FINAL RESULT: 3-1; +5.90pts

Icher/Ahn WON by 5
Park/Hjorth LOST by 3
Kane/Young WON by 5
Lang/Young WON by 11

Nice profit on the matchups to ensure a profitable event.

Matchup plays (2pts unless stated):

Karine Icher to beat Shi Hyun Ahn +100 @ Sportingbet and Sporting Odds
Will take these odds on a player who has finished ahead of her opponent in three out of their last four common events (partly caused by back problems since June), including a six-shot victory last week, and finished ahead of her in this event last year as well.

Gloria Park to beat Maria Hjorth -105 @ The Greek
Don't make Hjorth the favourite in this match. Hjorth missed the cut in the Japan Women's Open last month and while she has been mixing high finishes with missed cuts, Park has finished in the top-10 in four of her last five events. She has also finished ahead of Hjorth in each of the last two weeks.

Lorie Kane to beat Heather Young -111 @ Centrebet
Opposing Young who has a poor record in Japan. Her best finish in four attempts at this title is just 29th despite the small field and she finished, on average, more than seven shots behind Kane over those four occasions. She did manage to finish ahead of Kane last week, but that was by a singe shot and it was the only time in their last four common events that she had done so. She should not do so again in Japan.

Brittany Lang to beat Heather Young -135 @ The Greek [4pts]
Lang has never played in Japan before now, but she is a player who is at the start of a very promising career (22nd on the Money List in her rookie season) as opposed to one who has shown little signs of such promise (just one top-10 finish this year). Lang has finished in the top-25 in six of her last seven starts, whereas Young has managed that once and Lang has finished ahead of Young in each of their last four common events, including the last two weeks. Should be an easy win.