Round 1 plays (1pt):
Louis Oosthuizen to beat Michael Hoey -149 @ Unibet [also available @ Extrabet]
Both have played well on this course when this was a Challenge Tour event - Hoey won here in 2005; Oosthuizen was 3rd here in 2003 - but there is no comparison between these two in terms of form. They have played in nine common events this year and Oosthuizen has finished ahead of Hoey in eight of them.
Nick Dougherty to beat David Drysdale 138 @ William Hill
Only Drysdale has course form in this matchup, but is not to his advantage: in the last three years, he has finished 116th, 107th and 135th. He did play well last week, but he is still well below Dougherty's level on this Tour - he won the BMW International Open less than three months ago - and looks likely to struggle once again on this course.
Mark Foster to beat Robert Dinwiddie -120 @ Bet365
No course form for either player in this matchup, but the current form is totally one-sided here. They have played in 10 common events over the last four months with Dinwiddie failing to finish ahead of Foster in any of those events. Even in terms of the 1st round scores, Dinwiddie shot the lower score just once in those ten events.
Louis Oosthuizen to beat Michael Hoey -149 @ Unibet [also available @ Extrabet]
Both have played well on this course when this was a Challenge Tour event - Hoey won here in 2005; Oosthuizen was 3rd here in 2003 - but there is no comparison between these two in terms of form. They have played in nine common events this year and Oosthuizen has finished ahead of Hoey in eight of them.
Nick Dougherty to beat David Drysdale 138 @ William Hill
Only Drysdale has course form in this matchup, but is not to his advantage: in the last three years, he has finished 116th, 107th and 135th. He did play well last week, but he is still well below Dougherty's level on this Tour - he won the BMW International Open less than three months ago - and looks likely to struggle once again on this course.
Mark Foster to beat Robert Dinwiddie -120 @ Bet365
No course form for either player in this matchup, but the current form is totally one-sided here. They have played in 10 common events over the last four months with Dinwiddie failing to finish ahead of Foster in any of those events. Even in terms of the 1st round scores, Dinwiddie shot the lower score just once in those ten events.
