Yani Tseng is the bookmakers’ favourite to get the better of an all-star line-up to win this week’s Sybase Match Play Championship.
Nine of the world’s top-10 players have descended on Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey, with the top-32 players in a 62-strong field seeded ahead of a blind draw.
World number one Tseng, who begins her campaign against Marcy Hart in Kathy Whitworth Division, is seeded fourth but that has not stopped
bet365 making her their 15/2 favourite to lift the trophy this weekend.
Jiyai Shin, ranked second in the world, is 10/1 ahead of her Mickey Wright Division meeting with Meena Lee, while world number three Suzann Pettersen and 10th-ranked Michelle Wie are 12/1. Pettersen meets Natalie Gulbis in the first round, while Wie tackles Beatriz Recari.
Of the rest of the top-10, world number four Cristie Kerr and fifth-ranked Na Yeon Choi are both 16/1, with world number six IK Kim 18/1 along with number eight Karrie Webb. And world number seven Ai Miyazoto is 35/1, with ninth-ranked Sun Ju Ahn the only absentee from the Rolex Ranking’s top-10.
Defending champion Sun Young Yoo, who beat Angela Stanford last year, is 28/1 to retain her crown.
Latest bet365 Sybase Match Play Championship betting:
15/2 Yani Tseng
10/1 Jiyai Shin
12/1 Michelle Wie
12/1 Suzann Pettersen
16/1 Cristie Kerr
16/1 Na Yeon Choi
18/1 IK Kim
18/1 Karrie Webb
20/1 Paula Creamer
20/1 Song-Hee Kim
25/1 Morgan Pressel
25/1 Stacy Lewis
28/1 Inbee Park
28/1 Sun Young Yoo
33/1 Amy Yang
33/1 Angela Stanford
33/1 Brittany Lincicome
33/1 Juli Inkster
33/1 Maria Hjorth
33/1 Anna Nordqvist
35/1 Ai Miyazato
40/1 Mika Miyazato
55/1 Se Ri Pak
60/1 Hee Kyung Seo
60/1 Katherine Hull
66/1 Kristy Mcpherson
80/1 Beatriz Recari
80/1 Catriona Matthew
80/1 Karen Stupples
90/1 Brittany Lang
90/1 Candie Kung
90/1 Christina Kim
90/1 Sophie Gustafson
100/1 Seon Hwa Lee
110/1 Natalie Gulbis
125/1 Stacy Prammanasudh
150/1 Mi Hyun Kim
175/1 Alena Sharp
200/1 Grace Park
