Round 1 play (2pts):
Jose Manual Lara to beat Stephen Dodd +100 @ 5Dimes
Not a lot of cuts made between this pair in recent months: Lara has missed his last six and Dodd has a best finish of 69th over his last seven starts. However, Lara has finished ahead of him in four of those seven starts and looks a better shot than 5Dimes expect to make it five in eight. Whereas Dodd is making his course debut, Lara played in the inaugural event last year and finished 7th. It wasn't as though he was in better form at the time as he was in the middle of a run of five missed cuts, so this is clearly a course that suited him last year when even though he wasn't playing well and so it may well do so again this year.
Jose Manual Lara to beat Stephen Dodd +100 @ 5Dimes
Not a lot of cuts made between this pair in recent months: Lara has missed his last six and Dodd has a best finish of 69th over his last seven starts. However, Lara has finished ahead of him in four of those seven starts and looks a better shot than 5Dimes expect to make it five in eight. Whereas Dodd is making his course debut, Lara played in the inaugural event last year and finished 7th. It wasn't as though he was in better form at the time as he was in the middle of a run of five missed cuts, so this is clearly a course that suited him last year when even though he wasn't playing well and so it may well do so again this year.
