Golf - Madrid Masters

[Cosmetic Bob]

SERGIO GARCIA 8/1 E/W LADBROKES 8/1 for Sergio in this modest field looks good to me. Didnt play in this event last year due to being in the fedex cup but he did win a european tour event last october in Spain in a similar turn out of field. Hasnt played for a fvew weeks & is in form. Should have won the Wyndam Championship In September led by two going into the back nine & let that slip. A few weeks off he is fresher than most & always seems to play well in this home land. I can't imagine him not being involved come sunday afternoon in this field. DARREN CLARKE 40/1 E/W BETFRED 40/1 seems a bit too big for Clarke as he has three top 15 finishes in his last 4 starts including a tie of 7th on -14 last week at the Alfred Dunhill. Should be having plently of confidence at the moment, for a mltiple winner he tends to do well in these lesser events where the fields aint strong.

[Ian R]

Re: Golf - Madrid Masters Three for me Randhawa - I guess its more a case this week of where he isn't playing - the Indian Open takes part on the DLF - his home course and its the first time he has missed the event in five years and he has also won it three times - so it made me look closely as to why he has pitched up in Spain. Basically it is all to do with his commitment to the European Tour and his wish to keep his card - he is dangerously close to 115th in the money list. He will have fond memories of the course - after an opening round of 75 he shot through the field to finish 2nd in 07 and headed the stats for the week. His form actually isn't that bad at the moment - with a round to go he was 8th in Japan but got blown away by the wind on the Sunday and he was 4th after round one at the Dunhill last week . 130/1 Betfair & 22/1 top 5 Mads Vibe-Hastrup - I think I have only tipped him once and that was when he won and looking back that was 07 so his two year exemption expires this season and he needs to do something quick to keep his card. In Austria he actually drove the ball and putted quite well and where better to recapture some form in the city that he won exactly two years ago and a course where he finished 4th on the Challenge Tour the year before. 500/1 win Betfair, 55/1 top 5 Gary Lockerbie who is coming off a fine top 10 in the Dunhill Links to add to the 4th he got in the Wales Open earlier this season. Those two finishes have lofted him to 109th in the money list and every chance to keep his card for next season. On the Challenge Tour in 06 and 08 he seemed to play his best golf at this time of the year and on this course was 5th on that tour heading into the final round before fading to 12th on the Sunday - he is a better player now and secured his maiden Challenge Tour win last season 200/1 ew and 18/1 top 10