Round 1 play (4pts):
Sergio Garcia to beat Edoardo Molinari -105 @ Bet365
Garcia missed the cut last week by one shot, but it was far from unexpected: it was his first start following a two-month absence from the game and he admitted in interview after the second round that his erratic game was due to nervousness. That shouldn't be a problem in his second event back and particularly not on this course. He has played in the last nine events staged at Valderrama (including two WGC events) and has finished in the top-7 in eight of those nine starts! No-one else can match that incredible course form and certainly not Molinari who has yet to play here and who has struggled since his dramatic singles match at the Ryder Cup: in his two subsequent events, he has missed the cut by 10 shots and finished 52nd.
[unofficial rd1 system play: Hansen tb Bjorn +100]
Sergio Garcia to beat Edoardo Molinari -105 @ Bet365
Garcia missed the cut last week by one shot, but it was far from unexpected: it was his first start following a two-month absence from the game and he admitted in interview after the second round that his erratic game was due to nervousness. That shouldn't be a problem in his second event back and particularly not on this course. He has played in the last nine events staged at Valderrama (including two WGC events) and has finished in the top-7 in eight of those nine starts! No-one else can match that incredible course form and certainly not Molinari who has yet to play here and who has struggled since his dramatic singles match at the Ryder Cup: in his two subsequent events, he has missed the cut by 10 shots and finished 52nd.
[unofficial rd1 system play: Hansen tb Bjorn +100]
