72-hole plays
72-hole plays
Des Terblanche to beat Warren Bennett +110 @
Camelot [0.5 units]
The wide (and wet) fairways should suit the big-hitting South African who has finished in the top-25 in the last two seasons. Bennett finished 33rd last week and that is his best performance on the Southern Africa Tour to date. Opposable, particularly with a decent price.
Roger Wessels to beat Warren Bennett -111 @
Victor Chandler [0.5 units]
Again siding with the home player who has finished no worse than 12th in his last five events, a run that includes the Volvo Masters and last week's South African Open.
Mark McNulty to beat Andrew Coltart -125 @
Easybets [0.5 units]
This course will not suit McNulty as much as Durban last week, but he can always be expected to contend in Southern Africa. Expecting a rusty performance from Coltart in his season-opening event. He hasn't played here since finishing 37th in 1997 and ended last year poorly with finishes of 70th, mc, mc, 44th (limited field).
Brian Davis to beat Paul Lawrie -110 @
Surrey [0.5 units]
This will also be Davis' first event of the year, but in contrast to Coltart he has finished in the top-10 in the last two years here and finished 2001 strongly with finishes of 13th, 3rd, 30th, 8th, 9th. Opposing Lawrie who really struggled on the greens last week en route to finishing 26th.
Steve Webster to beat Paul Lawrie -125 @
Sportingbet [0.5 units]
Have to side with the leading outright pick who got his putter working well on Sunday to finish 2nd. This course will be more suited to his length off the tee than Durban.
Steve Webster to beat Paul McGinley -105 @
Intertops
As with Coltart, I expect a rather rusty performance from McGinley this week. He does have a good record in this event, but looked very tired when playing in Japan and Hong Kong at the end of last year. Qualification for the Ryder Cup had taken its toll and this could be a more muted start to the year.
Martin Maritz to beat James Kingston -118 @
Easybets [0.5 units]
Kingston could, and maybe should, have won last week. Instead he finished 3rd. But he has a very poor record on this course. We would have to go back to 1995 to find his last top-25 finish here.
Mark McNulty to beat Justin Rose -111 @
Simon Bold [0.5 units]
Siding with the consistent McNulty over the anything but consistent Rose. He may have been born in Johannesburg and finished 2nd last year, but he had had a very poor record on this course previously and missed the cut last week.
Roger Wessels to beat Justin Rose -118 @
Easybets [0.5 units]
As above, siding with the in-form Wessels and opposing the unpredictable Rose.
