Longs Drugs Challenge

FINAL RESULT: 3-1; +2.46pts

Daniel/Davies WON by 12
Kang/Hjorth WON by 4
Kang/Icher WON by 4
Stupples/Gustafson LOST (Stupples wd)

A farcical last two weeks. Looked set for a sweep of these matchups at the cut when Stupples led Gustafson by three shots after the first round and there was only going to be one more round played, but she withdrew to make the 3pt play a loser!

Matchup plays (1.5pts unless stated):

Beth Daniel to beat Laura Davies -110 @ BetFred
Opposing Davies who has played poorly over the last six weeks. She lost 7&5 to Paula Creamer in the Solheim Cup singles and has finished 35th, 63rd, 32nd and mc over her last four events. She was seventeen shots behind Daniel at the cut last week and that difference in form should be too much to make up this week.

Soo-Yung Kang to beat Maria Hjorth -132 @ NordicBet [3pts]
No problems with form in this match. Both player have been playing well of late, but Hjorth has still to finish ahead of her opponent in any of their last five common events. She did play here last year, but having shot 75-74 to miss the cut by six shots, this can only be considered negative course experience.

Soo-Yung Kang to beat Karine Icher -111 @ Expekt
Another form player pitted against Kang, but again Kang has yet to finish behind her opponent in any of their last five common events. I would also expect Icher to struggle with fatigue at the very least in this four-day event. Over the last three weeks, she has played and been in contention in Oklahoma, then Spain (as a winner) and then in last week's weather-delayed event in California.

Karen Stupples to beat Sophie Gustafson -118 @ Centrebet [3pts]
Rather like Davies, Gustafson's form has suffered over the last two months. She has missed two of her last five cuts, including last week when she shot 76-79, and has a best finish of 25th. She also missed the cut on this course last year despite showing enough form in her next three events to finish 6th, 4th and 3rd. Stupples hasn't been in the best of form recently, but it has been enough to finish ahead of the Swede in each of their last three common events and be eleven shots ahead of her at the cut last week. As with Daniel and Davies, that difference in form should be too much to make up this week.