Vodacom Tour Championship

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Outright plays (total stake per play: 1pt)

James Kingston to win 14/1 e.w. @ SkyBet and BetFred
Kingston has certainly been clocking up the air miles with two starts in South Africa this follow, each followed by an event in Asia. But it does not appear to have affected his form, particularly in his native country where he shot 61 in the 3rd round of the Nashua Masters en route to finishing 4th and he also finished 4th in his his other South African event this year, the South African Open. Add in a 3rd round 62 when he finished 2nd in Hong Kong in December and he is certainly at the top of his game. Already an eight-time winner on this Tour and five-time winner on the Asian PGA Tour, he can certainly win again in this company.

Tjaart Van Der Walt to win 20/1 e.w. @ SkyBet, Stan James, Victor Chandler and BetFred
And so can Van Der Walt. On a major medical extension on the PGA Tour, he is honing his game in his home country and with some early success, particularly in the co-sanctioned South African Open where he was one of the leaders heading into the final round. He is not at his best at the moment, but if so, he would be the best player on view. With the event being played on a new course, his lack of playing time on this Tour will not be a handicap this week and if he can improve his game, he looks a very strong challenger as well.

Phillip Archer to win 125/1 e.w. @ SkyBet
Don't really expect Archer to win, though he did win the Rolex Trophy on the Challenge Tour last year on his way to earning a full European Tour Card by finishing 8th on the Challenge Tour Rankings. This year he has finished in the top-25 in the co-sanctioned South African Open, finished 5th in the Dimension Data Pro-Am and played well in New Zealand two weeks ago to be well-placed after two rounds. On that basis alone, 125/1 seems rather generous in this field and one that contains only 73 players.
 

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Matchup plays (1pt unless stated):

James Kingston to beat Darren Fichardt -114 @ Expekt [2pts]
A repeat of the 2003 Qatar Masters playoff, which Fichardt won. However, in terms of common events this year, Kingston has finished ahead of his compatriot on both occasions and in four of five common events in South Africa over the past year. Backing the outright selection again and hoping for an absence of travel fatigue!

Tjaart Van Der Walt to beat Richard Sterne -114 @ Expekt
These two have played in the same events on five occasions in South Africa in recent months and Van Der Walt has finished higher up the leaderboard on four of those occasions. The only time that he didn't was in the Nashua Masters which Sterne won. But given that Sterne's next-best finish this year has been 29th, it looks a decent bet to side with the more consistent player.
 

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Further matchup play (1pt):

Scott Dunlap to beat Doug McGuigan -120 @ Five Dimes
Easy to oppose McGuigan who did finish 4th last week, but had previously missed four of his last five cuts and failed to secure a top-10 finish since 2003. This should be straightforward for a player who won on the Nationwide Tour last year and has a 14-2-1 h2h career lead in Southern Africa Tour events.
 

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Outrights - FINAL RESULT: 0-3; -3.00pts

Kingston 67th
Van Der Walt 64th
Archer DQ

What a sorry event to the Southern Africa Tour season! In a field of just 73 players, we had the bottom of the leaderboard packed pretty well! Don't yet know the reason for Archer's disqualification, but he had reached a top-5 position until he played the last five holes, which included two easy par-5s in two-over-par. He finished three shots out of a payout position, before he appears to have been disqualified.

Matchups - FINAL RESULT: 0-3-0; -4.62pts

Kingston/Fichardt LOST by 15
Van Der Walt/Sterne LOST by 15
Dunlap/McGuigan LOST by 6

Some rather emphatic losses. Definitely an event to forget!

Southern Africa Tour ytd
Outrights: 2-13; -3.50pts
Matchups: 4-5; +1.08pts
 
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