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Matchup Picks - European Tour

Tipster: Stanley

Volvo PGA Championship (1pt unless stated):

Angel Cabrera to beat Jaochim Haeggman -111 @ Centrebet
Opposing Haeggman simply because he does not play well in England. In his last 10 starts in this country, he has missed five cuts and has a best finish of 32nd. In Cabrera's last 10 starts in this country, he has won once and finished 2nd three times. With both players in comparable form - either very high or very low on the leaderboard each week - Cabrera looks the one who will be best suited to this course.

Darren Clarke to beat Trevor Immelman -120 @ Intertops
Immelman has finished ahead of Clarke only once in six common events this year and that was last week when he won the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open and Clarke finished 3rd. With his course form, Clarke is likely to repeat the feat, while it is standard policy to oppose the winner of the previous week's event.
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Nick O'Hern to beat Nick Faldo -111 @ SIA
A question of current form or course form. Over the past year, O'Hern has finished ahead of Faldo in seven of eight common European events, including two events this month, whereas Faldo has an excellent record on this course. Just feel that it is becoming more of a struggle for Faldo and a top-30 finish is as much as he can hope for at the moment.

Retief Goosen to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez -125 @ Intertops [2pts]
Having missed the last three cuts in this event, I was not expecting to be backing Goosen this week, but will certainly do so again Jimenez. He has played in this event six times and has finished ahead of the Spaniard on every occasion. I've argued before that Jimenez is opposable on English soil and with Goosen showing some signs of better form with a top-10 finish in Germany lats week, I'll oppose Jimenez again.
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Retief Goosen to beat Adam Scott -112 @ Pinnacle [2pts]
Scott's course form is not that impressive either. Admittedly it is better than Goosen's in the last three years, but given that he is coming off three missed cuts when three of his six rounds have been 79, 80 and 80, it doesn't look promising for Scott this week. Goosen should make the top-25 at least, which will be more than enough.
(also available at Ladbrokes)

Final update: 2-2-1; -1.61pts

Cabrera/Haeggman WON by 1
Clarke/Immelman WON by 12
O'Hern/Faldo LOST by 10
Goosen/Jimenez LOST by 1
Goosen/Scott TIED (Push)

Encouraging matchups with Cabrera, Clarke and Goosen all finishing in the top-11, but denied a profit by Goosen three-putting the last hole. That was annoying!