MasterCard Masters

FINAL RESULT: 1-2; +27.94pts

Allenby 21st
Parry 29th
Green 1st

With all three players in the top-10 after two rounds, I was hopeful of a decent return, but it always looked like it would be Allenby who would win it. Green is certainly a surprise winner, particularly as Bradley Hughes had a one-shot lead on the last tee and took a double-bogey!

Outright plays (1.5pts):

Robert Allenby to win 12/1 e.w. available generally
I don't see what Allenby has done to make him so much the outsider of the four leading players. Lonard will face incredible pressure to win for a fourth straight week, Appleby has just got back from Sun City and Scott has faced public criticism for playing in a Skins game rather than his national Open and missed the cut last week. Allenby, on the other hand, is the defending champion with an excellent record on this course, has finished in the top-10 in his last three events in Florida, Japan and Australia and hasn't finished outside the top-10 in an event in Australia since February 2002.

Craig Parry to win 25/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
Persevering with Parry. He has shown good form recently even though he hasn't managed to stay in the top-5 until the end of Sunday in recent weeks. A former winner on this course and defeated by Allenby last year only after a playoff, it all points to Parry being there or thereabouts on Sunday yet again.

Richard Green to win 33/1 e.w. available generally
Green's record on this course is not as impressive, but a 5th place finish two years is evidence that he can provide a return on this play this year. And he does enter this event in very good form with top-20 finishes in each of his last four starts. It was a slow start last week, which was understandable after he gave away a golden opportunity to win the Australian Open the previous week, but he finished strongly and should close out his season with a high finish this week.