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Outright Picks - Asian PGA Tour

Tipster: Stanley

BMW Asian Open (1pt):

Alex Cejka to win 25/1 e.w. @ Paddy Power and Victor Chandler
Not an established player on the PGA Tour with a 4th place finish in the PGA Championship last year, Cejka is a quality player in this field without the headline player odds. On his last start in Asia, he finished 3rd in the 2002 Malaysian Open, and if this course is tight and the greens less than usual European Tour-standard, this should suit Cejka's 'fairways-and-greens' game.

Prayad Marsaeng to win 40/1 e.w. @ SkyBet and Victor Chandler
Marksaeng has a good record in co-sanctioned events. He finished 3rd in the Malaysian Open earlier this year, 7th in the Hong Kong Open in December last year and 3rd in the Singapore Masters at the start of last year. He is clearly not fazed by the arrival of the European Tour and players on considerable appearance fees. His form on the Japan Tour is solid, but he clearly raises his game for these events and so represents value.

Joon-Kyung Mo to win 80/1 e.w. @ Paddy Power
Admittedly he won the 1996 Guam Open on this Tour, but Joon-Kyung Mo has hardly shown the promise in his 10-year career to warrant consideration for selection ... until this year. The Korean has played four times and finished in the top-10 on every occasion with finishes of 8th, 7th, 3rd and 2nd. That last runners-up was courtesy of a lost playoff for the China Masters two weeks against a field including Phillip Price and Nick Faldo. He is clearly is a purple patch of form and so if that continues he looks decent value at these odds.

Final update: 1-2; +2.50pts

Cejka 14th
Marksaeng 3rd
Mo 14th

All three in the top-15 and a profit on the week, that represents a good tournament. Pity Marksaeng couldn't hold onto the lead that he took at the start of his back nine on Sunday. He dropped four shots in his last six holes and finished four shots behind Jimenez.