougherty, is currently ranked 38th on the European Tour but he did impress at the recent SAS Masters where he finished tied 2nd. Ross Fisher, another in a long line of very talented young Englishmen who have recently joned the tour, is in the top ten on the ranking table at number 9 and he will have raised some eyebrows with his win at the European Open, followed bya top twenty finish at the KLM Open!

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Germany’s Martin Kaymer is another young man with oodles of talent. He has already pulled off two stunning victories this year - the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship and the BMW International Open - is ranked 12th and will hopefully be in top form in Scotland from tomorrow.

Irish bookmaker, boylesports, is clearly not impressed by the Ryder Cup hopefuls and is offering the following odds for an outright win at Gleneagles - Ross Fisher 33/1; Martin Kaymer 33/1; Nick Dougherty 40/1 and Oliver Wilson 50/1.

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