LIV Golf Invitational London – Day 1 Betting Tips and Predictions

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LIV Golf will play for the first time at a repeat venue in its history as the invitational series heads to Centurion Golf Club in London from July 8-10.

The par 71 track plays at 7,068 yards and opened in July 2013 after being designed by Simon Gidman. Last year, the course played difficult, with many players finishing over par and the winner, South African Charl Schwartzel, finishing at 7-under.

Brooks Koepka (8/1) is the favorite to win the event, followed by Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson at 10/1. Schwartzel (125/1) is a longshot to repeat after edging out Hennie Du Plessis by one stroke a year ago in the inaugural LIV event.

The next three days will offer many different types of bets. We’ll provide two tips that caught our eye ahead of the first round.

LIV London Day 1 Predictions: Tournament Finishes

The following tips are for all 54 holes.

Cameron Smith to finish top 10 @ 10/11 (-110)

The Australian will want to put on a good showing and fine-tune any swing issues, with this being the last event before he attempts to defend his title at the Open Championship in just under two weeks.

Smith has been playing excellent all season with seven top 10s in 11 events (63.6%). Prior to last week’s LIV Golf Andalucia, the 29-year-old earned six consecutive top 10s, which includes the PGA Championship (T9) and U.S. Open (4th).

Smith is averaging a finishing position of 10.9 this season, and that includes a T24 and T26 at the beginning of the campaign.

Last year the Brisbane, Australia native won twice on LIV, and he’s come close in 2023 with a tie for second after losing in a playoff to Dustin Johnson at LIV Golf Tulsa during mid May. Should he win this week, he’d tie Talor Gooch for the most LIV wins (three).

Cam Smith’s LIV career top finishes

• Starts: 13
• Wins: 2
• Top 5s: 6
• Top 10s: 8

With near-even money odds and having to compete against just 47 other players, a top-10 bet for the mullet man definitely has value.

Ian Poulter to finish top 20 @ 10/11 (-110)

The Englishman is set to play in his native land this week and will look to make the fans proud. Poulter is from Hitchin, a small town just an hour North of London, so it will feel like a home game for him.

He’s played slightly above average on LIV but seems to have found something with two top 20s in his last three events. The 47-year-old’s best finish this year came at the Dubai Desert Classic in late January, where he finished T6.

Last season at the London event, Poulter finished T20 and had an up-and-down three days with rounds of 75, 66 and 74 (+5).

Ian Poulter’s LIV career top finishes

• Starts: 15
• Top 20s: 7

Based on his recent form and top 20 in last year’s edition, I’m willing to take practically even money odds to see if he can finish just above half of the field in his home nation.

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