2025 Omega European Masters betting tips: My top picks in Crans Montana

Tom Jacobs reveals his Omega European Masters betting tips ahead of the DP World Tour event from the majestic Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.

The DP World Tour heads to the Swiss Alps this week for the Omega European Masters, founded in 1923 as the Swiss Open, and held since 1939 at the stunning Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans Montana.

Omega picked up the title sponsorship in 2001, helping the tournament flourish over the previous two decades into one of the most iconic stops on the tour. Last year saw England’s Matt Wallace claim a fifth European Tour win, defeating Alfredo García-Heredia in a playoff after the pair finished 11-under par.

Team Europe’s six automatic qualifiers for Bethpage have now been sealed; however, this week presents a final chance for the likes of Matt Fitzpatrick, Nicolai Hojgaard, Marco Penge, and defending champion Matt Wallace to make their final cases to Luke Donald. Also, lining up is 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who makes his debut appearance in the Swiss mountains.

Before getting into my betting tips for the week, here’s everything you need to know about the Omega European Masters…

Omega European Masters key details

Dates: August 28-31 August

Venue: Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland (Par 70 – 6,823 yards)

Format: 72-hole strokeplay with 36-hole cut

Purse: $3,250,000, with the winner receiving just over $500,000

Race to Dubai: 5,000

Favorite: Matt Fitzpatrick 9/1

Defending champion: Matt Wallace (ENG), -11 (playoff)

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How to watch the Omega European Masters

US viewers can catch all the action on the Golf Channel.

All times EDT

Thursday, August 28: The Golf Channel, 7.30 am
Friday, August 29: The Golf Channel, 7.30 am
Saturday, August 30: The Golf Channel, 06.30 am
Sunday, August 31: The Golf Channel, 06.30 am

UK viewers can catch all the action on Sky Sports Golf.

All times BST

Thursday, August 28: Sky Sports Golf, 12.30 pm
Friday, August 29: Sky Sports Golf, 12.30 pm
Saturday, August 30: Sky Sports Golf, 11.30 pm
Sunday, August 31: Sky Sports Golf, 11.30 pm

Omega European Masters tee times

Tee times and groupings can be found here.

2025 Omega European Masters betting tips

The Longshot: Danny Willett 100/1 e/w (Paddy Power, Sky Bet 6 Places 1/5)

It’s been a long time since Danny Willett won a trophy, but I am convinced he is still capable of doing so, and that it is solely the injuries that have held him back since his 2021 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship win.

When winning a tournament as big as The Masters, things can go either way. You can either struggle as a player who’s just won the ultimate prize and doesn’t know where else to go, or you can kick on, and for a few years, Willett did the latter. Wins at the DP World Tour Championship, BMW PGA Championship, and the Dunhill Links all followed his Masters win, and given they are the three biggest events on the DP World Tour, that is pretty eye-catching. He got the better of Patrick Reed, Matt Wallace, Jon Rahm, and Tyrrell Hatton in those wins, so he didn’t sit on his laurels after the Augusta victory.

The problem for Willett has been injuries. He returned 6 months earlier than scheduled to play in last year’s Masters and was able to shoot an opening-round 68 at The Masters despite not playing for 7 months. It’s not been plain sailing since then, but there have been a few promising signs.

Earlier in the year, Willett finished 9th at Torrey Pines in the Farmers Insurance Open, and then fast-forward to July, Willett was in the mix again, this time at the Canadian Open where he finished 13th. Four missed cuts followed that T13 in Canada, but a top 20 last week at The Belfry suggests Willett might be ready to make a run at contention again.

If he’s going to do so, this course is the one where he can make an impression given he has finished 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th and 12th here over the years, with multiple top 30 finishes to add to that. He has missed three of his last four cuts here, but it was only three years ago he finished 9th here, closing with rounds of 67-64-66, to climb through the pack after a slow start.

If Willett can ever get fully fit, he’s certainly a capable winner, and he should really have shown that as recently as 2022 when he gave up a golden opportunity at the 2022 Fortinet Championship.

The stats and recent form will tell you last week’s result was an outlier, but it might just have come at the right time, as he now heads to a course he loves with a bit of confidence. I will take the plunge at triple-digit odds.

The Outsider: Oliver Lindell 70/1 e/w (Paddy Power, Sky Bet 6 Places 1/5)

If they keep pricing Oliver Lindell this way, I am going to keep betting him, which might be to my detriment given he’s yet to win on either Tour, but he’s definitely getting closer, and at 70/1 I think there’s enough value in the place as well.

