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North West of Ireland Open
Outright plays (1 unit):
Andrew Coltart to win 16/1 e.w. @
Five Dimes (.5 units to win & .5 units to finish in
top-5), though available generally
Siding with one of the favourites as Coltart has shown glimpses of good form
recently, particularly on links courses. He shot 61 en route to winning the Open
qualifier at Luffness and finished 37th in the British Open despite playing in
the worst of the Saturday weather. No doubting his ability, just a question over
his confidence as he plays his first low-ranking event in a number of years.
Adam Mednick to win 33/1 e.w. @
Five Dimes, BetInternet
and
Surrey
Has shown some good form on the main Tour recently with top-20 finishes in the
last two events and had been top-20 after the 1st round of the Dutch Open before
a poor 2nd round ended his tournament. Played well on the links at Gullane to
finish 3rd in the British Open qualifier and came very close to making the cut
in the main event. This will be the 4th year that Mednick has played this event
and after decent finishes in 1999 and 2000, he looks likely to secure a higher
finish this time around.
Barry Hume to win 50/1 e.w. @
Five Dimes and Bet365
Turned professional last month after some very strong performance on the main
Tour as an amateur. Had been in the top-10 for most of the week before finishing
21st in the Scottish Open last month and similarly was one of the early leaders
in the British Masters in June and last week in the Wales Open. Has plenty of
experience of links golf on the British amateur circuit with high finishes in
the Lytham Trophy and St Andrews Links earlier this summer and looks a good
prospect for this event if he can keep the nerves under control over the
weekend.
Final update: 2-1; +21.13 units
Coltart 2nd
Mednick 1st
Hume mc
What a result! Matters little that Hume failed to break 80 in either round as Mednick was just extremely impressive in all the conditions facing the golfers this week. He finished five shots ahead of Coltart and Rocco who shared 2nd place. Very nice!
