'He can hit the ground running at a course he knows well' - Steve Palmer has five selections for the Singapore Classic

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When to bet on the Singapore Classic

By 11.30pm on Wednesday night

Where can I watch the Singapore Classic?

Live on Sky Sports Main Event and Golf from 5am on Thursday

Steve Palmer's Singapore Classic predictions

Tom McKibbin
3.5pts each-way 16-1 general

Alejandro Del Rey
2.5pts each-way 35-1 bet365

Wenyi Ding
2.5pts each-way 33-1 Betfair, Paddy Power

Ugo Coussaud
1.5pts each-way 55-1 Paddy Power

David Ravetto
1pt each-way 70-1 Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power

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Steve Palmer's Singapore Classic preview

Robert MacIntyre has trekked from the Players Championship in Florida to the Singapore Classic, so the Scot is entitled to make a lethargic start at Laguna National. He missed the cut by five shots in his only previous course start, so makes no appeal at short odds.

Paul Casey, who competed in LIV Singapore last week, is more attractive at double the odds of MacIntyre, but the Englishman turns 48 in July and his best days are probably behind him.

Steve Palmer's top tip

Tom McKibbin 16-1

With four LIV Golf tournaments under his belt, Tom McKibbin has quickly banked a fortune, and he can approach this week's DP World Tour assignment with confidence. The Northern Irishman can boast LIV form figures of 15-7-6-25 and has also been picking up healthy cheques in the team events as a member of Legion XIII, with Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton as his colleagues.

LIV Singapore seems ideal preparation for the Singapore Classic. McKibbin was five under par over the weekend in that event, which was staged a 25-minute drive away from the Singapore Classic venue. Nicely acclimatised in the country, McKibbin can hit the ground running at a course he knows well from playing in the previous two Singapore Classics.

McKibbin had DPWT form figures of MC-MC-36 going into the 2023 Singapore Classic as a rookie ranked 308th in the world, yet he opened with a 64 and finished 12th. Last year, he went down with tonsillitis soon after arriving at Laguna National, felt terrible and missed the cut, but the long, soft layout is ideal terrain for this fantastic driver to make merry.

Next best bet

Alejandro Del Rey 35-1

The Ras al Khaimah Championship at the end of January provided a maiden DPWT title for Alejandro Del Rey, who romped to a four-shot victory. His missed cut the following week in Bahrain is easy to forgive, while further missed cuts in Qatar and the Joburg Open were by just one shot. The Spaniard tied for 25th in the SA Open at the start of this month and remains full of confidence.

Del Rey won on the Alps Tour in 2020, on the Challenge Tour in 2022, and is an improving 27-year-old teeing up this week at one of his favourite courses. He was world number 343 going into the 2023 Singapore Classic, but finished third, then he was 274th in the rankings before finishing seventh last year. Only champion Jesper Svensson outscored him over the weekend of last year's event.

Other selections

Wenyi Ding 33-1
Ugo Coussaud 55-1
David Ravetto 70-1

Former world number three amateur, Wenyi Ding, has been banking some decent cheques since becoming a DPWT member. He turned professional after topping the Global Amateur Pathway Rankings, then finished fifth in the Australian Open in December.

Ding's progressive form figures of 55-35-20-14 can get better this week. All his events this year have been course debuts, but he knows Laguna National having teed up there as a teenage amateur in the 2023 Singapore Classic. He opened with a pair of 66s to lead that event before finishing 23rd.

Complete your staking plan with a pair of Frenchmen. Ugo Coussaud played well in the Joburg Open last time out, coming unstuck with a triple-bogey seven at the 15th hole of round three. His Challenge Tour victory came in Asia and he finished 37th on his Laguna debut last year. A long, soft Laguna seems ideal for this powerful driver to go close to a DPWT breakthrough.

David Ravetto is also a magnificent driver. He was 586th in the world rankings going into the 2023 Singapore Classic, but finished 23rd. At the start of last year he won his first Challenge Tour title, then he was 21st in the Singapore Classic, before making his DPWT breakthrough with a four-shot romp in the Czech Masters last August.

Ravetto's Czech success came on a driver-heavy track and he faces a similar assignment this week. Only the winner, Svensson, outscored Ravetto in the final round of last year's Singapore Classic.

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Course guide for the Singapore Classic

• Course Classic Course, Laguna National Golf Resort Club, Singapore
• Prize money $2.5m ($416,750 to the winner)
• Length 7,420 yards
• Par 72 – four par-five holes; ten par-fours; four par-threes
• Field 132 The cut Top 65 and ties qualify for round three
• Highest-ranked players in field (world ranking in brackets) Robert MacIntyre (18), John Parry (94), Romain Langasque (98), Jordan Smith (111), Jorge Campillo (118)
• Course records - 72 holes 269 Ockie Strydom (2023); 18 holes 63 Ockie Strydom (2023), Andy Sullivan (2024), Jesper Svensson (2024)
• Course winners taking part Ockie Strydom
• When to bet By 11.30pm on Wednesday night
• When to watch Live on Sky Sports Main Event and Golf from 5am on Thursday
• Time difference Singapore is eight hours ahead of the UK and Ireland
• Course type Parkland
• Course overview From 2002 through 2007, the Singapore Masters was played at Laguna National's Masters Course, as was the 2014 Championship at Laguna National. The 2015 World Classic, an Asian Tour event, provided the only form from the Classic Course before the 2023 and 2024 Singapore Classics
• The story of last year Jesper Svensson defeated Kiradech Aphibarnrat in a playoff after they were tied at 17 under par after 72 holes
• Weather forecast A threat of thundery showers throughout. Moderate breezes for the first two days before a calmer weekend 
• Type of player suited to the challenge This Andy Dye construction has 150 bunkers, waste canyons, water hazards and large, heavily tiered greens, providing a decent all-round test
• Key attribute Power

Steve Palmer's Singapore Classic key stat

Only two Asian players finished in the top 20 in both 2023 and 2024

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