Lindell is hitting his irons better than most at the moment and that should serve him well on his debut here at Crans.

While course form stacks up really well here, Wallace broke a trend of four straight course debutants winning here, so if Lindell likes this course, as I suspect he will, recent history is clearly on his side.

With three top 10s in his last five starts, including back-to-back top 8 finishes, not many are in better form than Lindell on this circuit, and I won’t let a lack of course experience put me off, given the odds available.

The Banker: Alex Fitzpatrick 55/1 e/w (Paddy Power, Sky Bet 6 Places 1/5 Odds)

His Brother, Matt, is in fine form and as a former two-time winner of this course, he is a worthy favourite to land the title before next month’s Ryder Cup, but Alex Fitzpatrick has shown huge signs in just two starts here, that suggest a breakthrough could come at one of his Brother’s favourite courses as well.

Alex has found his own form of late after a slow start to the season, finishing inside the top 20 in 3 of his past 9 starts, and finishing 31st and 8th in his last two after a run of three missed cuts. When 31st at the NEXO Championship, he was inside the top 5 for the first two rounds and suffered over the weekend, but last week he returned to form again, finishing 8th with three really good rounds. A 72 on Saturday was hardly disastrous, but it was enough to take him out of the running, and that’s generally been the issue in the early part of his career so far.

Ranking 14th in SG Approach and 17th in SG Tee to Green last week, Fitzpatrick enjoyed one of his better ball-striking weeks for a while at The Belfry, and that came just at the right time, as he returns to Crans-sur-Sierre looking for his first DP World Tour title.

In his first two starts here, the lesser-known Fitzpatrick has finished 5th and 6th, and he’s never been outside the top 10 here after 8 rounds of play, showing how much he likes this course.

A Saturday 75 derailed his chances last year, as he was the first round leader, and still sat 2nd going into the weekend, but he couldn’t stay as firmly in the mix once the weekend hit. A final round 68 ensured he stayed inside the top 6 for the week, but the damage was done on moving day.

Clearly Fitzpatrick is yet to put it together for all four rounds on the DP World Tour to this point, but I certainly trust that he can, especially when he has his big Brother close by, who knows the course like the back of his hand, with two wins, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 7th all to his name here.

Let’s take the value on the younger brother, who is forging a solid career in his own right, in the hope that he’s the biggest opponent for Matt, who is the rightful favourite here, despite last week’s winner, Alex Noren also boasting two course wins here. Repeat form here is very common, and now it’s Alex’s turn to add the Fitzpatrick name to this illustrious trophy.

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The Bonus Pick: Antoine Rozner 55/1 e/w (Paddy Power, Sky Bet 6 Places 1/5)

Antoine Rozner may not have had the best of seasons on the PGA Tour results-wise, but he made plenty of birdies, hit his irons really well, and, given a second chance, I think he could make an impact. But for now, let’s focus on his DP World Tour credentials.

The last five times Rozner has played on the DP World Tour, he’s finished 4th, MC, 3rd, 6th, and 4th. Three of those top 6 finishes came at the tail-end of 2024 and ensured he made his way to America this year, and the 4th at the Qatar Masters came back in February, but I still believe he can turn it on here at a lower level many months later.

That faith stems from the fact that he actually put some decent results together on the PGA Tour across the Spring and Summer months, finishing 13th at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, 24th at the Canadian Open, and T22 at the Scottish Open. He then hit his irons really well at the 3M Open, where a terrible short game prevented him from contending.

Good iron play has been the foundation of his career, and that was single-handedly enough to secure top 40 finishes at places like the Valero Texas Open and the Myrtle Beach Classic this year, and why I believe he can contend at this course again, despite his current form looking rather bleak on paper.

When 22nd at the Scottish Open, Rozner was 7th going into the final round, and when 24th at the Canadian Open he was in 16th going into Sunday, so he’s twice been better placed going into the final round of late, so there might be more than meets the eye with Rozner, who will certainly feel more comfortable in this environment, and indeed at this course.

In four visits, Rozner has not finished worse than 34th here, with a best of 4th coming three years ago, when he closed with rounds of 65, 64 and 66 after a slow start. A Sunday 62 ensured he finished 13th on debut here, a 64 and closing 66 was enough for 24th on his third visit, and last year in his worst effort he closed with a 67.

Rozner clearly enjoys this course, and I like targeting these players who have shown some positive signs on the PGA Tour and then return to the DP World Tour after a reasonable absence. Look for Rozner to outperform his odds this week, as he’s playing better than the current form suggests, and he’s now playing at a different level.