Outright plays (1.5 units):
Stuart Appleby to win 14/1 e.w. @ Skybet or Totalbet
Passing over Parry, whose price is just a little too short, and siding with Appleby and Lonard from the favourites. Appleby has been in excellent form since the British Open and was set for another top-10 finish last week until a final round 74. With a weaker field than last week, and particularly without Allenby who has won this title for the last two years, this represents a particularly good chance for Appleby to record his first win of 2002. He is the last person to have a Tour title at the Hyatt Regency Coolum resort - he won the 1998 Coolum Classic - and has finished in the top-15 in four of five starts on this course.
Peter Lonard to win 16/1 e.w. @ BetInternet (6 places)
Not quite the same course record for Lonard, but three top-10s and no missed cuts in eight starts is hardly shabby. He played well last week with three rounds in the 60s to finish in the top-15 and had been scoring well in the aborted first round as well. He has done everything but win this year, but he has won on the Australasian Tour in each of the last two years and is playing well enough to continue that run.
Geoff Ogilvy to win 33/1 e.w. @ Ladbrokes
Has yet to win a title, but looks a perfect player for outright betting. In his last six events he has three top-10 finishes and three missed cuts! It is a similar story with his performances on this Tour alone. In his last six Australasian Tour events, he has finished no worse than 11th in five of them and missed the cut in the other. He has no course form, but so long as he make the weekend, he is definitely a player who can play himself into contention.
Stuart Appleby to win 14/1 e.w. @ Skybet or Totalbet
Passing over Parry, whose price is just a little too short, and siding with Appleby and Lonard from the favourites. Appleby has been in excellent form since the British Open and was set for another top-10 finish last week until a final round 74. With a weaker field than last week, and particularly without Allenby who has won this title for the last two years, this represents a particularly good chance for Appleby to record his first win of 2002. He is the last person to have a Tour title at the Hyatt Regency Coolum resort - he won the 1998 Coolum Classic - and has finished in the top-15 in four of five starts on this course.
Peter Lonard to win 16/1 e.w. @ BetInternet (6 places)
Not quite the same course record for Lonard, but three top-10s and no missed cuts in eight starts is hardly shabby. He played well last week with three rounds in the 60s to finish in the top-15 and had been scoring well in the aborted first round as well. He has done everything but win this year, but he has won on the Australasian Tour in each of the last two years and is playing well enough to continue that run.
Geoff Ogilvy to win 33/1 e.w. @ Ladbrokes
Has yet to win a title, but looks a perfect player for outright betting. In his last six events he has three top-10 finishes and three missed cuts! It is a similar story with his performances on this Tour alone. In his last six Australasian Tour events, he has finished no worse than 11th in five of them and missed the cut in the other. He has no course form, but so long as he make the weekend, he is definitely a player who can play himself into contention.
