Volvo China Open 2026 Betting Tips: Five tipped for DPWT return

The DP World Tour returns from a four-week hiatus for the final two events of its Asian Swing. Before tackling the Turkish Airlines Open next week, the players will first head to China for the Volvo China Open at Enhance Anting Golf Club.

Star golf tipster Jamie Worsley is back with his usual long-read preview of the event. He's picked out five players he likes to follow, so check out Jamie's thoughts and his Volvo China Open 2026 Betting Tips below...

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TOURNAMENT HISTORY 

Established in 1995, the Volvo China Open became co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour (DPWT) in 2004. It was absent from the DPWT schedule between 2020 and 2023 due to COVID-related disruption – although it did continue via the China PGA Tour – before resuming its co-sanctioned status in 2024.

Having been held at Hidden Grace Golf Club since 2019, the tournament moved to new host course Enhance Anting Golf Club in 2025.

France's Alexander Levy was the first player to win this championship more than once, recording victories in 2014 and 2017. Home favourite Ashun Wu became the second to achieve the feat last year, following his 2015 success with a one-shot victory over Jordan Smith.

Last five (DPWT) winners:

• 2025 (Enhance Anting Golf Club)

Winner: Ashun Wu (-14)

Runner-up: Jordan Smith (-13)

• 2024 (Hidden Grace Golf Club)

Winner: Adrian Otaegui (-18)

Runner-up: Guido Migliozzi (-17)

• 2019 (Hidden Grace Golf Club)

Winner: Mikko Korhonen (-20, playoff)

Runner-up: Benjamin Hebert (-20)

• 2018 (Topwin Golf & Country Club)

Winner: Alexander Bjork (-18)

Runner-up: Adrian Otaegui (-17)

• 2017 (Topwin Golf & Country Club)

Winner: Alexander Levy (-17, playoff)

Runner-up: Dylan Frittelli (-17)

THE COURSE

Enhance Anting Golf Club

• Original architect / Year opened: Robert Trent Jones Jnr / 2005
• Par / Yardage: Par 71 / 7,188 yards
• Hole breakdown:
  • 4x par 3s (194-226 yards)
  • 11x par 4s (348-488 yards)
  • 3x par 5s (568-614 yards)
• Course style: A visually appealing, manufactured course that is open and exposed throughout. Water features and abundant bunkers frame most holes, with manmade mounds lining the perimeter
• Fairways:
  • The wide fairways ranked among the easiest to find on the DPWT in 2025
  • Large, striking bunkers hug the landing areas and native fescue flanks the holes
• Greens:
  • Its sizable bentgrass greens are speedy, balancing subtle slopes and more severe undulations
  • They are guarded by strong bunkering and run-off areas, which created one of the five-toughest scrambling tests on tour last year
• Defences:
  • Water is a constant threat to both drives and approaches, coming into play on 10 holes
  • Heavy bunkering is highly penal
  • The open nature of the venue makes it susceptible to the unpredictable winds that swirl through the property

Enhance Anting GC is an exciting risk/reward layout, with the birdie chances offered up on the par 5s and some of the par 4s countered by a tricky collection of par 3s. The swirling winds, challenging green complexes, and sheer volume of water make it a course with real teeth, requiring players to blend aggression with precision and patience.

THE WEATHER

Over 11mm of rain is scheduled to fall on Wednesday, which should soften up the layout for the start of the event. With the predicted 7-9mph breeze easy to manage, players will be able to take advantage of the more receptive conditions.

KEY STATS

SG: Approach / Greens-in-Regulation (GIR)

Including a mix of short, accurate types and players more reliant on power, last year's leaderboard suggests that this is a layout where what you do into and on/around the greens matters most. With those receptive conditions likely, I expect iron play to be even more important this time around.

• 2025
  • Ashun Wu (Winner): 5^th in GIR
  • Jordan Smith (2^nd): 16^th in SG: Approach / 2^nd in GIR
  • Yannik Paul (3^rd): 9^th in SG: Approach / 18^th in GIR
  • Haotong Li (4^th): 6^th in SG: Approach / 18^th in GIR
  • Eugenio Chacarra (4^th): 13^th in SG: Approach / 10^th in GIR

SG: Around-the-Greens (SG: ATG) / Scrambling

Possessing an around-the-greens challenge as difficult as anywhere, it's no surprise that many of the top contenders showed quality with the short game last year.

• 2025
  • Ashun Wu (Winner): 1^st in SG: ATG / 1^st in scrambling
  • Yannik Paul (3^rd): 4^th in scrambling
  • Eugenio Chacarra (4^th): 16^th in SG: ATG / 3^rd in scrambling

SG: Putting (bentgrass)

Lastly, with GIR percentages set to be higher due to the softer, calmer conditions, players proven on bentgrass greens are of added interest.

