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9-0; +6.92pts Pre-tournament plays: LAY 20pts liability Tom Lewis 270 mc Marc Warren 85 22nd Eddie Pepperell 320 22nd A course that has not been used for ten years so there is not help at this stage of the event other than to oppose those in poor form or struggling to retain their Tour Card - Lewis is one of those with just one top-25 finish in 2016 and he languishes in 170th place on the Race to Dubai A 5th place finish last week has Warren significantly, but he still only ranks 70th in the Race to Dubai - the top-60 qualify for the DP World Tour Championship - and he has very rarely looked like winning his first Tour event for over nine years Pepperell is opposed for the second week in a row and with good reason - his last six finishes read: mc-mc-mc-mc-wd-mc Pre-rd3 plays: LAY 20pts liability Tommy Fleetwood 11 4th Ross Fisher 130 67th Chris Wood 13.5 22nd Alexander Levy 65 4th Soren Kjeldsen 80 28th The odds on Fleetwood look rather short for a player in 4th place and who hasn't won a Tour event since 2013 or even finished in the top-5 in any event since Spring 2015 Fisher has been in good form recently - 2nd in his last two starts - but he is seven shots off the pace and in 27th place so he is too far back to continue that run of high finishes Wood has shown little form recently and had little opportunity to show any in the Ryder Cup so it is a little surprising to see him in 7th place, but hasn't shown the form to suggest that he will stay there Five shots off the pace, in 14th place and ranking only 40th in greens in regulation over the first two days suggests that Levy is not likely to close the gap on the leader Kjeldsen is a shot further back and has also struggled with his ball-striking this week, ranking 114th in driving distance, 32nd in driving accuracy and 51st in greens in regulation so far this week. Pre-rd4 plays: LAY 20pts liability Bernd Wiesberger 10 2nd Noren is a perfect 4-for-4 when holding at least a two-shot lead at the start of the 4th round and this time he has a three-shot lead over Bland in 2nd place and four-shot lead over Wiesberger and three others in third place. I'm surprised that Wiesberger is available at these odds, so he looks set for another high finish but without the title.
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