2020 European Masters Golf Betting Tips, Preview & Predictions

The 2020 European Masters is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour, held annually in early September every year in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The tournament is currently known as the Omega European Masters for sponsorship reasons.

The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour since 2009 and offers 3,500 Race to Dubai points for players aiming to qualify for the final 70 at the season finale DP World Tour Championship in November.

The 2020 European Masters will be played at the Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre at Crans-Montana in Valais, Switzerland. It has been played at the venue since 1939. The course is played to a par-70 over 6,848 yards.

The 2020 European Masters will be held in late August 2020.

The European Masters began in 1905 and was then known as the Swiss Open. England’s Arthur Reid won the inaugural tournament. In 1939, the Swiss Open moved to its current site at the Crans-sur-Sierre course at Crans-Montana in Valais.

The Swiss Open joined the European Tour upon its launch in 1972, with Graham Marsh winning the first tournament, beating Tony Jacklin by one stroke. The name of the tournament changed to European Masters Swiss Open in 1982 while carrying the names of various title sponsors.

In 1992, ‘Swiss Open’ was dropped from the name of the tournament and it has been known simplay as the European Masters ever since. 

The 2006 European Masters will be best remembered for the participation of female professional golfer Michelle Wie, who accepted a sponsors’ invite from title sponsor Omega, with whom Wie was a brand ambassador. Wie’s first, and only, foray on to the European Tour saw her shoot 78-79 for a 15-over par and last place. 

Recent editions of the European Masters have been extremely tight affairs, with five of the last six tournaments being decided in a playoff.

Spend some time researching past results from the European Masters to see which players have performed consistently well at the tournament. This will give you some solid indications for who enjoys the course setup and the conditions, which in turn can help with your betting choices ahead of the tournament.

Below are all the winners and runners-up of the European Masters since the start of the European Tour in 1972. 

There are numerous multiple winners of the European Masters, both before and during the European Tour era. Alec Ross (1923, 1925, 1926) was the first player to win the tournament more than once. He was followed by Marcel Dallemagne (1931, 1937, 1949) and Auguste Boyer (1930, 1934, 1935).

Flory Van Donck (1953, 1955), Dai Rees (1956, 1959, 1963), Harols Henning (1960, 1964, 1965), and Roberto Bernardini (1968, 1969) also won the tournament before the launch of the European Tour.

Bob Charles (1962, 1974) is the only player to win the tournament both before and after the European Tour was founded.

Seve Ballasteros (1977, 1978, 1989), Manuel Pinero (1976, 1981), Eduardo Romero (1994, 2000), Thomas Bjorn (2011, 2013), Alexander Noren (2009, 2016) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (2017, 2018) all won the European Masters multiple times in the European Tour era.

Sebastian Söderberg won the 2019 European Masters, his first European Tour title and the sixth Swedish player to win the tournament. Söderberg shot a score of 266 and was tied with four other players on -14 under par including Lorenzo Gagli, Rory McIlroy, Andrés Romero and Kalle Samooja. Söderberg held his nerve in the playoff with a birde at the first hole to secure victory.

Söderberg was understandably thrilled with his victory, saying: "It's unbelievable. I was more nervous in the beginning than I was towards the back nine. I got on a good run and the ball kept going in. I proved to myself that I can play out here."

Professional golfers holding a European Tour card are eligible for automatic entry to the European Masters assuming they have registered to play in the tournament.

There are other categories players may fall under to be accepted for a place at the European Masters. These include tournament invites for both professionals and amateurs, medical extensions, and Legend invites.

The 2020 European Masters field will be finalised in the week leading up to the tournament. Here are all the players that registered for the 2019 European Masters:

Jamie Abbott, Pep Angles, Adri Arnaus, Clément Berardo, Filippo Bergamaschi, Nino Bertasio, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Gaganjeet Bhulla, Lucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Thomas Bjørn, Adam Bland, Christofer Blomstrand, David Boote, David Borda, Grégory Bourdy, Christian Braeuni, Sam Brazel, Steven Brown, Dean Burmester, Jorge Campillo, Alejandro Cañizares, Laurie Canter, John Catlin, S.S.P. Chawrasia, Ashley Chesters, S Chikkarangappa, Minchel Choi, Jinho Choi, Aaron Cockerill, Nicolas Colsaerts, Austin Connelly, David Cooke, Sean Crocker, Emilio Cuartero Blanco, Nick Cullen, Adilson Da Silva, Jens Dantorp, Robin Dawson, Louis De Jager, Eduardo De La Riva, Raphaël De Sousa, Thomas Detry, Luke Donald, Jamie Donaldson, Bradley Dredge, David Drysdale, Victor Dubuisson, Paul Dunne, Bryce Easton, Mathias Eggenberger, Nacho Elvira, Ben Evans, Ryan Evans, Oliver Farr, Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño, Ewen Ferguson, Scott Fernandez, Darren Fichardt, Pedro Figueiredo, Oliver Fisher, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Grant Forrest, Simon Forsström, Ryan Fox, Lorenzo Gagli, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio Garcia, Daniel Gavins, Josh Geary, Nicola Gerhardsen (Am), Nico Geyger, Joel Girrbach, Ricardo Gouveia, Gavin Green, Joachim B. Hansen, Chris Hanson, Padraig Harrington, Grégory Havret, Benjamin Hebert, Scott Hend, Berry Henson, Lucas Herbert, Calum Hill, Michael Hoey, David Horsey, Sam Horsfield, David Howell, Trevor Immelman, Raphaël Jacquelin, Scott Jamieson, Lasse Jensen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Hugues Joannes, Kristian Krogh Johannessen, Liam Johnston, Andrew Johnston, Khalin H Joshikga, Shiv Kapur, Rikard Karlberg, Robert Karlsson, Anton Karlsson, Masahiro Kawamur, Sihwan Kim, Minkyu Kim, Marcus Kinhult, Kurt Kitayama, Søren Kjeldsen, Ronan Kleu (Am), Kim Koivu, Mikko Korhonendefa, Jacques Kruyswijk, Joakim Lagergren, Romain Langasque, Per Langfors, Pablo Larrazábal, David Law, Deyen Lawson, Soomin Lee, Min Woo Lee, Niklas Lemke, Oscar Lengden, Hugo Leon, Alexander Levy, Chris Lloyd, Zander Lombard, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Am), Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joost Luiten, Robert Macintyre, Viraj Madappa, Paul Maddy, Matteo Manassero, Stuart Manley, Giovanni Manzoni (Am), Nick Mccarthy, Richard Mcevoy, Ross Mcgowanal, Rory Mcilroy, Jake Mcleod, Philipp Mejow, Troy Merritt, Guido Migliozzi, Yusaku Miyazato, Edoardo Molinari, Gregory Molteni, James Morrison, Gavin Moynihan, Tom Murray, Wilco Nienaber, Matthew Nixon, Alex Noren, Alessandro Noseda (Am), Pedro Orioltalgo, Wade Ormsby, Max Orrin, Adrian Otaegui, Chris Paisley, Dimitrios Papadatos, Renato Paratore Hyowon Park, Andrea Pavant, Matthieu Pavon, Eddie Pepperell, Victor Perez, Paul Peterson, Thomas Pieters, Terry Pilkadaris, Haydn Porteous, Tapio Pulkkanen, Alvaro Quiros, Aaron Raidcd, Richie Ramsay, Kristoffer Reitan, Bernd Ritthammer, Andres Romero, Craig Ross, Antoine Rozner, Brett Rumford, Benjamin Rusch, Rory Sabbatini, Adrien Saddier, Kalle Samooja, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Max Schmitt, Marcel Schneider, Loris Schuepbach (Am), Matthias Schwab, Jason Scrivener, Jack Senior, Cormac Sharvin, Callum Shinkwin, Marcel Siem, Jack Singh Brar, Lee Slattery, Jordan Smith, Sebastian Soderber, Clément Sordet, Matthew Southgate, Richard Sterne, Duncan Stewart, Brandon Stone, Ben Stow, Henric Sturehed, Andy Sullivan, Julian Suri, Connor Syme, Hideto Tanihara, Jonathan Thomson, Jarin Todd, Erik Van Rooyen, Jaco Van Zyl, Johannes Veerman, Scott Vincent, Matt Wallace, Justin Walters, Jeunghun Wang, Marc Warren, Romain Wattel, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Oliver Wilson, Chris Wood, Ashun Wu, Fabrizio Zanotti

Frequently check the leaderboard during the European Masters to stay updated with any changes or developments. This will allow you to spot trends, see which players going on hot streaks or those who are slumping, and shape your in-lay betting strategy accordingly.

Below is the leaderboard for the 2019 European Masters:

Visit the European Masters section of this website every day before the start of play to see our bet of the day. These will include head-to-head, 2-ball and 3-ball tips - wherever we see value.

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The betting odds for the 2020 European Masters will be released closer to the start of the tournament in August 2020.

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All of the highlights from the European Masters can be found on the European Tour YouTube channel. As well as highlights, you can also access videos from player interviews, press conferences, and analysis from each round.

Stay on top of all the news from the European Masters to increase your betting knowledge for the tournament. Analysing the news surrounding the European Masters will give you insight into player form, weather conditions, groups and tee times – all of which is useful information when it comes time to place your bets. These are the official websites to visit:

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