2025 Volvo China Open betting tips: Who I’m backing this week on the DP World Tour

2025 Volvo China Open betting tips from Today's Golfer.

Tom Jacobs picks out his top Volvo China Open betting tips ahead of the DP World Tour event.

The 2025 DP World Tour returns after a two-week break for the Volvo China Open, reaching the penultimate stop of the four-event Asian Swing.

This year’s 30th edition sees the tournament move to a brand-new venue at the Robert Trent Jr.-Designed Enhance Anting in Shanghai.

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In 2024, Spain’s Adrián Otaegui secured a one-shot victory over Guido Migliozzi to claim his fifth DPWT title. Otaegui will tee it up again this year in an attempt to become the first player to win back-to-back China Open titles.

Before diving into my Volvo China Open betting tips for the week, here’s everything else you need to know…

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Volvo China Open key details

Venue: Enhance Anting Golf Club, Shanghai, (Par 71 – 7,168 yards)

Format: 72-hole strokeplay

Purse: $2,550,000, with the winner receiving an estimated $433,500

Race to Dubai / Ryder Cup points: 3,500 / 1,000

Favorites: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 16/1, Jordan Smith 20/1, Hao Tong Li 22/1

Defending champion: Adrián Otaegui (ESP), -18

Most wins: Alexander Levy (FRA), 2

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How to watch the Volvo China Open

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

All times EDT

Thursday, April 17: The Golf Channel, 00.30
Friday, April 18: The Golf Channel, 00.30
Saturday, April 19: The Golf Channel, 00.30
Sunday, April 20: The Golf Channel, 00.00

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

All times BST

Thursday, April 17: Sky Sports Golf, 06.00
Friday, April 18: Sky Sports Golf, 06.00
Saturday, April 19: Sky Sports Golf, 06.00
Sunday, April 20: Sky Sports Golf, 06.00

Volvo China Open tee times

Tee times and groupings can be found here.

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Volvo China Open betting tips

The Banker: Joost Luiten 33/1 e/w (Paddy Power 6 Places)

Joost Luiten has enjoyed something of a renaissance over the past couple of years and now looks capable of winning again, which is something that couldn’t be said for a little while.

The last time we saw the Dutchman he was finishing 3^rd at the Singapore Classic, and that was his third top 20 finish in his last six starts, with just one missed cut in between.

Now, he returns to China, where he has a decent history, finishing runner-up in the Shenzhen International in 2016, as well as a 13^th in the BMW Masters and 16^th in the WGC HSBC Champions event – an elite field.

It’s his ball striking that is catching the eye though, as he has ranked 8^th, 27^th, 1^st and 1^st the last four starts in SG Approach and 6^th, 38^th, 5^th and 1^st in the same span in SG Tee to Green. The data can get a bit messy in some of these Asian and South African events, so there is slight caution, but he is 3^rd on Tour in Approach and Tee to Green overall, which is huge.

A hot week with the flat stick could see the 6-time DP World Tour winner lift a trophy for the first time since 2018, and if he does, it feels like he could go on a Marcel Siem type run, and bag a couple as he heads into his 40s.

The Outsider: Brandon Stone 40/1 e/w (Paddy Power 6 Places)

Brandon Stone started playing some really solid golf again in 2024, after a rough period, and ended the year with six straight top 25s. He is finding similar form again in recent weeks, posting three top 20s in hist four starts, with a best of T6 at the Hero Indian Open, which is largely unsuitable and somewhere he hadn’t played great before.

Now he heads to China after a bit of a break, hoping to find the form that saw him finish 2^nd with Luiten at the Shenzhen International all those years ago, and build on a couple of good efforts in recent weeks.

Like Luiten, it is Stone’s ball striking that lends itself to him being picked, ranking 15^th, 3^rd, 20^th, and 3^rd in his last four starts in SG Approach and 9^th, 3^rd, 7^th and 2^nd in SG Tee to Green. Again there is some caution with these numbers, given the events, but he is definitely striking it decently enough, and he’s the sort of player I would trust with the lead in this sort of field, should he find himself there.

He was in 2^nd place going into Sunday in India and just fell away to finish 6^th, and it was a similar story in the third and final round in Singapore, where he wasn’t able to push forward, but that’s two times now he’s been in the mix again, and he can build on that.

It pays to remember that Stone is also a three-time winner on the DP World Tour, with his win at the Scottish Open his biggest and most recent win, and a playoff loss in 2020 to a now-PGA Tour player denied him a 4^th. Here, we have a player who is capable of winning here when in form.

The Longshot: Kiradech Aphibarnrat 110/1 e/w (Betfair)

In an event that is filled with so many unknowns, be it the course or the field strength, I think it is always worth reverting to class, especially at three-figure odds, and Kiradech Aphibarnrat fits that bill.

A four-time DP World Tour winner, who has already tasted victory in China at the Shenzhen International back in 2015, Aphibarnrat rates as a solid option, when we don’t know how good the players of the top of the market really are, and who the course will definitely suit.

What we do know is that Aphibarnrat should come into this one with confidence, after ranking 4^th in SG Tee to Green and 7^th in SG Approach in his last start, when finishing 13^th in India.

He was 3^rd at halfway last time out in India and should enjoy another run out in Asia, as he looks for a second top 10 of the season and more importantly a 5^th DP World Tour title, both of which he is more than capable of.

The Bonus Pick: Jacob Skov Olesen 80/1 e/w (Paddy Power)

Information about this new course is at a premium this week and we are going in pretty much blind, but one thing we do know is that Robert Trent Jones II designed this course. He hasn’t designed many courses in Europe, but one other he has is Lubker Golf Resort, the new venue for last year’s Danish Golf Championship.

Jacob Skov Olesen is relatively new to this level, but he’s already made a quick impression, none more so than when finishing T5 at his home event, at that Robert Trent Jones-designed course. Since then, he’s finished inside the top 20 three times in nine starts, with two of those coming in his last two starts in Africa. 13^th at the Magical Kenya Open and T7 at the Joburg Open, Olesen promised better in both, sitting 5^th going into the final round of both, and now he can kick on again.

The link to the Danish event last year might be futile, but it’s something, and an extra layer on what is already very strong current form. Add in that he was 8^th in Approach and 4^th in Tee to Green in his last start, and I think it is worth siding with the 25-year old, that does look to have plenty of potential, after coming through Q-School.