We found a winner last week when Lucas Herbert duly obliged via a play-off over a very unlucky Aaron Cockerill. What's more lucky is that it is now 5/5 in my last 5 playoffs which goes against the all-time success rate of playoffs (9/23 overall) and this current streak comes on the back of 8 straight losing playoffs ! I did say Ibaraki holds fond memories for me having visited during the World Cup in 2022 and so it proved again last Sunday.
Onto a new event this week in Incheon,Korea not too far from Seoul. It's a Jack Nicklaus design course as it was last week and maybe Lucas Herbert is missing a trick here as he has form on the European/DPT tour winning on Jack Nicklaus design courses but nonetheless I'm sure he's having a few tinnies this week and planning ahead. I settled on just a 10-man shortlist (below) this week and I'm not sure whether that's a good sign or a bad sign ! Anyhow, I'm keen to side with Jeunghun Wang yet again especially as this is a home game for him this week. He was very slow out of the blocks last week but with a decent start this week, he can challenge for another DPT Title. Jeunghun ranks inside the T-40 for both SG:T2G & SG:APR which could be good indicators for this. I also like the 70/1 - 8 places with Bet365.
I wanted to get onboard with Guido Migliozzi again this week but on closer look at his stats I veered away and instead went for Ryo Hisatune @ 75/1 - 8 places. Hes missed the cut in his last two outings which is a slight concern and is probably factored into his price but he's posted 3no. T-10s from his 9 starts this year on the DPT of which 2 were T-5s! He could and should feel comfortable in this field and being in Asia again for another week. Should (!)
Lastly and by no means least, I have gone towards the top of the market as I find it hard to avoid Adrian Meronk in this field and Yannik Paul is a player that I think could be winning events more often soon. The Polish lad has Nicklaus form just like Herbert when he won the Irish Open at Mt Juliet last summer, has won the Australian Open back in January and posted 3 other T-10s form just 6 starts on the DPT in 2023. 18/1 - 8 places? Yes please. The German arrives in hot form; 6th last week and 2nd in both India & Thailand before that. He sits just outside the top-100 on the OWGR rankings so he should be motivated to capitalize on his current form to improve on that and this course looks ideal. He ranks inside the TOP-10 on the DPT for SG;T2G & SG:APR and if he putts well he could push Meronk for the 1-2 here @ 200/1 with Ladbrokes
I was close to including Mansell and Langasque here but finalized on just the four.
Selections:
1.5 pts e/w Y. Paul @ 22/1 - 8 places
1 pt e/w J. Wang @ 70/1 - 8 places
1 pt e/w R. Hisatsune @ 75/1 - 8 places
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