Irish Open

Finishing Positions (0.5 Pt Stakes)

Summary: A week of completely contrasting results where we gained some good success with the high priced buys before R3 but three of the four trades placed on those high up after R1 were substantial losers. Jimenez's weekend collapse ended up being the difference between a losing week and a winning one. Profit 4.75 Pts.

Pre Round Three Trades.

Buy Raphael Jacquelin at 39 with IG Sport M/U 50, Profit 5.5 Pts

Buy Soren Hansen at 37 with IG Sport M/U 50, Profit 6.5 Pts

Buy Paul Broadhurst at 37 with IG Sport M/U 40.5, Profit 1.75 Pts

Buy Peter O' Malley at 39 with IG Sport M/U 45.5, Profit 3.25 Pts

Buy Robert Karlsson at 39 with Spreadex M/U 50, Profit 5.5 Pts

Five further trades for us where with 74 qualifying players separated by 8 shots bar the leader, Dodd, means a fairly tight weekend where anything could happen with a low or high score. Even allowing for this though, the prices allocated to these five players are too short.

Pre Round Two Trades.

Buy Miguel Angel Jimenez at 21 with Sporting Index M/U 50, Profit 14.5 Pts

Buy Lee Westwood at 20 with IG Sport M/U 6, Loss 7 Pts.

Buy Stephen Dodd at 21 with IG Sport M/U 1, Loss 10 Pts.
All of the above players are fairly low prices given the compact state of the leaderboard. Although they are all quality players this is a tough course and it just takes getting the worst of the conditions and you are struggling to contend when not on a level playing field. That may happen tomorrow.

Buy Nick Dougherty at 20 with Sporting Index M/U 3.5, Loss 8.25 Pts.
With 5 shots on a very difficult course separating 82 players, Dougherty should really be as much as 22-25 in this event. He does have an early round tomorrow and may get the best of the conditions but getting them doesn't guarantee a good score. Therefore it is best we trade this just now and realise there are 54 holes for Dougherty to come back towards the traded price.

Pre Round One Trades.

Steve Webster N/R

Buy Padraig Harrington at 20 with Spreadex M/U 6, Loss 7 Pts.
Harrington is very hit and miss at the moment. A win and a further Top 10 in the US has been accompanied by a 75th last time out, a missed cut at Augusta and two further 50 M/U's in Florida at the Honda and at Sawgrass. With this being a new course there is very little to go on with regards how he is likely to fit into the course type we have this week but all things considered 20 seems low in what is a half decent field.