Scottish PGA Championship

Outright plays (1.5 units):

Adam Scott to win 14/1 e.w. @ Tote
Not too keen on the price, but this is a field of people always seem to get out of the way on Sundays. With two European Tour titles to his name and strong showings in his last two events, Scott does look the class player in this field. The main concern would be a letdown from last week's top-25 finish in the PGA Championship. He may suffer from a little fatigue from that event and an inability to lift himself for this 3rd tier event. But if he's in contention on Sunday, he should have plenty of assistance.

Gary Evans to win 22/1 e.w. @ Sportingbet or Heathorns
Virtually an automatic selection this week. Top-10 finishes in each of his last three events, including the British Open, he is playing as well as anyone in this field. He also has some good finishes on this course - 8th in 1993; 11th in 1999 and he was the leader after two rounds last year before a 3rd round 77 took him out of contention. He came back strongly in the final round to finish 4th and looks set for another high finish this week.

John Bickerton to win 66/1 e.w. @ Surrey
Looking for a place win here as I can't see his nerve standing up to leading the event. Was always a distant 2nd to Paul Lawrie in the Wales Open, but it represented his best finish since the 2001 Madeira Island Open, where he is the course specialist, and it was his fourth top-20 finish in his last ten starts. There are many other players in this field who consistently finish in the top-30, but at least Bickerton does finish in the top-5 a little more regularly on this Tour.

Matchup plays (1.5 units unless stated):

Gary Evans to beat Warren Bennett -110 @ Sportingbet
Gary Evans to beat Andrew Coltart -135 @ Intertops [3 units]
Gary Evans to beat Ian Poulter -110 @ Bet365 or Surrey
Soren Kjeldsen to beat Anthony Wall -110 @ Sportingbet
Roger Wessels to beat Martin Maritz -120 @ Five Dimes
Adam Scott to beat Ian Poulter -147 @ Five Dimes

Will be away tomorrow, so no time for write-ups this time.

Mid-point update:

Evans/Bennett Trails by 3
Evans/Coltart Leads by 1
Evans/Poulter WON by 2
Kjeldsen/Wall LOST by 7
Wessels/Maritz LOST by 4
Scott/Poulter WON by 16

Scott 1st
Evans 56th
Bickerton 68th

Great round by Scott in worst of the conditions. Only two other players shot under 70 this morning and he deserves to win this event after his 65. He has a four-shot lead and there are not too many winners on this Tour in the chasing pack. The cut line edged up to +3 which meant Bickerton just made the weekend - horrid 2nd round and he had been 3rd after 17 holes yesterday - but also that Coltart stayed alive in the main matchup play. Should be a very good event, but it will be a long weekend.

Final update:

Matchups: 2-4-0; -6.15 units

Evans/Bennett LOST by 9
Evans/Coltart LOST by 4

Outrights: 1-2; +9.60 units

Scott 1st
Evans 78th
Bickerton 60th

Brilliant performance by Scott. He won by 10 shots and finished 22-under-par for the par-5s alone! Was going to be a great event, but for Evans' closing 77. It meant he lost to Coltart in the 3-unit play. If only the cut had been one shot lower ...