Saint Omer Open

[Stanley]

Round 1 plays (2pts):

David Bransdon to beat Ben Mason -112 @ Five Dimes
In their 12 common events, Mason has finished ahead of Bransdon just once at the end of the tournament and just once after the end of round 1, so it easy to back Bransdon who led this event after 18 holes last year

David Higgins to beat Andrew Marshall -114 @ Five Dimes
Backing Higgins who shared the 1st round lead with Bransdon last year against a player who has broken par only once around this course, averaging 74 over eight rounds

 

[lostinamerica]

Outrights:

Francois Delamontagne(40/1) e.w.

GL

 

[Stanley]

Round 2 play (2pts):

Rikard Karlberg to beat Marco Soffietti -120 @ Five Dimes
Opposing Soffietti who has missed five of his last six cuts. In fact, he hasn't finished the 1st round in such a high position (19th) since the Open des Volcans in September 2006 when he still missed the cut after the second round. Karlberg earned his Challenge Tour Card by topping the Nordic League rankings last year and after some promising starts this year, he maintained his form over the weekend and finished 4th last week in Spain. This is hardly a step up from the Challenge Tour, so he should be competitive, which Soffietti isn't

 

[Stanley]

Round 3 play (2pts):

Ben Mason to beat Alvaro Salto -105 @ Five Dimes
Mason has finished ahead of Salto in each of their last four common events and in the much better recent form, I can only see that continuing this week

 

[Stanley]

Round 4 plays (2pts):

Robert Coles to beat Liam Bond -106 @ Five Dimes
Twice Coles has been 2nd with one round to play and it has resulted in one runners-up finish and one win so he should certainly be able to cope with playing in the final group. Ranked 1st in birdies this week, he is clearly playing well enough to mount a strong challenge for this title

Sion E. Bebb to beat Wil Besseling -107 @ Five Dimes
Besseling has climbed almost 100 places on the leaderboard over the last two rounds, so is a standard go-against in the final round