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1-0; +8.88pts

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Shubhankar Sharma 1.44  1st
Leading by five over a player who had a shot at 59, but was 1-over-par for his last four holes, so I would look to those six shots back as his most likely challengers. That's a big lead and I would price him around 1.33 so there is value here. He has finished 10th and 27th on the European Tour in this fledgeling 2017-18 which sees him 16th in the Race to Dubai, so Sharma's form this week is no surprise. He is only 21 and hasn't won on the Asian PGA Tour, but it is still a very young age to have five wins on the PGTI and he has now has made the cut in 9 of 10 European Tour events (eight inside the top-40), so he is clearly comfortable at this level. It was an impressive follow-up to his 62 yesterday and as there is a place in the Open Championship for the top-3 finishers, it is quite feasible that there will be some cautious golf by his challengers on the back nine if he can keep his distance at the top of the leaderboard.