Tipster: Stanley

Tour Championship

Matchup plays (1pt unless stated):

Andrew McLardy to beat Desvonde Botes -125 @ Expekt
Botes has impressed with two runners-up finishes in the last two weeks, but has struggled on this course unlike McLardy who finished 4th two years ago. With McLardy displaying good form in all of the last four events (all top-25 finishes) and winning the Nashua Masters the week after being tipped for the Dimension Data Pro-Am, he gets the nod in this matchup.

Richard Sterne to beat Michiel Bothma -125 @ Expekt
Opposed Bothma last week and lost, but trying again. Take out his performance on his home course which was used last week and he has only had one top-20 finish since 2001. Sterne is currently playing somewhat below his best, but is by far the better player and with two top-10 finishes in the last three years here, he should have enough quality to win this matchup.

Roger Wessels to beat Jean Hugo -118 @ Expekt
With three missed cuts in five starts this year and finishes of 49th and 50th on this course, it is fairly straightforward to oppose Hugo with one of the outright selections.

Nic Henning to beat Warrick Druian -118 @ Expekt [2pts]
Opposing Druian who ended a seven-year winless drought last week. After missing the cut in eight of his last fourteen starts, snapping his irons in the parking lot at the Dimension Data Pro-Am and scoring a 10 on the 14th hole when in contention for the Nashua Masters, this was certainly a surprise victory. There is likely to be big letdown this week and having only played this course once - he finished 69th of 75 in 2001 - he will struggle to repeat any form this week. Siding with Henning who finished ahead of Druian in 2001 and finished in the top-10 in each of the last two years.

Final update: 3-1-0; +2.82pts

McLardy/Botes WON by 9
Sterne/Bothma WON by 5
Wessels/Hugo LOST by 1
Henning/Druian WON by 6

A narrow loss with Wessels, but otherwise a good end to some very good matchups on this Tour in 2004. Didn't manage it this week, but overall they just about managed to fully offset the embarrassing outright results.