2021 Ryder Cup Odds, Tips & Our Predictions

On paper, the USA undoubtedly have the best team as the lowest-ranked player is Scottie Scheffler and he is only ranked 21st in the world, and a total of eight of the 12 players in the team are in the top 10 in the world rankings.

So, we know that they are some of the best players in the world, but the world rankings are based on 72 holes of stroke play tournament golf, not 18 holes of match-play golf for which there are a lot of players that prefer and suit that style of golf more so. Furthermore, it makes it much more of a level playing field when it is just over 18 holes because all 24 of the players playing in the Ryder Cup have the ability to beat each other, but nevertheless, the USA are clear favourites to Outright win the Ryder Cup at 8/15.

The USA team have brought six rookies, so half of the players on the team are experiencing their first Ryder Cup, and this could work in their favour due to nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups being won by the European team, so none of these rookies will have any previous scars of being on losing teams

On the other hand, these rookies consist of 2x major champion Collin Morikawa, Tour Championship winner, Patrick Cantlay, and Olympic gold medallist, Xander Schauffele, so it’s tough to really label these players as rookies. Moreover, the Ryder Cup is nothing like any of these players have played in before and don’t know what to expect from the pressures from the team and the crowds, so it's important to note this year's Ryder Cup to end in a draw on points is 12/1.

There’s one characteristic that is synonymously linked with the European Ryder Cup team and that is togetherness. This team has got unbelievable chemistry and has done for several of the recent Ryder Cups, this gives the European team a slight advantage especially with the pairs formats of the event.

Every player on the European team could be paired up with each other and be a formidable partnership, whereas on the US team, there are a few players that very publicly dislike one another, most notoriously, the dispute between Brooks Koepka and Bryson Dechambeau, which could disrupt the cohesiveness of the team. Then again, just because you get along better doesn’t mean points at the end of the event, and Koepka and Dechambeau don’t have to play with each other or even like each other to still play perfect golf.

The European team to show that their collective is greater than the sum of individual parts and be outright winners of the Ryder Cup is priced at 2/1 this week. Another interesting talking point at this year’s Ryder Cup is the number of rookies that each team has brought, and the European team has seemed to favour experience when looking at their team as there are only three rookies coming from the European side in Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry and Bernd Weisberger.

The European team has got the experience of Westwood playing in his 11th Ryder Cup, Garcia playing in his 10th, and Poulter playing in his seventh, all of which will be invaluable for the more inexperienced players to be able to ask questions and have these guys around the team advising.

Taking all of these things into consideration, we are backing the USA team to win the Ryder Cup 2021 outright as the quality of the squad and the form of some of the players going into this week and the seasons that they have will make them very tough players to beat.

Furthermore, that being paired with playing on home soil at a very tough course suited to the longer hitters that the US team possesses, priced at 8/15, they are our Ryder Cup Outright winner pick this week.