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I have been studying hard this morning and narrowed the field down to the following 6 players:

PAUL CASEY, who won the final Benson& Hedges Invitational here at the Belfry in 2003 and should have won it ( when defending course champion ) last year. He was leading by 3 shots going into the back 9 on the final day when he decided to start hitting his ball into the water, instead of keeping it on dry land ! Current best price 20/1 with Totesport and Betfred.

RICHARD GREEN, who has had 4 top 20 finishes in 5 starts here. Current best price with the bookies 28/1 with Stan James, Bet365 and Paddy Power.

GRAEME McDOWELL, who has shown flashes of good form of late and is back on a course which suits his game and on which he came tied 8th last year, just four shots behind the winner. Current best price with the bookies 40/1 generally.

STEPHEN GALLACHER, who was tied 2nd last year, is a consistent ballstriker and clearly likes this course. Current best price with the bookies 66/1 generally.

GRAEME STORM, who is having a great year and shot a stunning 64 in Round 2 of this event last year. Current best price with the bookies 75/1 Bet365.

PHILLIP PRICE, who has been struggling on the US Tour the last couple of years, but has been showing up on leaderboards of late since his return to the European Tour and has previously posted 3 consecutive course top 12s, including a tied 2nd place here in 2000. Current best price with the bookies (a massive) 150/1 with Stan James and Bet365.

Happy punting,

Ian.