2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open odds & best bets explored

The golfing world will officially turn its eyes to Australia this weekend for the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open. The latest DP World Tour tournament comes after the conclusion of the season but will feature both men and women coming together for a mixed-gender format event down under from November 28 onwards.

Here are the odds for the eventual winner per Golf Monthly:

• Joaquin Niemann (+450)
• Cam Smith (+750)
• Min Woo Lee (+850)
• Marc Leishman (+1000)
• Lucas Herbert (+1400)
• Cam Davis (+1600)
• Jordan Smith (+1600)
• Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+2000)
• Victor Perez (+2200)
• David Micheluzzi (+2800)
• Karl Vilips (+3500)
• Angel Ayora (+4000)
• John Parry (+4000)
• Yannik Paul (+4500)
• Oliver Lindell (+4500)
• Adrien Saddier (+4500)
• Daniel Hillier (+5000)
• Elvis Smylie (+5500)
• Wenyi Ding (+6000)
• Nicolai von Dellingshausen (+6000)
• Kazuma Kobori (+6000)
• Harry Higgs (+6000)
• Richie Ramsay (+6500)
• Todd Clements (+7000)
• Jason Scrivener (+7000)

The outright odds to be the top woman after Sunday's final round are:

• Minjee Lee (+375)
• Hannah Green (+425)
• Jiyai Shin (+650)
• Grace Kim (+700)
• Ashleigh Buhai (+850)
• Steph Kyriacou (+1100)
• Jenny Shin (+1200)
• Hee Jeong Lim (+2000)
• Cassie Porter (+2500)
• Momoka Kobori (+2800)

The field is huge, and there are several capable players. Players from the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the WPGA Tour of Australasia, and the DP World Tour will compete. There will be 240 golfers, 156 men and 84 women, in the field.

Among them, players like Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are expected to do well. Several LIV Golf members are in the field this weekend as well.

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Where will the ISPS Handa Australian Open be held?

The event will be played across two courses in the Melbourne Sandbelt at the Kingston Heath & The Victoria Golf Club. This is one of the most renowned courses in Australia and will host the ISPS Handa Australian Open once again.

The 18-hole facility has 7,102 yards of golf to be played. It is a public course and was opened in 1925, making it one of the oldest that the DP World Tour plays on.

Designers of this course include Des Soutar, Mick Morcom (1925), Mike Clayton (2002); Mike Clayton, Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking & Ashley Mead in 2010; and most recently, Mike Cocking, Geoff Ogilvy, Ashley Mead in 2019.

Kingston Heath is often attributed to famed designer Alister MacKenzie, but it was Australian pro golfer Soutar who designed the course in 1925. MacKenzie did contribute to the bunkering the year after, but that's the extent of his contributions.

Rickie Fowler at the 2016 ISPS Handa Australian Open (Image via Getty)

Under the recent supervision of Mike Cocking of Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead (OCM), the official tournament tees, a few bunkers, and some green complexes have been remodeled. Additionally, a short course and 19th hole were added to the venue that will host the 2024 ISPS Handa Australian Open.