FINAL RESULT: 0-2; -2.00pts

Gulbis 17th
Han 30th
Prammanasudh dns

Not even a sniff of a return this week. Pity, as four of the top-5 had come under very close consideration before the final list was narrowed down to three players.

Outright plays (total stake per play: 1pt)

Natalie Gulbis to win 20/1 e.w. @ BetInternet, Victor Chandler and William Hill
Gulbis was back to her consistent best two weeks ago in the Nabisco Championship, finishing 3rd and only a birdie at the par-five last hole away from joining Karrie Webb and Lorena Ochoa in the playoff. They both eagled the hole. It was still her best-ever finish in a major championship and with four top-5 finishes in five starts this year, she really should be looking to continue this form into this event. Her record is not particularly impressive on this course - 15th and 23rd in the last two years - but twelve months ago she had recorded just two top-5 finishes on the LPGA Tour and both of those had come in 2002. But in the last twelve months she has made enormous progress on the Tour and off it with her own reality TV show on The Golf Channel and her swimsuit calendar. Last year, she was just a local from Henderson, Nevada; this year, she will draw upon a great deal more local support and she should response with her best performance on this course to date.

Hee-Won Han to win 22/1 e.w. @ BetInternet and SkyBet
A four-time winner in the last three seasons, Han has been quietly competitive since the Tour left Hawaii. In the three events that she has played on the mainland, she has finished 11th, 12th and 6th and with finishes of 5th in 2003 and 10th last year on this course, there are plenty of reasons to expect Han to feature on the leaderboard again.

Stacy Prammanasudh to win 50/1 e.w. @ BetInternet, Bet365 and BetDirect
In similar fashion to Han, Prammanasudh has been quietly playing very well this year, while others such as Gulbis have been stealing the headlines. Since the Tour left Hawaii, she has achieved finishes of 11th, 9th and 11th and she was very much in contention for the Nabisco Championship until a third round 76. Combine that with finishes of 6th in 2004 (when leading after the 1st round and 2nd with one round to play) and 10th last year in her two previous visits and there is a great deal of similarity between Han and Prammanasudh's results, which makes 50/1 particularly good value. She may not have won as many times as Han on Tour, but she did achieve her breakthrough win last May in the Franklin American Mortgage Championship and could certainly win again in this company.