Franklin American Mortgage Championship

FINAL RESULT: 2-0-1; +6.00pts

Kane/Davies TIED (push)
Matthew/Davies WON by 12
Ochoa/Kerr WON by 2

The ever-dependable LPGA Tour matchups ... once again they spared a loss on an event.

Matchup plays (3pts):

Lorie Kane to beat Laura Davies -130 @ Five Dimes
Despite this course hosting the Electolux USA Championship at the start of the decade, Davies didn't make her debut on this course until last year when she missed the cut. Kane on that occasion finished 11th and her finishes in the last month make much better reading that those of Davies who has trailed Kane on each occasion by a minimum of six shots. There is nothing to suggest that it should be anything different on this course.

Catriona Matthew to beat Laura Davies -118 @ Centrebet and SuperOdds
Fresh off a top-3 finish, Matthew looks to be far better prepared for this event in terms of form. She also missed the cut last year, but having finished 2nd on this course in 2001 she should be hopeful of continuing her form into this week. For Davies, she will be hoping to achieve her first top-20 finish of this LPGA Tour season.

Lorena Ochoa to beat Cristie Kerr -109 @ Expekt
Ochoa certainly underperformed again in her home country last week and the way that she responded from doing so in the MasterCard Classic last month was to virtually run away with the Safeway International. Well, from anyone except Annika Sorenstam who caught her in the final stretch. With a win on this course last year, she could well do the same this week. With Kerr also underperforming in her last event, but with the result being a finish of 55th rather than 16th, a repeat of last year's nine-shot loss to the Mexican looks far more likely than the other way around.