European Open

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6-12; -8.49pts 

Round 1 plays (1pt):

Ben Curtis to beat John Daly -145 @ The Greek [also available @ William Hill]  WON by 3
They may have played in only three common events over the past 12 months (though that does include last week's BMW PGA Championship), but Curtis has shot the lower score than Daly in every single round over that period.

Shane Lowry to beat Shaun Micheel +100 @ Five Dimes  LOST by 7
Surprising to see Micheel in this event, and having finished 72nd in the Byron Nelson Championship there may be some after-effects from the travelling in the early stages of this event. Difficult to predict how Lowry will play in this event, but at least he has had a week to celebrate his Tour win and will not be short of confidence.

Richard Green to beat Pablo Martin -149 @ Unibet  WON by 2
They have played in 20 common events since the start of 2008, but Martin has shot the lower 1st round only four times (and finished ahead of Green at the end of the event only three times). So, with Green showing better form each week since his return to the Tour after a two-month layoff, he should again dominate this matchup.

Sergio Garcia to beat Ross Fisher +105 @ SkyBet [tie loses] [also available @ Five Dimes]  WON by 4
Fisher beat Garcia to this title last year, but since the Open Championship last year, Fisher has finished behind Garcia in every common European Tour event and has shot the higher score in every 1st round. Fisher may be the defending champion, but in his only previous event as a defending champion, he only just made the cut at the 2008 KLM Open and after his efforts at Wentworth last week, there may well be some fatigue this week.

Francesco Molinari to beat David Horsey -110 @ The Greek [also available @ William Hill]  LOST by 4
Molinari's form is enough to beat anyone in this field. Since the Tour reached Europe, he has finished 3rd, 3rd, 11th, 6th, disqualified (in the 2nd round, but had been the 1st round leader after breaking the course record) and 35th (despite an opening 77 last week). Horsey started well last week, but shot higher in every successive round and shouldn't be pick'em with the Italian.

Round 2 plays (1pt):

Richard Green to beat Pablo Martin -167 @ Unibet  LOST by 2

Sergio Garcia to beat Ross Fisher +100 @ Boyle Sports [tie loses]  LOST by 2

Francesco Molinari to beat David Horsey -110 @ William Hill  LOST by 4

Darren Clarke to beat John Daly +100 @ Unibet [also available @ Boyle Sports]  TIED

Lee Westwood to beat Rory McIlroy +115 @ Boyle Sports [tie loses]  LOST by 2

Round 3 plays (1pt):

Gregory Bourdy to beat Tano Goya -120 @ SkyBet [available generally]  WON by 3

Ross McGowan to beat Tano Goya -145 @ Five Dimes  LOST by 3

Peter Hanson to beat Chris Doak -161 @ Stan James [tie loses] [available generally]  LOST by 3

Alessandro Tadini to beat Callum Macaulay -145 @ Five Dimes  LOST by 3

David Drysdale to beat Callum Macaulay +100 @ Boyle Sports [tie loses] [also available @ Expekt and ToteSport]  LOST by 1

Round 4 plays (1pt):

Gary Orr to beat Gregory Bourdy -105 @ Five Dimes  WON by 8

Callum Macaulay to beat Carlos Del Moral -111 @ Bet365  LOST by 9

Ricardo Gonzalez to beat Carlos Del Moral -105 @ Unibet [available widely]  LOST by 7

Alvaro Quiros to beat Soren Hansen -105 @ Five Dimes [available widely]  WON by 1