Ben Coley’s approach this week in the Dubai Desert Classic is back good drivers of the golf ball. That led him to 500/1 outsider Ivan Cantero, ranking inside the Top 15 for Driving on tour.

Whilst playing on the Challenge Tour he played twice in UAE and on both occasions finished in the Top 5.

He’s made his last 4 cuts on the spin with a best finish of T6 in the Genesis Championship. If Cantero can get the putting working then he could have a big week on this golf course which should play to his strengths.

0.5pts – Ivan Cantero Top 20 Finish in the Dubai Desert Classic – 10.0 @ SpreadEx

Backing aging golfers was an approach I used to adopt myself to great effect. At 46 Matt Kuchar is hardly old (1 year senior to me), but the bookmakers clearly think his best golf is behind him.

They’re surely right but that’s not to say he doesn’t have a few good tournaments left in him yet. In his last 8 tournaments in 2024 he posted 4 Top 15 finishes.

He’s coming off a Top 25 last week in the Sony Open so his game is clearly in good shape. This is a tournament he’s played 10 times and can boast 7 Top 20 finishes, including 3 top 10s.

I feel like 1 or 2 might be better than him so I’d prefer to play the place markets and it’s the Top 5 one I feel offers the best value with SpreadEx a stand out 25/1.

Credit to the excellent Ben Coley for this tip.

0.5pts – Matt Kuchar Top 5 Finish in The American Express – 25/1 @ SpreadEx

The biggest appeal to me in the booking markets is the difference in price from one bookmaker to the next. SkyBet are offering 6/1 on Tommy Doyle to be carded against Newcastle. Yet if you calculate the average price from all the other bookies on the oddschecker grid it comes up at 4.5.

That’s a massive difference, it’s not even close. So who is correct? The majority of bookmakers or the one offering the stand out odds? I’m inclined to believe it’s the former.

It wasn’t the price that first drew me to this wager either, it was listening to the Betfair Football Only Bettor Podcast and the advice from Jake Osgathorpe. Backing opposing central midfielders to get themselves in the officials notebook is a strategy he’s been employing for a while now.

That’s because the Newcastle midfield are great at drawing fouls and cards. In 14 of their 20 Premier League games so far this season, an opposing midfielder has been booked.

Tommy Doyle wouldn’t be first choice for Wolves and has played limited minutes this season, but with Andre injured and Lemina struggling with illness, and his future up in the air, Jake believes Doyle might get the nod.

He started the last game against Forest and picked up a yellow card. Take the 6/1 on offer at SkyBet, a much bigger price than most bookmakers are offering.

1pt – Tommy Doyle to be carded v Newcastle – 6/1 @ SkyBet

Once again delving into the WLB Props Channel which is currently free and now being led by Lewis Jones. Check it out until the end of the month without having to pay any subscription fee.

One of his midweek Premier League selections is for Gravenberch to be carded against Nottm Forest. This season 17 central midfielders have been booked against Nuno Espírito Santo’s high fliers.

That is largely down to the trickery of Gibbs White and Elanga who are great at drawing fouls. Gravenberch was booked in the last game and whilst he’s not a regular offender the 4/1 from Bet Victor is a stand out price with the majority of bookmakers at least 1 point shorter.

Jake Osgathorpe has taken a similar approach on this game backing fellow Liverpool central midfielder McAllister but at odds shorter than 5/2 now there’s a big difference between them.

1pt – Gravenberch to be Carded v Nottm Forest – 5.0 @ BetVictor

Prior to their 2-0 win at Leicester, Man City had conceded 2 or more in their previous 8 away games. They travel to West London on Tuesday to face a Brentford side that are averaging 2.7 goals per game at home this season.

Wissa has scored in 6 of his 8 appearances at home for Brentford in the Premier League this season. He also scored in the reverse fixture.

With Man City so poor out of possession right now and conceding lots of goals on their travels, this looks a decent price for Wissa to continue his strong goalscoring record at home.

This bet comes from the WLB Props channel which is now being led by Lewis Jones. I’ve followed Lewis a lot and whilst I’ve not quite had the returns I would have expected I’m confident it will be a profitable strategy in the long run.

1pt – Wissa to Score Anytime v Man City @ 3.6

Again another wager to give me some interest in the Masters, hopefully enough interest to last the week.

Credit goes to DSSnooker, formally a very successful tipster here at Betting Kingdom, now running his own service and offering outright tips for the Betfred Blog.

Si Jiahui makes his debut in this event having broken into the Top 16. He’s having a good season with a Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final under his belt.

He was particularly impressive in the International Championship where he beat Judd Trump 6-2 in the semi’s.

Earlier this week he was in action in the Championship League and having lost his opener Si Jiahui reeled off 7 wins on the spin to qualify for the Winners Group.

He’s been drawn in the other half to this seasons two form players, Trump and Kyren Wilson, so a run to the final is certainly not that unlikely.

0.375pts EW – Sia Jiahui to win the Masters 0 25/1 @ Live Score Bet