Maybank Malaysian Open

[FC Basher]

Kim, Anthony 7.00
Jaidee, Thongchai 15.00
Oosthuizen, Louis 17.00
Dyson, Simon 21.00
Molinari, Francesco 23.00
Edfors, Johan 29.00
Hedblom, Peter 36.00
Marksaeng, Prayad 36.00
Noren, Alexander 36.00
Meesawat, Prom 41.00
Derksen, Robert-Jan 46.00
Dougherty, Nick 46.00
Strange, Scott 46.00
Kamte, James 46.00
Liang, Wen-Chong 51.00
Mcgrane, Damien 51.00
Storm, Graeme 51.00
Katayama, Shingo 51.00
Lin, Wen-Tang 56.00
Noh, Seung-Yul 56.00
Randhawa, Jyoti 56.00
Davies, Rhys 67.00
Fasth, Niclas 67.00
Lafeber, Maarten 67.00
Nirat, Chapchai 67.00
Cabrera Bello, Rafael 67.00
Fraser, Marcus 71.00
Bourdy, Gregory 81.00
Fisher, Oliver 81.00
Howell, David 81.00
Plaphol, Chawalit 81.00
Rock, Robert 81.00
Wiratchant, Thaworn 81.00
Ormsby, Wade 81.00
Jacquelin, Raphael 86.00
Finch, Richard 91.00
Horsey, David 91.00
Lam, Chih-Bing 91.00
Lucquin, Jean-Francois 91.00
Maybin, Gareth 91.00
Pagunsan, Juvic 91.00
Brown, Mark 101.00
Bae, Sang-Moon 101.00
Broadhurst, Paul 101.00
Dinwiddie, Robert 101.00
Dodt, Andrew 101.00
Forsyth, Alastair 101.00
Foster, Mark 101.00
Garrido, Ignacio 101.00
Gleeson, David 101.00
Horne, Keith 101.00
Lawrie, Peter 101.00
Lockerbie, Gary 101.00
Phadungsil, Chinnarat 101.00
Remkes, Taco 101.00
Steel, Iain 101.00
Coltart, Andrew 101.00
Both, Marcus 126.00
Bickerton, John 126.00
Edberg, Pelle 126.00
Erlandsson, Martin 126.00
Griffiths, Simon 126.00
Kim, Kyung-Tae 126.00
Mcgowan, Ross 126.00
Murphy, Gary 126.00
Park, Unho 126.00
Warren, Marc 126.00
Webber, Kane 126.00
Leaney, Stephen 126.00
Carlsson, Magnus-A 136.00
Lundberg, Mikael 136.00
Pilkadaris, Terry 136.00
Archer, Philip 136.00
Leong, Ben 151.00
Lorenzo-Vera, Michael 151.00
Lu, Wei-Chih 151.00
Mamat, Mardan 151.00
Mo, Joong-Kyung 151.00
Sandelin, Jarmo 151.00
Benson, Seve 176.00
Blyth, Adam 176.00
Gonnet, Jean-Baptiste 176.00
Hend, Scott 176.00
Ichihara, Kodai 176.00
Jonzon, Michael 176.00
Kapur, Shiv 176.00
Kang, Anthony 176.00
Eriksson, Klas 176.00

[Squire]

Not had a good enough look yet to be honest, but the bet that stands out for me is Thongchai Jaidee at 15's with Stan James.

His previous two tour wins have come at the same venue and with two top 20 finishes in 2009 already, I'm hoping he can push on from there.

[Beanie]

Kim at 6/1, no thanks. Looks like a horrendous price to me.

Worth noting that it's not always been played at this venue - I did my research earlier and it's 2004, 2005, 2007(as far as I remember) - which includes the two years that Jaidee won it. With Kim the only one heading him in the market he does look a reasonable price, as this course is a real test given how short it is and with the temperatures, so I'd rather pick players that are proven over it.

On that note:

Jaidee @ 15.00
Hedblom @ 48.00
Storm @ 55.00
Meesawat @ 75.00

Its a weak field so not many outsiders that tickle my fancy - a lot of the players who have gone well here in the past aren't playing too.

[Squire]

Current leaderboard; (BTW, Kim is +6!)

