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Outright plays (total stake per play: 1pt)
Ernie Els to win 10/1 e.w. @
SkyBet
and
William Hill
24th
Els was avoided last year as the distractions of being consultant to the course
changes were clearly going to have an impact on his performance. One year from
those course changes and he should be almost able to compete this week as if it
were a normal event. That can only aid his chances and given his six victories
around this course in the HSBC World Matchplay event and his four top-4 finishes
here in his last eight visits, he really should go well this week. And while he
has been off the pace in his last two PGA Tour events, it is worth recalling
just how well he competes in European Tour events: his last seven finishes on
this Tour have been 5th, 6th, 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 5th and 3rd. He really should earn
a place finish at least.
Richard Green to finish in the top-five 10/1 @
Expekt
8th
A place finish is the height of our aspirations with Green. He has managed two
4th place finishes in four European Tour starts this year, but given his
performance when leading the Qatar Masters in January it is easy to see why it
is a deacde since his European Tour victory in the Dubai Desert Classic. But
last week's 4th place finish in the Irish Open was his first event since his
annual early season layoff and such a strong performance when so Tour rusty
harbours well for this week. He did, after all, finish 5th here in 2000 and has
top-20 finishes in two of the last three years, so if the weather is fine, he
may secure another top-5 finish.
Andres Romero to win 80/1 e.w. @
Sportingbet,
Sporting Odds
and
Bet365
12th
This is a tough event to win on your course debut, but he had been making his
course debuts this year at Doha, the Centro Nacional de Golf and Adare Manor,
and managed to finish 7th, 6th and 4th respectively. He has shown that his
purple patch in July last year was no fluke and is certainly capable of
maintaining the success that Argentineans have had in this event.
