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After the four-week ‘Dubai Swing’, the European Tour moves on to India for this week’s Avantha Masters.
If last year’s event is anything to go by we are in for a very close finish (seven players shared the lead going into the final round in 2010 – a Tour record).
Players fairly high on the Greens in Regulation stats are likely to fair best.
I am selecting Anthony Wall at 25/1 to win. The 35 year old from Camberley is looking for his first win since the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship but has been playing consistently recently and is worth a bet here.
I am also suggesting an interest on Robert Dinwiddie (Each-Way) at 50/1 in the ‘First Round Leader’ market.
Dinwiddie has shown he is well capable of producing a low score and he has a very good early tee-time.
Avantha Masters
S Hansen 16/1
R Cabrera Bello 20/1
J M Singh 20/1
T Jaidee 20/1
A Wall 25/1
S Strange 25/1
R Karlberg 25/1
R Finch 33/1
D Drysdale 33/1
R Dinwiddie 33/1
J Donaldson 33/1
R Jacquelin 33/1
Gaganjeet Bhullar 33/1
J-B Gonnet 40/1
R McGowan 40/1
J Randhawa 40/1
T Hiratsuka 40/1
A Velasco 40/1
C Del Moral 40/1
Richie Ramsay 40/1
D Howell 40/1
G Havret 40/1
G Maybin 40/1
A Dodt 50/1
H Tanihara 50/1
Mark Brown 50/1
R-J Derksen 50/1
B Rumford 50/1
S O’Hara 50/1
K Horne 50/1
J Luiten 50/1
T Olesen 50/1
A Siddikur 50/1
66/1 Bar.
Each-way bets 1/4 odds first 5
The Riviera Country Club at Pacific Palisades in California plays host to the Northern Trust Open and England’s Luke Donald will be expecting to do well on a course on which he has finished in the top-6 for the last three years.
I’m going to take a chance in this one with Steve Marino at 50/1. Marino lead from the first round last week at Pebble Beach but the pressure of going for that elusive maiden win on the Tour told over the final round and he slumped to a closing 74 and a share of fourth place.
He is an attractive price to put things right on a course which should suit him.
Northern Trust Open
P Mickelson 8/1
S Stricker 12/1
P Casey 16/1
D Johnson 16/1
L Donald 20/1
H Mahan 25/1
M Kuchar 25/1
Rickie Fowler 25/1
E Els 33/1
JB Holmes 33/1
Anthony Kim 40/1
R Goosen 40/1
Bubba Watson 40/1
P Harrington 40/1
T Clark 40/1
J Rose 40/1
R Karlsson 50/1
K J Choi 50/1
S Marino 50/1
G Ogilvy 50/1
B Haas 50/1
J Day 50/1
V Singh 50/1
66/1 Bar.
Each-way bets 1/4 odds first 5
All odds supplied by Ladbrokes.