Zurich Classic: Steve Palmer's final round golf tips, odds and betting

TV: Sky Sports Golf, 6pm Sunday

Story so far
Scott Stallings and Trey Mullinax, 66-1 chances ante-post, share the Zurich Classic lead with the more fancied duo of Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer with just a round of foursomes remaining.

Stallings and Mullinax have been deadly in the fourballs, carding an opening 61 which they followed with a Saturday 62, and a humdrum foursomes 70 did not do much damage. They are 100-30 to turn their share of top spot into silverware.

Rahm and Palmer, 16-1 at the outset, performed better in the foursomes, their 65 superior to any other team, and that will give them confidence for Sunday. The Spaniard and the Texan delivered a pair of 64s in the fourballs and are 9-5 favourites for Zurich glory.

South African duo Branden Grace and Justin Harding are a shot behind, alone in third, and there is a further two-shot gap the rest. Pre-tournament market leaders, Jason Day and Adam Scott, missed the halfway cut.

Leaderboard
-23 Scott Stallings & Trey Mullinax, Jon Rahm & Ryan Palmer
-22 Branden Grace & Justin Harding
-20 Brian Gay & Rory Sabbatini, Peter Malnati & Billy Hurley
-19 Joel Dahmen & Brandon Harkins, Austin Cook & Andrew Landry, Hank Lebioda & Curtis Luck, Sergio Garcia & Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley & Ryan Blaum, Russell Knox & Brian Stuard

Best odds
9-5 J Rahm & R Palmer, 100-30 S Stallings & T Mullinax, 9-2 B Grace & J Harding, 14 S Garcia & T Fleetwood, 18 B Gay & R Sabbatini, 25 R Knox & B Stuard, 35 P Malnati & B Hurley, 45 bar

Final-round advice
Scott Stallings and Trey Mullinax are naturally attacking players who are well suited to fourballs golf, but it would be a surprise if they kept things tight enough in the foursomes to emerge triumphant.

Foursomes golf is a huge test of control, temperament and course-management, and both the leading pairs may come unstuck. Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer were superb in round two, but there are no guarantees they will gel as well under Sunday pressure. It was a partnership thrown together after Wesley Bryan (Rahm's old sidekick) and Jordan Spieth (Palmer's) were unable to compete this year.

Rahm's caddie, Adam Hayes, is close friends with Palmer and his caddie, James Edmondson, alliances which allowed the superstar Spaniard to be lured. They have clicked through three rounds, but prices of no bigger than 9-5 look to overestimate the chances of that harmony continuing.

Branden Grace and Justin Harding is a more tempting option at 9-2, but victory would be huge for the career of Harding and the pressure may prove too much. It may pay for punters to venture deeper in the outright betting and take a chance that Tommy Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia rise from sixth place to become Zurich champions.

A Saturday fourballs 64 kept Fleetwood and Garcia close enough to pounce in the format which suits them best. There is no better foursomes combination in the field and a four-shot deficit could easily be overcome by these Ryder Cup stars.

If the overnight leaders tread water, Fleetwood and Garcia seem likely to relish the opportunity to sneak past them. There is always scope for card-busting scores in foursomes – Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel found that to their cost with an opening-hole nine on Friday – and the final pairings are a long way from home. Expect a relatively clean card from Fleetwood and Garcia.

The European dream team should account for Russell Henley and Ryan Blaum in their 5.58pm UK and Ireland time meeting, while Graeme McDowell and Henrik Stenson should prove too steady for Kyoung Hoon Lee and Matt Every in the 5.25pm contest.

Outright recommendation
T Fleetwood & S Garcia
2pts each-way 14-1 Hills

Foursomes recommendations
T Fleetwood & S Garcia
2pts 7-10 bet365
G McDowell & H Stenson
2pts 4-5 bet365

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