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Matchup Picks - European Tour

Tipsters: Stanley (72-hole matchups) & Andy (18-hole matchups)

Andy is on holiday until the Open Championship

Scottish Open

FINAL RESULT: 3-2-0; +1.80pts

Cabrera/Immelman WON by 8
Cabrera/Westwood LOST by 7
Casey/Fasth LOST by 4
Els/Mickelson WON by 5
Lehman/Petrovic WON by 4

Profitable plays even though the 10-shot swing in the Cabrera/Westwood match on the final day compromised the result.

 

72-hole plays (1pt unless stated):

Angel Cabrera to beat Trevor Immelman -125 @ Pinnacle
Easy to oppose Immelman who has played in this event for the past three years and missed the cut every time. Cabrera has a decent record around this course until two years ago and is playing much better golf. He leads Immelman 4-1-0 h2h on all Tours this season.
(also available at Sportingbet and Sporting Odds)

Angel Cabrera to beat Lee Westwood -120 @ Intertops
A 2nd place in the European Open was an impressive effort from Westwood, but he had shown no consistency at all until last week and it may be too much to expect a return to former glories this week. He has given glimpses of his former self on several occasions over the past few years and failed to turn it into any form. Will side with Cabrera in this matchup until further notice.
(also available at Bet365)

Paul Casey to beat Niclas Fasth -200 @ NordicBet
At least Fasth has started to make a few cuts now. But the only time that he has finished ahead of Casey in their five common events this year was at the Bay Hill Invitational when Casey withdrew. Far superior player who should win this matchup far more than 66.67% of the time.

Ernie Els to beat Phil Mickelson -125 @ BetandWin, William Hill and Easybets [2pts]
Since 1996, Els has a 12-0-0 h2h lead over Mickelson on European Tour events. Add in that he has won this event in two of four attempts and this really should be a straightforward win.
(available generally)

Tom Lehman to beat Tim Petrovic -111 @ Stan James [2pts]
In terms of current form, Lehman edges Petrovic with a 6-4-0 h2h lead in 2004. But in terms of course form it is much more dominant: Petrovic missed the cut on his debut here last year while Lehman has finished inside the top-15 in each of his five previous visits, including being a winner in 1997.