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Scotland to win 16/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
The form book says that this will be an event contested by the Swedish and American teams, but with this being the first event of the year and in South Africa, there will certainly be surprises this week. And while they have different representative this year, both these teams seriously underperformed last year. That was not the case with the Scottish and Korean teams. The Scottish pairing of Matthew and Moodie is well-tested in the Solheim Cup, winning 2.5 pts out of three when playing together last time and in this event last year, they entered the final in joint-first position. It was only Moodie's woeful final round that left them three shots behind the winning team from Japan, but her form certainly improved a great deal at the end of 2005 with top-10 finishes in her last two starts so she may keep them in contention this time. And such a well-tested partnership is certainly of considerable benefit this week.
Korea to win 25/1 e.w. @ SkyBet
Meena Lee replaces Jeong Jang in the Korean team, but without that their odds would have been half those on offer at the moment. Lee may lack the consistency that Jang developed last season, but she did win the Canadian Women's Open and had a couple of runners-up finishes. She also showed her ability to compete around the world with a 5th place finish in the Evian Masters and a 6th place finish in the Mizuno Classic in Japan. And then there's Bo Bae Song. As a 17-year-old schoolgirl , she won the 2003 Korean Women's Open. In 2004, she made her debut as a professional and won the Korean's Women's Open again, plus Korean LPGA Money list, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards and last year she was a wire-to-wire winner in the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Singapore Ladies Masters as well as partnering Jang to 2nd in this event. If this is an open contest as expected, this should prove to be a very good price.
Scotland to win 16/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
The form book says that this will be an event contested by the Swedish and American teams, but with this being the first event of the year and in South Africa, there will certainly be surprises this week. And while they have different representative this year, both these teams seriously underperformed last year. That was not the case with the Scottish and Korean teams. The Scottish pairing of Matthew and Moodie is well-tested in the Solheim Cup, winning 2.5 pts out of three when playing together last time and in this event last year, they entered the final in joint-first position. It was only Moodie's woeful final round that left them three shots behind the winning team from Japan, but her form certainly improved a great deal at the end of 2005 with top-10 finishes in her last two starts so she may keep them in contention this time. And such a well-tested partnership is certainly of considerable benefit this week.
Korea to win 25/1 e.w. @ SkyBet
Meena Lee replaces Jeong Jang in the Korean team, but without that their odds would have been half those on offer at the moment. Lee may lack the consistency that Jang developed last season, but she did win the Canadian Women's Open and had a couple of runners-up finishes. She also showed her ability to compete around the world with a 5th place finish in the Evian Masters and a 6th place finish in the Mizuno Classic in Japan. And then there's Bo Bae Song. As a 17-year-old schoolgirl , she won the 2003 Korean Women's Open. In 2004, she made her debut as a professional and won the Korean's Women's Open again, plus Korean LPGA Money list, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards and last year she was a wire-to-wire winner in the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Singapore Ladies Masters as well as partnering Jang to 2nd in this event. If this is an open contest as expected, this should prove to be a very good price.
