World Super 6 Perth lowdown and details

How it works

Top 65 and ties qualify from the first two rounds of strokeplay.

A second cut will take place after the third round to reduce the field to 24.

Sudden-death playoffs will be held if there are players tied for 24th place.

The top eight players after the first three rounds will automatically go through to the second round of six-hole knockout matches. If there are ties, these will be decided on countback.

The remaining 16 players will face head to heads to claim a place in the second matchplay round.

The competition continues until the last man is standing.

Any matches not decided after six holes will go to a shootout hole, measuring 90 metres, that will use the 18th green.

The holes used in the matchplay round will be: the 10th (368 yards, par 4), 11th (553 yards, par 5), 13th (452 yards, par 4), 14th (330 yards, par 4), 12th (147 yards, par 3), 18th (444 yards, par 4)

World Super Six lowdown

Course Lake Karrinyup Country Club, Perth, Australia
Prize money €1.24m (€195,000 to winner)
Length 7,162 yards
Par 72
Field 156
Course records - 72 holes 259 Ernie Els (2003 Johnnie Walker Classic) 18 holes 63 Retief Goosen (2002 Johnnie Walker Classic), Craig Spence (2003 Johnnie Walker Classic), James Morrison (2014)

When to bet By 10.40pm Wednesday

When to watch Live on Sky Sports Golf 5am Thursday

Time difference Perth is eight hours ahead of the UK & Ireland

Last week - Vic Open 1 D Law 300-1, T2 B Kennedy 66-1, W Ormsby 60-1, 4 J Harding 28-1, T5 D Bransdon 200-1, D Drysdale 100-1, J Scrivener 14-1.

Format The tournament will be a conventional strokeplay event for the first three rounds before a series of knockout six-hole matches will decide the winner on Sunday from the top 24 players.

Course overview Lake Karrinyup was first used on the European Tour for the 2002 Johnnie Walker Classic and staged the Perth International between 2012 and 2016, with a hiatus in 2015.

The course was designed around bushland and a natural lake. It is hilly with wide fairways and hard and fast greens. It is littered with bunkers and water comes into play only at the third hole.

The uphill 454-yard par-four sixth is the most difficult challenge, while the 220-yard par-three eighth is another brute. The short, downhill par-three 12th has a tiny green which is notoriously tricky to hit when the wind is up, which is often the case in Perth.

Scoring opportunities are plentiful, though, with four short par-fours of 322 (first hole), 376 (ninth), 368 (tenth) and 330 (14th) yards. Three of the four par-fives (the third, 11th and 15th) are also there for the taking, but the 612-yard seventh is no pushover.

As with most Australian courses, there is bundles of pace and borrow in the greens, along with plenty of run-off areas around them.

Story of last year Thailand's Prom Meesawaat finished the strokeplay element of the tournament two shots ahead of the field but he fell to local amateur Min Woo Lee in the knockout stages. Meesawaat's compatriots Kiradech Aphibrnrat, who had finished the third round seven shots off the pace, beat James Nitties in the knockout final.

Weather forecast It should be a pleasant week with temperatures in the high 20s. Winds should not be too strong by Western Australian standards.

Type of player suited to the challenge With wide fairways, this is a course where accurate iron-players should thrive. An ability to handle wind is required. A soft touch on and around slick greens is essential as is a firm grasp of the novelty of the event.

Key attribute Touch/putting

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