Thursday, 12 February 2009

		COUNTRY	ROUND 1	SCORE	AFTER
1	Noh	Kor	62	-10	18
2	Noren	Swe	63	-9	18
3	Lucquin	Fra	65	-7	18
3	Liang	Chn	65	-7	18
5	Dougherty	Eng	66	-6	18
5	Chia	Mya	66	-6	18
5	Blyth	Aus	66	-6	18
8	Pagunsan	Ph	67	-5	18
8	Rizman	Mya	67	-5	18
8	Davies	Wal	67	-5	18
11	Brown	Aus	68	-4	18
11	Bain	Sco	68	-4	18
11	Eriksson	Swe	68	-4	18
11	Lara	Spa	68	-4	18
11	Lundberg	Swe	68	-4	18
11	Coltart	Sco	68	-4	18
17	Chowrasia	Ind	69	-3	18
17	Foster	Eng	69	-3	18
17	O Fisher	Eng	69	-3	18
17	Edfors	Swe	69	-3	18

[Beanie]

Noh is an unbelievably good prospect - have backed in the past and look forward to doing so again soon.

Might be this week, but not yet - as with today the early starters get much much the better of the conditions, and so look out for a few of the -3s and -4s making a big charge today.

I'll add one bet - Edfors - who is out early and looks in good form. I think he'll put together a big round tomorrow.

Edfors @ 34.00

[Squire]

The leaderboard after Round 2;

Friday, 13 February 2009

		COUNTRY	ROUND 2	SCORE	AFTER
1	Chia	Mya	65	-13	18
2	Noren	Swe	71	-10	18
3	Noh	Kor	73	-9	18
4	Griffiths	Eng	66	-8	18
4	Dougherty	Eng	70	-8	18
4	Liang	Chn	71	-8	18
4	Blyth	Aus	70	-8	18
8	Dyson	Eng	66	-7	18
8	Lucquin	Fra	72	-7	18
10	Archer	Eng	69	-6	18
10	Barr	Aus	67	-6	18
10	Maybin	NI	69	-6	18
13	O Fisher	Eng	70	-5	18
13	Kapur	Ind	69	-5	18
13	Pucay	Ph	70	-5	18
13	Meesawat	Tha	69	-5	18
13	Leaney	Aus	69	-5	18
13	Fraser	Aus	67	-5	18
13	Horsey	Eng	68	-5	18
13	Marksaeng	Tha	70	-5	18

[Beanie]

For the record, system picks at this stage are:

4pts Dyson @ 10
2pts Noh @ 17.5
1pt Barr @ 130

..but come with a serious wealth warning at the moment.

[Squire]

After Round 3

Saturday, 14 February 2009

		COUNTRY	ROUND 3	SCORE	AFTER
1	Blyth	Aus	66	-14	18
2	Liang	Chn	67	-13	18
2	Noren	Swe	69	-13	18
4	Kang	US	64	-12	18
4	Tunnicliff	Eng	63	-12	18
4	Marksaeng	Tha	65	-12	18
7	Kapur	Ind	66	-11	18
7	Chia	Mya	74	-11	18
9	Noh	Kor	71	-10	18
9	Randhawa	Ind	66	-10	18
11	Griffiths	Eng	71	-9	18
11	Pt Lawrie	Ire	67	-9	18
11	Maybin	NI	69	-9	18
14	Archer	Eng	70	-8	18
14	Barr	Aus	70	-8	18
14	Dougherty	Eng	72	-8	18
14	Edfors	Swe	68	-8	18
14	Leaney	Aus	69	-8	18
14	Horsey	Eng	69	-8	18
20	Lu	Tha	66	-7	18

[Squire]

Anthony Kang (-17) wins @ 176.00.

Haven't managed to see any highlights yet, but seems he birdied the last to save a play-off.

Sunday, 15 February 2009

		COUNTRY	ROUND 4	SCORE	AFTER
1	Kang	US	67	-17	18
2	Tunnicliff	Eng	68	-16	18
2	Horsey	Eng	64	-16	18
2	Randhawa	Ind	66	-16	18
2	Marksaeng	Tha	68	-16	18
6	Maybin	NI	66	-15	18
7	Liang	Chn	71	-14	18
7	Noren	Swe	71	-14	18
7	Oosthuizen	SA	65	-14	18
10	Blyth	Aus	73	-13	18
11	Noh	Kor	70	-12	18
11	Kamte	SA	66	-12	18
11	Edfors	Swe	68	-12	18
11	Chia	Mya	71	-12	18
15	Dougherty	Eng	69	-11	18
16	Dyson	Eng	68	-10	18
16	McGowan	Eng	67	-10	18
16	Eriksson	Swe	66	-10	18
16	Que	Ph	66	-10	18
16	Jacquelin	Fra	62	-10	18