Tom Pernice to beat Steve Lowery            -110 @ Intertops / William Hill / Victor Chandler

Both players have been in cracking form of late, which probably explains the decent price we're getting here on

Pernice considering the difference of 65 places in the rankings. Lowery's last 3 starts have netted him finishes of

8-21-3 while Pernice's current form reads 16-2-3. Lowery won this event in 2000 but has followed that up with a

couple of missed cuts while Pernice was an encouraging 11th here last time in 2002 before the final round was abandoned. Pernice leads in the long term h2h stats (3 years: 38-25-2, 12 months: 15-7-2), with Lowery leading

the 3 month h2h's, due to Pernice's form being very poor prior to his recent resurgance. Pernice's average finishing

position is four better than Lowery's and with his impressive current form and course form evidence he should make

his class tell.