November 20, 2013. Golf experts have ranked Australian Adam Scott and American Matt Kuchar as favorite for ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf, which gets underway at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Thursday.
Sean Martin, the events editor at PGA Tour.com has placed Australian Adam Scott as his best bet along with Brendon de Jonge, Victor Dubuisson and Maximillian Kieffer. He is of the opinion that ranking makes all the difference.
“The highest-ranked player in the field is an easy pick.”
Adam Scott leads the favorite’s list of PGA Tour expert’s league with 10 votes out of 11. The 33-year-old Australian is beaming after his win at Australian Open on Sunday.
Scott, who earned a victory in the Talisker Masters at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia, boosted his average to 9.78 points per tournament, scaling to No. 2 in World Golf Ranking ahead of Henrik Stenson and second to Tiger Woods.
While, Scott’s challenger at Australian Open, Matt Kuchar stands second favorite in the expert’s foursome pick for ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf. The 35-year-old American won the biennial competition in his debut in 2011 along with Gary Woodland and has seven votes of eleven experts.
Brian Wacker, Site Producer at PGA Tour.com says,” He’s (Matt Kuchar) coming off arguably his best season and has had success in this event and at this venue.”
Victor Dubuisson, Matt Kuchar, Graeme McDowell and Adam Scott are Wacker’s preferred choice at the Royal Melbourne.
The biennial competition will declare a champion team of two representing their country, but the emphasis in the 57th edition of this event is on the individual competition over 72 holes.
Sixty golfers qualified via a series of updated criteria. Just one-eighth of the $8 million purse is reserved for the team component of which 26 partnerships will be chasing. Eight countries are represented by only one golfer and will not compete for the team prize.
The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia hosts the event for the fourth time.
