Round 1 play (2pts):
Imano Yano to beat Jeppe Huldahl -125 @ Five Dimes
Siding with the better player in this matchup - he ranks over 100 places higher in the OWGR. Yano may not have played in a Tour event this year (though he did play in the Asian PGA Tour Q-School in January and easily won his Tour Card), but having finished 2nd in the Japan Tour Money List in 2008 and 16th last year, he is certainly one of the better players on that Tour. By contrast, Huldahl may have been a shock winner of the Wales Open last year (he missed three cuts before that event and three cuts after it), but he has largely struggled this year following major swing changes over the winter and has admitted that it was surprise that he played so well in the Avantha Masters in February. Provided Yano's game is not too rusty, he should beat his opponent many more times than not.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Derksen tb Bland +120; Garrido tb Bland -125; Webster tb Hoey +110; Dougherty tb Lowry -116; Maybin tb Bland +105; Lynn tb Finch -116; Levet tb Bjorn +120; Derksen tb Bjorn +130; Benson tb McEvoy -105; Broadhurst tb Warren -105]
Imano Yano to beat Jeppe Huldahl -125 @ Five Dimes
Siding with the better player in this matchup - he ranks over 100 places higher in the OWGR. Yano may not have played in a Tour event this year (though he did play in the Asian PGA Tour Q-School in January and easily won his Tour Card), but having finished 2nd in the Japan Tour Money List in 2008 and 16th last year, he is certainly one of the better players on that Tour. By contrast, Huldahl may have been a shock winner of the Wales Open last year (he missed three cuts before that event and three cuts after it), but he has largely struggled this year following major swing changes over the winter and has admitted that it was surprise that he played so well in the Avantha Masters in February. Provided Yano's game is not too rusty, he should beat his opponent many more times than not.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Derksen tb Bland +120; Garrido tb Bland -125; Webster tb Hoey +110; Dougherty tb Lowry -116; Maybin tb Bland +105; Lynn tb Finch -116; Levet tb Bjorn +120; Derksen tb Bjorn +130; Benson tb McEvoy -105; Broadhurst tb Warren -105]