Round 1 play (2pts):
Steve Stricker to beat Matteo Manassero -163 @ SkyBet, BlueSq and BetFred [available generally]
Backing a former winner of this event who, despite calling himself rusty at the start of the season, has finished 4th, 9th and 29th in three starts on the PGA Tour this year. In fact, it has been eight months since Stricker finished outside the top-30 in a PGA Tour event. For Manassero, he is making his debut and admits that he doesn't come across this type of course in Europe. He missed the cut by a long in his last Tour event in Dubai and, while he is a prodigious talent, he should struggle against a player of Stricker's experience.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Molinari F tb Moore -118; Allenby tb Fisher +100; Goosen tb Choi -120]