• 2025
  • Jordan Smith (2^nd): 8^th in SG: Putting
  • Yannik Paul (3^rd): 9^th in SG: Putting
  • Haotong Li (4^th): 3^rd in SG: Putting

CORRELATING EVENTS (COURSES)

Open de France (Le Golf National)

With its flat, exposed terrain, manmade mounds, and prominence of water throughout, Le Golf National looked a solid comp prior to last year. That certainly seemed to come to fruition on the leaderboard.

Notable correlating form:

• Jordan Smith: Enhance Anting (2^nd) / France (2^nd)
• Yannik Paul: Enhance Anting (3^rd) / France (2^nd, 6^th, 8^th)
• Haotong Li: Enhance Anting (4^th) / France (7^th)

Qatar Masters (Doha Golf Club)

Doha Golf Club is another exposed venue with heavy bunkering and large greens that pose similarly demanding questions with the short game and in approach.

Notable correlating form:

• Ashun Wu: Enhance Anting (1^st) / Qatar (9^th)
• Jordan Smith: Enhance Anting (2^nd) / Qatar (5^th, 6^th)
• Haotong Li: Enhance Anting (4^th) / Qatar (1^st)
• Jacob Skov Olesen: Enhance Anting (8^th) / Qatar (3^rd)

Ras Al Khaimah Championship (Al Hamra Golf Club)

Enhance Anting developed strong comp form with Al Hamra last year, and as an open layout with plenty of water in play, it's easy to see why.

Notable correlating form:

• Jordan Smith: Enhance Anting (2^nd) / Ras Al Khaimah (2^nd)
• Yannik Paul: Enhance Anting (3^rd) / Ras Al Khaimah (4^th)
• Haotong Li: Enhance Anting (4^th) / Ras Al Khaimah (3^rd)
• Tapio Pulkkanen: Enhance Anting (4^th) / Ras Al Khaimah (7^th)

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

The natural, traditional links courses of Scotland are a million miles away from this purpose-built track. That said, with the exposure to wind, wide fairways, and punishing short-game challenge, there are many aspects of play that compare closely.

Notable correlating form:

• Jordan Smith: Enhance Anting (2^nd) / Dunhill Links (5^th, 5^th)
• Haotong Li: Enhance Anting (4^th) / Dunhill Links (6^th, 7^th)
• Tapio Pulkkanen: Enhance Anting (7^th) / Dunhill Links (4^th, 10^th)
• Jacob Skov Olesen: Enhance Anting (8^th) / Dunhill Links (5^th)

THE FIELD

Daniel Hillier is the top-ranked player in this week's field at No. 90, making his first DPWT appearance since the Qatar Masters back in February. He is the only participant from inside the top 100, with Andy Sullivan (No. 102) and Thriston Lawrence (No. 103) sitting just outside.

Ashun Wu returns to defend and is joined by just two additional former winners: Adrian Otaegui (2024) and Alexander Levy (2017, 2014).

Two youngsters lead the home challenge, with 21-year-old Wenyi Ding and 18-year-old Yanhan Zhou the highest-placed Chinese players in the world rankings. Meanwhile, five-time PGA Tour winner Kevin Na makes a rare DPWT appearance.

SELECTIONS 

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Daniel Hillier 10/1, Angel Ayora 10/1, Eugenio Chacarra 16/1, Oliver Lindell 18/1, Jorge Campillo 22/1, Thriston Lawrence 22/1, Wenyi Ding 22/1

2.75 pts Eugenio Chacarra each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 16/1

Spain's Eugenio Chacarra was 4^th in this event last year and, in excellent form in 2026, he's got every chance of going three better this week. Arriving after an eye-catching effort on a similarly watery layout on the Korn Ferry Tour, he looks to have recovered from his final-round disappointment in India, and I'm hoping he can carry that momentum over to Enhance Anting.

Chacarra ended 2025 in great shape, finishing 3^rd at the Alfred Dunhill Championship on his second-to-last outing. A 14^th-place finish at the Dubai Invitational represented a solid start to the new year, though he failed to back that up, missing three of his next four cuts on the DPWT.

He burst back into life when defending his India Open title at DLF G&CC, entering the final round with a four-shot lead before a late Sunday slip-up (bogeying three of his last four holes) allowed Alex Fitzpatrick to come through for the victory. Such disappointments aren't easy to bounce back from, but he showed no signs of dwelling on it last week, finishing 9^th at the Tulum Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Every club in the bag shone in India but it's with the short game he's impressed most in 2025, ranking 18^th in SG: ATG and 30^th in scrambling. His iron play has been sound, sitting 28^th in SG: Approach, and alongside a ranking of 33^rd in SG: Off-the-Tee (SG: OTT), his tee-to-green profile stands out.

