Southern Farm Bureau Classic

Spread Betting News (Sporting Index)

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Pre Round Ones Trades

Finishing Positions (all 0.5 pt Stakes)

Buy Heath Slocum at 35 with Sporting Index

Buy Shigeki Maruyama at 25 with Sporting Index

Buy Ryan Palmer at 31 with Sporting Index

Buy Dean Wilson at 35 with IG Sport

Buy Tom Pernice at 29 with IG Sport

Buy Tag Ridings at 34 with IG Sport

Buy Carl Petterssen at 28 with IG Sport

Buy Steve Lowery at 31 with IG Sport

8 bets to finish the regular season with. In all cases we have players who have finishes over the season that do not justify the quotes, even allowing for the fact 30 of their "superiors" are elsewhere playing for greater amounts.

Slocum this season has 7 Top 20 places, but interestingly has finished between 20th and 50th for FP purposes only four times more, with the remaining 17 times maximum returns for buyers.

Maruyama is on a bit of a roll but that is definitely noted in his price which at 25 is low even considering he is the best player here. Arguably though, with only one week off since the first week in September, he may need a rest. He has obviously been trying to get into the Tour Champs. and just came up short last Sunday, hence it seems strange he is playing a further week.

Palmer has been very hit and miss in recent weeks with 4 miss cuts and three top 15's in his 7 events since the NEC. At the price he is a value trade. He has only beaten this price 7 times in a long season of 30 events.

Wilson has a 60%+ 50 M/U record and although he has posted two Top 25's in his last two events, 35 is value looking at the big picture and not just what he has achieved in October.

Pernice is 29 to buy and anything in the 20s for Pernice in any company is value. Yes, of course he has a 3rd and 2nd in the last two weeks but that is why he is 29 and not 34/35. It would be difficult to keep up this run of form although, of course, not impossible. If we disregard this one though we could regret it as early as Thursday evening.

Ridings was playing for his Top 125 place for weeks without much success until his 3rd place last week made things safe. The fact he has done this may take the edge off his game now that the pressure is gone.

Pettersen for reasons not unlike Ridings, although at different ends of the $ spectrum, can be traded also. A winner on tour for the first time last week, he has probably not prepared for this week as well as he could have done and who knows what level of celebrating he has done. It can be very difficult for a first time winner the week after hence the fact a lot take the week off. Petterssen hasn't and is available at a price much lower than he normally trades at, it is probably the pick of the 8 prices we have.

Lowery, finally, has been a model of consistency these last few weeks but like others is a far lower price than usual. Two 8th's, a 3rd, and a 21st in his last 5 suggest 31 shouldn't be value but over the season Lowery has struggled with 50% MC's and a further 5 maximums on top. Probably worthy of a bet up to 33.