November 17, 2009--The Dubai World Championship tees off this Thursday and Las Vegas' GolfOdds.com shows young gun Rory McIlroy as an 8/1 favorite to win this European Tour golf tournament. The event is being played at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Emirates. A special note is that wagering will close at 11 PM, November 18, due to the time difference. Other favorites in the field are Martin Kaymer (12/1), Ernie Els (15/1), Padraig Harrington (15/1), and Lee Westwood (15/1). Las Vegas golfer Adam Scott is 30/1 while the field is 15/1.

The Dubai Golf Championship is where 60 of the world’s best golfers are to open Greg Norman’s Earth course - which Golf Digest has called ‘the golfing equivalent of Narnia’--and culminate the Race to Dubai, a season-long competition on the Euro Tour. Currently McIlroy is leading but is closely trailed by Westood and Kaymer and several others. The top 15 players on the Order of Merit following the conclusion of the Duba event will share in the $7.5 million bonus pool.

From the official website of the Dubai Golf Championship: "The Earth course will be a fitting home for the Dubai World Championship. A sharply-defined, sculptured course inspired by the great parklands of Europe and North America, Earth paints a magnificent pastiche of rolling terrain and rushing water. Indigenous flora and fauna underpin the natural environmental balance, while lush, garden-like vegetation and traditional, swift-flowing water features create an oasis of natural beauty. Grass covers not just the playing surfaces, but the peripheral landscaping as well, giving Earth a verdant quality unique in the Middle East."

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Other Las Vegas golf betting odds for the Dubai tournament are Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher, all at 20/1, plus Retief Goosen and Justin Rose at 25/1, while Scott, Francesco Molinari and Geoff Ogilvy are 30/1. A few of the individual matchups are Els (-110) vs. Westwood (-110), Garcia (even) vs. Harrington (-120), Poulter (even) vs. Stenson (-120), and Rose (even) vs. Scott (-120). Las Vegas' GolfOdds.com was created by Las Vegas Hilton Superbook Assistant Manager Jeff Sherman. Click to GolfOdds.com for all betting numbers or for updated line movements. Adam Scott is a former member of the UNLV Rebels golf team and therefore referred to as a Las Vegas golfer.