Corning Classic

FINAL RESULT: 0-3; -4.50pts

Jones 8th
Matthew mc
Koch 21st

Another struggle on the outrights on this Tour. Jones almost earned some payout, but finished one shot short of a top-5 finish in the 'w/o Sorenstam' market, while the event winner, Jimin Kang, was certainly not on the radar as a selection.

Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)

Rosie Jones to win 10/1 e.w. @ Victor Chandler ['w/o Sorenstam' market]
Was hoping for bigger odds than this, but will still back Jones in the 'w/o Sorenstam' market. This will be her final season on the LPGA Tour and already there is plenty of evidence that her game is benefiting from this ‘swansong’ effect. This should be felt at the LPGA Corning Classic more than any other tournament. She is the only double-winner of this title and in terms of the career money list in this event, she has amassed almost double the amount of prize money than the 2^nd-ranked player, Tammie Green. In the last fourteen years, she has finished in the top-10 on eleven occasions. It is also helpful that the host course being one of the shortest on Tour and experience rather than power is rewarded in this event.

Catriona Matthew to win 16/1 e.w. @ Victor Chandler ['w/o Sorenstam' market]
The number three has a familiar ring with Matthew. She finished in that position on this course two years ago and she finished in that position three times in a row before her last event, the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. Add in another top-10 finish last year and while she looks as though winning is a problem, finishing in the places and perhaps even 2nd to Annika to win this market may not be so difficult.

Carin Koch to win 16/1 e.w. @ Victor Chandler ['w/o Sorenstam' market]
Koch started this season like she ended the last in consistent top-10 form. She has since been a little off the pace each week, though still mainly in the top-30, and not quite so consistent. However, she did win in Mexico last month in very impressive fashion and with course form figures that read 1st, 9th and 8th in her last three visits, she is certainly a player to side with in what is largely a weak field bar Annika.