HSBC Womens World Championship 2024 - Sentosa Golf Club - Tanjong Course

Selections

1 pt e/w L. Maguire @ 45/1 - 6 places

.5 pt e/w C. Wannasaen @ 175/1 - 6 places

Cognizant Classic in Palm Beaches (The Honda Classic) 2024 - PGA National

 Selections

1 pt e/w B. Hossler @ 45/1 - 10 places

1 pt e/w R. Fowler @ 66/1 - 8 places

1 pt e/w A. Bhatia @ 70/1 - 8 places

0.5 pts e/w C. Kim @ 150/1 - 8 places

SDC Championship 2024 - St. Francis Links, Eastern Cape, South Africa

 Selections

1 pt e/w U. Coussaud @ 60/1 - 7 places

1 pt e/w J. Schaper @ 30/1 - 8 places

1 pt e/w A. Rozner @ 25/1 - 8 places

1 pt e/w R. Van Velzen @ 50/1 - 7 places

117 Argentina Open (KFT) - OLIVOS GOLF CLUB, Buenos Aires

 Selections

1 pt e/w Ricky Castillo @ 35/1 - 6 places
1 pt e/w T. Widing @ 40/1 - 6 places

Honda LPGA Thailand 2024 - Siam Country Club (Pattaya Old Course) - Chon Buri, Thailand

 Selections

1 pt e/w C.Knight @ 33/1 - 6 places

1 pt e/w A. Furue @ 28/1 - 6 places

1 pt e/w L.Maguire @ 33/1 - 6 places

.5 pt e/w C. Wannasaen @125/1 - 6 places

Mexico Open 2024 - Vidanta Vallarta

 Selections

1 pt e/w T. Pendrith @ 28/1 - 8 places

1 pt e/w V. Norrman @ 60/1 - 10 places 

1 pt e/w J. Bramlett @ 80/1 - 8 places

.5 pt e/w V.Perez @80/1 - 10 places

.5 pt e/w N.Xiong @ 1701/ - 10 places

Kenya Open 2024 - Muthaiga GC, Nairobi

Selections

1.5 pts E/W M. Kawamura @ 40/1 - 7 places

1 pt E/W N. Elvira @ 50/1 - 7 places

1 pt E/W J. Brun @ 66/1 - 7 places

1.5 pts E/W A. Cockerill @ 33/1 - 7 places

.5 pts E/W J. Wang @ 150/1 - 8 places 

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* Update Wednesday @ 17:30 (GMT)

Player	My Shortlist	BET365 Odds	Best Odds	Best Exchange	My Odds
Thriston Lawrence	Course	15	17	15.7	17
Ewen Ferguson	Multi	17	19	16.2	21
Rikuya Hoshino	Current Form	19	17	15.7	23
Alex Fitzpatrick	Stats	23	23	29	26
Frederic Lacroix	Current Form	23	26	25	29
Jesper Svensson	Current Form	29	29	26	41
Aaron Cockerill	Multi	34	36	39	34
Connor Syme	Multi	36	36	35	36
John Catlin	Multi	36	41	35	46
Guido Migliozzi	Multi	41	46	41	41
Masahiro Kawamura	Multi	46	51	23	41
Shubhankar Sharma	Multi	61	61	64	91
Nacho Elvira	Multi	51	61	54	81
Ashun Wu	Course	61	67	59	81
Julien Brun	Course	67	61	64	61
Renato Paratore	Current Form	67	71	69	81
Santiago Tarrio	Course	91	91	88	111
Lukas Nemecz	Course	126	126	12.3	111
Jamie Donaldson	Multi	126	126	127	101
Marcus Kinhult	Price	101	111	98	91
Hurly Long	Course	151	151	17.2	111
JeungHun Wang	Multi	176	176	196	81
Joel Girrbach	Current Form	151	176	147	151
Craig Howie	Course	151	176	147	201

From my shortlist and final review I have had a niggly feeling about Connor Syme and noticed not just the Scotsman, but also Thriston Lawrence, Alex Fitzpatrick, Guido Migliozzi, John Catlin as well as Shubhankar Sharma all have relative course associated form that requires a second look. 

Lawrence was 2nd here 2 years ago to Ashun Wu (tying with our pick Cockerill & Hurly Long) but he also has showed up at Crans-sur-Sierre, winning the European Masters in 2022 and posting a T-10 at Valderrama last year, both courses with very relative form-lines to Muthaiga GC. 

Sharma has shown up at  Fanling (twice) & Wentworth, two courses that have seen winners of both this and the respective events.

Syme has shown up at Valderrama, Wentworth & Crans in the past couple of seasons and he's been backed by me only recently as well so perhaps jumpring ship this week is not a good idea. He was 3rd here in 2021 and hasn't missed a cut in his last 10 tournaments. He's now a best price @ 30/1 - 6 places / 28/1 - 7 places but perhaps a back bet on the exchange @ 42.00 / TOP-10 @ 5.30 is a better option.

Alex Fitzpatrick has followed his brother at Crans posting a T-5 there last year as well as posting some recent good form but Guido Migliozzi catches the eye with form at Crans & Valderrama whilst he won the Kenya Open at nearby Karen GC so should be hopeful of a good week here. He's best price now of 35/1 - 6 places / 30/1 - 8 places and also 42.00 / 5.40 on the exchange

Genesis Invitational 2024 - Riviera GC, Los Angeles

Selections

2 pts e/w V.Hovland @ 16/1 - 7 places
1 pt e/w C.Young @ 33/1 - 7 places
.5 pt e/w S. Ryder @ 300/1 - 7 places

Challenge Tour / Cape Town Open 2024 - Royal Cape GC, Cape Town, South Africa

 Selection

.5 pt e/w Mark Power @ 150/1 - 6 places

KFT/ Astara Championship 2024 - Country Club de Bogota-Lagos, Colombia

 Selections

1 pt e/w J. Solomon @ 40/1 - 5 places

1 pt e/w S. Bennett @ 33/1 - 5 places

1 pt e/w R.Castillo @ 50/1 - 6 places

Qatar Masters 2024 - Doha GC, Qatar

 Selections

1.5 pts e/w Pablo Larrazabal @ 40/1 - 7 places
1.5 pts e/w Frederic Lacroix @ 28/1 - 7 places
1.5 pts e/w Jorge Campillo @ 45/1 - 7 places
0.5 pts e/w Marcus Kinhult @ 150/1 - 7 places

Those on the shortlist who are left off the staking plan: Rozner- Ferguson - Hillier - Cockerill - Schaper - Otaegui - Winther (may regret leaving out) - Lorenzo-Vera - Cabrera-Bello -Hoshino

Phoenix Open 2024 - TPC Scottsdale, Phoenix Arizona

 It's now 176 selections since the last winner (Lucas Herbert @ ISPS Handa Championship) for the blog and the last 2 weeks have summed it up really! It's getting to be quite frustrating. I was delighted the final round was cancelled at Pebble as all 3 players played themselves out of it on Saturday....yet again ! Connor Syme went in reverse Saturday also when seemingly playing well...and to make matters worse, Frittelli was on the shortlist. So was Clark !

I looked at win only and TOP-10/TOP-20 a few years ago and it's now back on the agenda if I should go this way again, but I got the staking plan totally wrong the last time. Will keep as it is now until end of February before deciding if I will change approach.

I'll soldier on so....

Selections

 3 pts e/w Justin Thomas @ 10/1 - 8 places

1.5 pts e/w Hideki Matsuyama @ 33/1 - 8 places
1.5 pts e/w Rickie Fowler @ 55/1 - 8 places
1 pt e/w Taylor Montgomery @ 100/1 - 8 places