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Francois Calmels - 1 point each-way @ 33-1 (Skybet)

Elliot Saltman - 0.75 points each-way @ 80-1 (Bet365)

Aside from obvious favourite Koepka, Calmels has the strongest credentials amongst the more fancied players. A very good amateur, he has returned to the form shown when winning twice on the Alps Tour and having win twice already this year went well enough last week in windy conditions in France to think he will carry on that good form.

Calmels has mixed missed-cuts with top-30s around here but will rarely be in better form and appears a few points overpriced at the 33-1.   

Saltman is one off the radar as he has very little recent form on the Challenge Tour. He is more famous for his alleged breach of the rules in 2011 and that affected his game badly - one that saw him finish runner-up in Spain on the main Tour in 2010. Since then, one try on the main Tour yielded little but he has been in cracking form on the Europro Tour over the last couple of seasons, finishing 6th on the OOM in 2012 with one win in Ireland amongst a host of good finishes, and he currently lies 5th in 2013 after a run of 24/2/10, the runner-up being courtesy of a play-off loss against eventual winner James Hepworth and David Horsey. In a recent interview with the Europro Tour, Saltman indicated his desire to return to the top flight and playing at 'home' will afford him his best chance of banishing some bad feeling.