Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)
Hee-Won Han to win 18/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
The only one of the selections to have played in both South Korea and Japan before the return to North America, but this is something that she has done in each of the last two years (her only previous appearances in this event) and it has not harmed her performance: in 2003 was never out of the top-3 all week, eventually losing in a playoff for the title, and last year she recovered from a slow start to finish 6th. Having finished 1st and 2nd in her last two starts in North America, she is certainly playing well enough to continue her form on this course.
Carin Koch to win 33/1 e.w. @ BetInternet, William Hill and Ladbrokes
Koch displayed how much of a course specialist she can be with her third 2nd place finish in five years in the Nine Bridges Classic two weeks ago and that is also a mark she has achieved on this course (2002). With finishes of 5th and 7th in two of her other three appearances here, this is clearly another course on which she can be termed a specialist and so deserves support at these odds.
Catriona Matthew to win 40/1 e.w. @ William Hill
Matthew finished alongside Koch in 2nd place in 2002 and with no worse than 17th in her four starts on this course, her course form is good enough. She may have played poorly in her last outing in South Korea, but with six top-10 finishes in her previous seven starts (and finishing 18th on the other occasion), such a bad outing can easily be dismissed. Matthew certainly does not win enough relative to the times that she is in contention, but these odds and a field without Sorenstam are adequate compensation.
Hee-Won Han to win 18/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
The only one of the selections to have played in both South Korea and Japan before the return to North America, but this is something that she has done in each of the last two years (her only previous appearances in this event) and it has not harmed her performance: in 2003 was never out of the top-3 all week, eventually losing in a playoff for the title, and last year she recovered from a slow start to finish 6th. Having finished 1st and 2nd in her last two starts in North America, she is certainly playing well enough to continue her form on this course.
Carin Koch to win 33/1 e.w. @ BetInternet, William Hill and Ladbrokes
Koch displayed how much of a course specialist she can be with her third 2nd place finish in five years in the Nine Bridges Classic two weeks ago and that is also a mark she has achieved on this course (2002). With finishes of 5th and 7th in two of her other three appearances here, this is clearly another course on which she can be termed a specialist and so deserves support at these odds.
Catriona Matthew to win 40/1 e.w. @ William Hill
Matthew finished alongside Koch in 2nd place in 2002 and with no worse than 17th in her four starts on this course, her course form is good enough. She may have played poorly in her last outing in South Korea, but with six top-10 finishes in her previous seven starts (and finishing 18th on the other occasion), such a bad outing can easily be dismissed. Matthew certainly does not win enough relative to the times that she is in contention, but these odds and a field without Sorenstam are adequate compensation.
