2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Odds To Win: McIlroy & Kaymer Favored

Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Odds

ABU DHABI (TheSpread) – Some of the world’s top golfers will compete in the 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, beginning on Thursday. Here is a look at the odds for this tournament.

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According to oddsmakers, both Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer are favored to win the event, as each has 13/2 odds. Other short odds to win are Tiger Woods (8/1), Lee Westwood (12/1), and Luke Donald (12/1).

Kaymer is the defending champion of this event and he has won in three of the last four years. Last year, Kaymer set the tournament record by shooting 24-under par and winning by eight strokes. Kaymer is playing in his first event of the year and he had two wins in 2011.

McIlroy is third in the world rankings and he has finished 11^th or better in his last seven tournament. He had two wins last year and is playing in his first event of 2012. He finished second in this event last year and third in 2010.

Woods is 25^th in the world rankings, but coming off his first win since 2009 to end the 2011 season. Woods hasn’t played in this event in its recent history, but he has placed in the top three in his last two tournaments.

Westwood is second in the world rankings. He also is coming into his first tournament of the new year but he has two wins in his last three events. Westwood had a total of four wins in 2011. Westwood finished 64^th in this tournament last year and he missed the cut in 2010.

Donald is first in the world golf rankings. He has finished 18^th or better in his last 13 tournaments. Donald had four wins in the 2011 season and he is making his first appearance in a tournament in 2012. Donald has not taken part in this tournament in recent history.

The 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is played at Abu Dhabi Golf Club and will begin on Thursday, Jan. 26 and finish up on Sunday, Jan. 29. For complete odds for each golfer at the event, see below.

2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Odds to Win – Who Will Win Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship?

Rory McIlroy 13/2

Martin Kaymer 13/2

Tiger Woods 8/1

Lee Westwood 12/1

Luke Donald 12/1

Sergio García 25/1

Jason Day 25/1

Charl Schwartzel 28/1

Peter Hanson 33/1

K.J. Choi 33/1

Alvaro Quiros 33/1

Graeme McDowell 33/1

Padraig Harrington 40/1

Robert Karlsson 40/1

Shane Lowry 50/1

Branden Grace 50/1

Francesco Molinari 50/1

Anders Hansen 50/1

Simon Dyson 66/1

Alexander Noren 66/1

Nicolas Colsaerts 66/1

Jaco Van Zyl 66/1

George Coetzee 80/1

Henrik Stenson 80/1

Joost Luiten 80/1

Miguel Angel Jimenez 80/1

Richard Green 80/1

Thomas Aiken 80/1

Thomas Bjorn 80/1

Ross Fisher 100/1

Rafael Cabrera Bello 100/1

Marcus Fraser 100/1

Jamie Donaldson 100/1

Robert Rock 100/1

David Horsey 125/1

Tom Lewis 125/1

Raphael Jacquelin 125/1

Thongchai Jaidee 125/1

David Drysdale 125/1

Matteo Manassero 125/1

Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 125/1

Pablo Larrazabal 125/1

Danny Willett 125/1

Johan Edfors 125/1

David Lynn 125/1

Edoardo Molinari 125/1

Paul Lawrie 125/1

Michiel Bothma 150/1

Mikko Ilonen 150/1

Peter Lawrie 150/1

Peter Whiteford 150/1

Rhys Davies 150/1

Ricardo Gonzalez 150/1

Richie Ramsay 150/1

Anthony Wall 150/1

Romain Wattel 150/1

Marc Warren 150/1

Lorenzo Gagli 150/1

Jose Manuel Lara 150/1

Jeev Milkha Singh 150/1

Jbe Kruger 150/1

Jamie Elson 150/1

Hennie Otto 150/1

Gregory Havret 150/1

Gregory Bourdy 150/1

Victor Dubuisson 150/1

Tommy Fleetwood 150/1

Gareth Maybin 150/1

Fredrik Andersson Hed 150/1

Darren Clarke 150/1

Steve Webster 150/1

Soren Kjeldsen 150/1

Bernd Wiesberger 150/1

Chris Wood 150/1

Soren Hansen 150/1

Colin Montgomerie 200/1

Carlos Del Moral 200/1

Fabrizio Zanotti 200/1

Gary Boyd 200/1

Wen-Chong Liang 200/1

George Murray 200/1

Graeme Storm 200/1

James Kingston 200/1

Jean Baptiste Gonnet 200/1

Lee Slattery 200/1

Marcel Siem 200/1

Mark Foster 200/1

Michael Hoey 200/1

Richard Finch 200/1

Richard S. Johnson 200/1

Alejandro Canizares 200/1

Robert Jan Derksen 200/1

Ben Curtis 200/1

Bradley Dredge 200/1

Brett Rumford 200/1

Stephen Gallacher 200/1

Scott Jamieson 250/1

Simon Khan 250/1

Christian Nilsson 250/1

Tano Goya 250/1

David Howell 250/1

Thomas Levet 250/1

Thorbjorn Olesen 250/1

James Morrison 250/1

Keith Horne 250/1

Kenneth Ferrie 250/1

Oliver Fisher 250/1

Oscar Floren 250/1

Pablo Martin 250/1

Phillip Price 250/1

S.S.P. Chowrasia 300/1

Andrew Dodt 300/1

Damien McGrane 300/1

Todd Hamilton 300/1

Joel Sjoholm 300/1

Markus Brier 300/1

Martin Wiegele 300/1

Matthew Zions 300/1

Michael Campbell 300/1

Michael Jonzon 300/1

Peter Hedblom 300/1

Ahmed Al Musharrekh 300/1

Richard McEvoy 300/1

Robert Coles 300/1

Christian Cevaer 300/1

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