Chacarra has somewhat of an affinity with East Asia, winning his first pro title in Thailand and he was 4^th at the 2023 China Open at Hidden Grace GC. He matched that effort at this course last year – an event in which he was tied for the lead after rounds two and three – and with everyone else potentially a little rusty after the lengthy break, he may be the one they've all got to beat.

1 pt Adrian Otaegui each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 45/1

Adrian Otaegui returns to Enhance Anting with his game looking considerably sharper than when he finished 26^th here in 2025. He’s also got some handy comp form to his name and, sitting inside the top 10 in two of the most vital areas this week, he ticks most boxes.

Having finished 15^th at the Dubai Invitational to kick off the year, Otaegui then missed three of his next four cuts. He turned his fortunes around at the South African Open, finishing 6^th and continued in a similar vein of form in following weeks, placing 6^th at the Joburg Open and 3^rd at the Hainan Classic.

That superb run of results has been engineered by iron play, ranking 3^rd in SG: Approach. His short game provides added encouragement, ranking 7^th in SG: ATG and even the putter – usually his most glaring weakness – is behaving more than usual.

The latest of Otaegui’s five DPWT wins came in this event two years ago, and he put up a decent enough defence last year when 26^th. Multiple top-10s in Qatar, along with a 3^rd-place finish at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and 7^th at the Open de France, boosts his hopes, making him a much more attractive prospect than some of those ahead of him in the betting.

1 pt Frederic LaCroix each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 50/1

Frederic LaCroix was among my selections in India and while he never really looked like getting in contention, I’m keen to stick with him for this less punishing challenge. He’s one of the best, most reliable ball strikers on tour, and having found major improvement with the putter this year, this is a course he can conquer on his first try.

The Frenchman has missed just one cut across his nine appearances this season and recorded three top-25s. He played particularly well at the South African Open, where he produced the best golf of the weekend – firing rounds of 64 and 65 – to finish 2^nd. Although he hasn’t built on that in two starts since, I’m happy to forgive anyone not quite taking to the quirks of the challenge in India.

Sitting 19^th in GIR and 33^rd in SG: Approach, it’s with the irons he excels. He combines equal parts power and accuracy to rank 41^st in SG: OTT, and his current ranking of 72^nd in SG: Putting is a serious upgrade having been outside the top 140 in the previous two seasons.

LaCroix didn’t play here last year, but with a 3^rd-place finish at the 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Championship boding well, I’m confident he has the game to contend.

1 pt Nacho Elvira each-way (1/5 - 6 places) @ 50/1

Nacho Elvira was also among the selections in India, where he recovered from a poor start to finish a solid 34^th. He was an encouraging 26^th at Enhance Anting in 2025 and, with his long game in far better shape this time around, there’s plenty of reason to expect an improved result.

Beginning the season with that inspired victory at the Dubai Invitational, leaving world-class players such as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry in behind, Elvira has continued to play well. He finished 7^th at the Bahrain Championship two starts later, 14^th at the Qatar Masters, and was 34^th in India four weeks ago.

He continues to thrive on the greens, ranking 16^th in SG: Putting and is in much better control of the driver than in recent years, sitting inside the top 40 in driving accuracy. Alongside his position of 42^nd in SG: Approach, his skillset is as well-rounded as it’s ever been.

Elvira adapted to this layout right away in 2025, finishing 26^th and was inside the top 10 from tee-to-green. With 2^nd, 3^rd, and 6^th-place finishes in Qatar strengthening his case, this proven three-time tour winner is decent value in a reasonably weak field.

1 pt Davis Bryant each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 125/1

American Jordan Gumberg won the other Chinese event in Hainan, and I wonder if Davis Bryant could follow in his countryman’s footsteps here at Enhance Anting. He’s a player adept at staying out of trouble – very useful around this setup – and with his steady tee-to-green game now accompanied by some quality putting, he’s an attractive prospect at a three-figure price.

Bryant earned his spot on the DPWT via Q-School for the second consecutive year in 2025. He made it count over his first couple of events, finishing inside the top 15 at both the Australian PGA Championship and Australian Open, and whilst consistency hasn’t been forthcoming this year, he did record his best result on the tour in Kenya, finishing 2^nd to Casey Jarvis.

Despite being straight off the tee and decent around the greens, it was with the irons that he excelled last season, ranking 28^th in SG: Approach and 39^th in GIR. The putter was the only real weakness in the bag, but having improved from 115^th in 2025 to 50^th in 2026, he’s got the all-round game to become a winner at this level.

Although Bryant didn’t tee it up here last year he did play in China on three occasions across the DPWT and HotelPlanner Tour, finishing inside the top 25 each time. That comfort factor should serve him well and if able to keep all of those cogs of his game turning, this is a test that will play to his strengths.

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