Accurate Ramsay has the game to succeed
Palmer’s top tip
Richie Ramsay 33-1
The least appetising tournament on the calendar of every serious golf punter has arrived – the Paul Lawrie Match Play – and European Tour stakes should be kept small this week.
Short-haul 18-hole matchplay, with the possibility of your selection playing superbly but still getting eliminated, means finding the winner relies more on luck than judgement. The champion will face two 18-hole matches on both Saturday and Sunday, so there is also scope for injury or fatigue to ruin your best-laid plans.
A new course which has never staged a European Tour event is being used – the Fidra Links at the Archerfield Club – making the PLMP an even more difficult puzzle to solve.
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