Lyoness Open

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2-0; +4.00pts  (system plays: 2-3-1) 

Round 1 play (2pts):

Mark Foster to beat Jens Dantorp -110 @ 5Dimes  WON by 1
Small play against Dantorp as I'd expect a letdown after last week. Playing on his home course, he led his national event after round 1, but then shot 73 and 71 and when still on the fringes of contention, he shot 77 in the final round to finish 57th. It should be very difficult to lift himself for a much lower-ranking Tour event in Austria the following week.

[unofficial rd1 system play: Drysdale tb Dantorp -110 (V)] 

Round 2 play (2pts):

Kevin Phelan to beat Kristoffer Broberg +100 @ 5Dimes  TIED
Phelan dominates this matchup 9-2-0 h2h over the last year and that includes never having a higher score than Broberg in rd2. With Phelan playing much better than his leaderboard position - he ranked 7th in greens in regulation - he looks set to score much better tomorrow and continue his dominance of this matchup.

[unofficial rd2 system play: Jimenez tb Wiesberger +100 (L)] 

Round 3 play (2pts):

Fabrizio Zanotti to beat Lee Slattery -150 @  Stan James  WON by 4
Huge difference in form between these two - Zanotti has finished ahead of Slattery in each of their last eight common events. Given that Slattery has just two top-60 finishes in eleven starts this year, that stat is not surprising. He may be 2nd over the first 36 holes, but it appears rather unlikely that he will stay there over the weekend. He did receive a huge amount of luck with the rd1 and rd2 tee-times, which Zanotti did not, so normal service should be resumed tomorrow. Zanotti finished 3rd in the Madeira Island Open four weeks ago and he ranks 4th in greens in regulation so far. That certainly points to him staying inside the top-3 longer than Slattery this week.

[unofficial rd3 system plays: Zanotti tb Kim -110 (W); Bland tb Henry -150 (L); Hansen S tb Porteous -138 (L); Lundberg tb Slattery +106 (T)]

Round 4 play (2pts):

Sihwan Kim to beat Simon Wakefield -101 @ Pinnacle [available generally]  TIED
Opposing Wakefield who hasn't been inside the top-5 after 54 holes just once on Tour since 2012. He does have a good record on this event on different courses, but Kim is a very promising player (2004 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion) who looks set to follow in the footsteps of his friend, Peter Uihlein, and use success on the European Tours as a route to getting into PGA Tour events.

[unofficial rd4 system play: Lundberg tb Slattery +100 (W)]