Tipster: Stanley

MasterCard Masters

Outright plays (1.5 units):

Craig Parry to win 25/1 e.w. @ BetDirect
Would rather have Allenby as my first selection, but not when he is 9/1 at best. Instead, top place goes to a Huntingdale specialist who has won this event three times and finished runner-up several times as well. He may have struggled this year after winning twice in 2002, including the NEC Invitational, but he has finished in the top-10 in two if his last three starts and this course definitely suits his game.

Nick O'Hern to win 28/1 e.w. @ Victor Chandler
O'Hern does not have the same record on this course, but his finishing positions have improved in each of the last four years so he is gradually taming this tough course and he was in the top-10 last year. His form at the end of the European Tour season was very encouraging though. His last five finishing positions were 19th, 19th, 6th, 2nd and 13th. He has now had a month's rest and if he can resume at the same level of golf, he will have a strong chance this week.

Joe Ogilvie to win 66/1 e.w. @ BetInternet and Victor Chandler
Ogilvie is the only one of this trio to have won this season and that was on Australian soil. After a miserable few years on the PGA Tour, he joined the Nationwide Tour and followed a runners-up spot in his opening event in Texas with a win in the co-sanctioned Jacob's Creek Open. This has been quite a year for Ogilvie as he won again en route to finishing 2nd on the Nationwide Tour Money List and regaining his PGA Tour Card. He even finished 12th in the Clearwater Classic in Australia as well. No course experience, but this rejuvenated player should not be at such high odds having proved his ability to play on Australian courses.

Final update: 1-2; +0.94 units

Parry 2nd
O'Hern 27th
Ogilvie mc

Small profit on the outrights with two of the three selections making a god showing. O'Hern was in the place positions for the first two rounds, but Parry took Allenby to a playoff. He could have saved a poor week, but was eliminated on the first hole.