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18-Hole Match Picks - European Tour |
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2-0; +6.00pts (system plays: 6-4-1) Round 1 play (4pts): Thomas Aiken to beat Branden Grace -111 @ Bet365 WON by 2
Opposed Grace last week in the first round after back-to-back wins and he missed the cut, so will do so again this week on a course on which he has no experience. Aiken finished 6th here last year and has been in decent form of late. He has a 9-4-0 h2h record against Grace outside South Africa, so even despite any double-win-handover, Grace should struggle to beat Aiken this week. [unofficial rd1 system plays: Fisher R tb Grace -110 (L); Edfors tb Olesen -110 (L); Manassero tb Coetzee +100 (L); Choi tb Kaymer +130 (W); Finch tb Larrazabal +100 (W); Daly tb Fleetwood +112 (W); Drysdale tb Gagli +100 (W)] Round 2 play (2pts): Anders Hansen to beat Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano +100 @ Boyle Sports WON by 2
GFC had an unbelievable round of golf today: to shoot level-par on a windy day in the desert needed a lot of putts to be holed, so to shoot 66 was spectacular. That round gives him the sole possession of the lead, but given that he will have the pressure of leading from the front that will make tomorrow's round all the more difficult. The fact that he has done poorly when in this position previously will only add to the pressure: in the four previous times that he has held the 1st round lead, he has finished the 2nd round in 13th, 8th, 7th and 35th place. And with the wind forecast to be even stronger tomorrow, it should be a very long and tiring day for the Spaniard. Hansen also managed to finish the day in the top-10 despite playing in the more difficult afternoon conditions and looks to have the better temperament to deal with such difficult conditions. [unofficial rd2 system plays: Aiken tb Fernandez-Castano +110 (W); Hansen A tb Coetzee +100 (T); Manassero tb Coetzee +110 (W); Molinari tb Lawrie Pa -105 (L)] No round 3 plays.
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