Sell Retief Goosen over Nick O'Hern 18H MB at 4 with Spreadex for 0.25 Pts M/U 25, Loss 5.25 Pts
A bit disappointing to lose out today on both matches considering our picks are tied 5^th and Tied 11^th but it does give us the opportunity to try and get it back tomorrow at similar prices. O’Hern played well today and was just beaten by a player who was in “the zone” and Clarke done well on his back 9 to get to –4 and only lose out by 1. Even allowing for the defeats the prices remain value as our players didn’t play badly at all.

Pre Round One Trades

Sell Retief Goosen over Nick O'Hern 18H MB at 4 with  Sporting Index for 0.25 Pts M/U 19, Loss 3.75 Pts
O'Hern, like Clarke, finished 19th on his seasonal start in Qatar. This followed a superb end to 2005 where he finished 3/2/3/3 in events in China and Australia. Goosen starts his year this week and may need R1 to get going so at the available price from Sporting we have a bit of value.

Sell Tiger Woods over Darren Clarke 18H MB at 8 with  Sporting Index for 0.25 Pts M/U 13, Loss 1.25 Pts
It looks like Sporting have priced this one on the basis that they expect people will back Woods more than Clarke so offer a price that will see them win in the long run, IG go 6-9. A M/C in 04’ followed an 11^th and 7^th in the two previous years for Clarke whereas Woods has a  5^th and 2^nd in two visits. This is Clarke’s 2^nd start of the year after a 19^th last week and he has his wife for company this week which must be a great positive. He also states that he had three practice days in Dubai before going off to Qatar so he is definitely more acclimatised than Woods who was on the west coast swing only a few days ago.  I would be surprised if Clarke finishes in front of Woods over 4 days but he is certainly value to do so over 1.