BMW Russian Open

FINAL RESULT: 3-0-0; +3.32pts

Brier/Coltart WON by 14
Brier/Sandelin WON by 10
Struver/Pyman WON by 1

Three wins at good odds, particularly against two players whose game has seen better days, but still attract good odds.

72-hole plays (1pt):

Markus Brier to beat Andrew Coltart +124 @ Expekt
Will gladly take these odds on a player who is looking to maintain his elevation to the main Tour over someone who has declined a long way from a Ryder Cup player only five years ago. Brier had two top-5 finishes in four starts when this was a Challenge Tour event, plus 21st last year, so even though Coltart finished 4th on his debut last year, there does not appear to be an edge of favour of the Scot on course form. And with Brier having finished ahead of Coltart in three of their last five common events, there seems little reason for such good odds.
(also available at Five Dimes)

Markus Brier to beat Jarmo Sandelin -125 @ Centrebet
Four missed cuts in his last five starts, trailing behind Brier in their last four common events and having no previous course experience, there seems little reason to expect Sandelin to win this matchup.

Sven Struver to beat Iain Pyman +108 @ Five Dimes
With two wins in three starts on this course, Pyman is clearly the course specialist on view this week, but his form is very poor, much worse than Struver's. The German has a 8-3-0 h2h lead in 2004 and importantly does have course experience having finished 42nd last year. Will take these odds on the player who is the much better form.