Steve Palmer's QBE Shootout final-round preview, free golf betting tips

Best bets

Harris English & Matt Kuchar to beat Kevin Na & Sean O'Hair
3pts 8-11 bet365

Cameron Champ & Tony Finau to beat Rory Sabbatini & Kevin Tway
2pts 5-6 bet365

Cameron Champ & Tony Finau without Harris English and Matt Kuchar
1pt 5-1 Betfair, Power

Story so far

Harris English and Matt Kuchar galloped clear of the QBE Shootout field in the Saturday greensomes and the pairing look set to win the title together for a third time.

The American duo, champions in 2013 and 2016, hold the tournament record for winning margin, having triumphed by seven shots seven years ago, and they will have eyes on breaking their record after dominating round two of a spectator-less 2020 edition.

English and Kuchar carded a greensomes 61 to move five shots ahead. The pre-tournament 15-2 chances are no bigger than 3-10 with just the Sunday betterball round to play. Kevin Na and Sean O'Hair are in second place.

Leaderboard
-25 Harris English & Matt Kuchar
-20 Kevin Na & Sean O'Hair
-18 Louis Oosthuizen & Bubba Watson, Lanto Griffin & Mackenzie Hughes

Best prices
3-10 H English & M Kuchar, 12 K Na & S O'Hair, 20 L Oosthuizen & B Watson, 33 bar

Final-round preview

Harris English has been in stellar form for months while Matt Kuchar has been below his usual standard during the same period. Uniting with his old Shootout pal has galvanised the veteran, though, and they look almost certain to complete a hat-trick of Tiburon Golf Club successes this week.

English on his own ball alone will probably do enough in betterball to defend the five-shot advantage his team has built, so the outright market seems dead for all but high-rollers. Bet365's stand-out 3-10 seems massive.

Bookmakers are slowly getting interested in a without English & Kuchar market for the non-televised event, but only Betfair and Paddy Power are up at this stage.

English & Kuchar can be expected to keep their foot down in their quest for a record victory, so the two-time champions can be fancied to account for Kevin Na and Sean O'Hair in the final match at 3.50pm UK and Ireland time.

Cameron Champ and Tony Finau should be much more effective with their own ball in hand and could overwhelm Rory Sabbatini and Kevin Tway in the 3.20pm contest.

Champ and Finau are 17 under par, three shots off second place, and 5-1 is a fair price about them winning the market without English and Kuchar.

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