Punters looking to back Colin Montgomerie's side ahead of Friday's tee off at Celtic Manor

Ahead of the start of the 2010 Ryder Cup, Sky Bet are seeing some good support on Europe at 4/6 to lift the trophy (USA 13/8 and Tie 12/1). Colin Montgomerie’s men have so far attracted over 70% of the total bets placed on the outright and have also been well supported to win with a handicap of -1.5 at evens (8/11 USA +1.5).

Sky Bet are offering a host of markets ahead of the start and make Europe’s Ryder Cup debutant Rory McIlroy and USA Wildcard pick Tiger Woods the 10/1 joint favourites to be the top overall points scorer. The Ulsterman heads the betting to be Europe’s top point’s scorer at 11/2 and he’s also the 6/5 favourite to be the top Irish player (13/8 G McDowell and 11/4 P Harrington).

Woods, who has had a turbulent year, with a loss of form as well as personal issues, is the 11/2 joint favourite along with Steve Stricker to be the USA top point’s scorer. It’s 4/7 that the current world number one goes on to win his singles match and it’s 16/1 for Woods to gain maximum points (5) throughout the tournament (7/2 no points).

Amongst the many specials on offer, it’s 6/1 for Woods and Mickelson to be paired together, 5/6 for Woods to play in all five matches (5/6 plays 4 or less) and 4/1 for any player to hit a hole in one.

With rainfall predicted for the next three days, Sky Bet are offering 4/1 that the competition is delayed and runs into next week (1/7 Sunday finish).

Sky Bet’s Tim Reynolds told Bettingpro:

“From the bets placed it looks like there will only be one outcome, a European victory. We cut Montgomerie’s men from 8/11 to 4/6 at the beginning of this week but it hasn’t stopped the support. If the one-way flow of money continues to come for Europe the 4/6 won’t last much longer.”

Outright Winner - Outright Winner

Europe 4/6
Tie(14-14) 12/1
USA 13/8

Ryder Cup Tie No Bet - Outright Winner

Europe 1/2
USA 6/4

Outright Handicap Betting

-1.5 Europe evens
+1.5 USA 8/11

Singles Winner - Outright Winner

Europe 5/6
Tie (6-6) 7/1
USA 11/8

Top Overall Points Scorer - Most Points

Woods T 10/1              McIlroy R 10/1             Stricker S 11/1
Kaymer M 11/1           Westwood L 12/1        Mickelson P 14/1
Poulter I 16/1              McDowell G 16/1         Donald L 16/1
Johnson D 16/1           Furyk J 16/1                Harrington P 22/1
Mahan H 22/1             Kuchar M 25/1            Molinari E 28/1
Molinari F 28/1           Fisher R 30/1               Cink S 30/1
Jimenez M-A 33/1       Johnson Z 33/1           Fowler R 33/1
Watson B 50/1            Overton J 66/1             Hanson P 66/1

Top European Points - Most Points

McIlroy R 11/2                         Kaymer M 6/1
McDowell G 13/2                     Westwood L 7/1
Donald L 15/2                          Poulter I 9/1
Harrington P 12/1                   Molinari F 14/1
Molinari E 14/1                       Fisher R 16/1
Jimenez M-A 20/1                   Hanson P 35/1

Top US Points - Most Points

Woods T 11/2                          Stricker S 11/2
Mickelson P 13/2                     Furyk J 7/1
Johnson D 8/1                         Mahan H 10/1
Kuchar M 11/1                        Cink S 14/1
Johnson Z 14/1                       Fowler R 16/1
Watson B 28/1                        Overton J 50/1

Top Irish Points Scorer - Most Points

McIlroy R 6/5
McDowell G 13/8
Harrington P 11/4

Top English Points Scorer - Most Points

Westwood L 2/1
Poulter I 5/2
Donald L 5/2
Fisher R 4/1

European Player to Win Singles - Match Winner

McIlroy R 8/13                         Westwood L 4/6
Kaymer M 4/6                         Donald L 8/11
McDowell G 8/11                     Poulter I 8/11
Fisher R 10/11                         Harrington P 10/11
Molinari F evens                      Molinari E evens
Jimenez M-A evens                  Hanson P 11/10

USA Player to Win Singles - Most Points

Woods T 4/7                            Stricker S 8/11
Mickelson P 8/1                       Furyk J 8/11
Kuchar M evens                       Mahan H evens
Johnson D evens                      Fowler R 11/10
Cink S 6/5                                Johnson Z 6/5
Watson B 11/8                        Overton J 13/8

Woods to Play in all 5 matches - Win Specials

Woods Plays in all 5 5/6
Play 4 or Less 5/6

Tiger Event Points - Most Points

Get 0 Points 7/2
Get 5 Points 16/1

Disaster Pairing - Woods/Lefty

Not to play together 1/12
Woods and Mickelson to play any match together 6/1

Crazy Pavin - Match Winner

Woods, Fowler, Zach and Cink Lose singles 9/1

Monty's Boobs - Match Winner

Donald, Ed Molinari and Harrington all Lose Singles Matches 6/1

Watery Joy - Win Specials

Any Player to jump into water on 18th after holing winning putt 5/1

Weather Affected - Win Specials

Sunday Finish 1/7
Monday finish or Later 4/1