BMW Asian Open

FINAL RESULT: 0-3; -3.36pts

Rumford/Dyson LOST by 1
Lane/Hanson LOST by 6
Lane/Wiratchant LOST by 5

Not very impressive.

Matchup plays (1pt):

Brett Rumford to beat Simon Dyson -110 @ Ladbrokes
Dyson returns to the course on which he squandered a six-shot lead with one round to play last year. That should be a negative for any player and with only indifferent form since, the former Asian PGA Tour player may struggle here. By contrast, Rumford was very impressive last week and admitted to having worked hard on his game. Another good performance is expected this week.

Barry Lane to beat Peter Hanson -115 @ Five Dimes
Counting on Lane's excellent record in Asia in this match. He has not missed a cut in his last 12 starts in this region and although his 48th place finish last week was a below-par performance, he should do better this week. Last week was only the second time in the last five months (nine common events) that Lane has failed to finish ahead of the Swede. He really should do so this week.

Barry Lane to beat Thaworn Wiratchant -111 @ Paddy Power
Wiratchant may have won the Indonesian Open last month, but he generally does not have that impressive a record in these co-sanctioned events and last week's event was one in which the 'home' Tour players struggled. This week should be the same. Since 2002, these two have played in ten common events in Asian, including last week, and Wiratchant has finished ahead of Lane only once and that was by only two shots when Lane still finished in the top-10 in last year's China Open.