Els favourite for Scottish Open

PHIL MICKELSON may have beaten Ernie Els to the Masters title in April, but the South African is favourite for this week’s Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

Els is going for his third victory in the event, having lifted the trophy in 2000 and again last year, when he finished five shots clear of Darren Clarke and Phillip Price.

Latest Ladbrokes odds: 5/1 Els, 7/1 Mickelson, 16/1 Darren Clarke, 20/1 Casey, 25/1 Cabrera, Immelman, Jacobson, 33/1 Jimenez, 40/1 Westwood, O’Hern, Poulter.

50/1 Price, Romero, Haeggman, Rose, McDowell, Howell, A Hansen, Green, O’Malley, Lonard, Bjorn.