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Weather did have an effect on the day but not as dramatic as I may have hoped for, conditions where generally quite good. The ground staff have done an excellent job it seems. Still trying not to laugh at the ‘flags’ though!<\/p>\n
Woods got off to an indifferent start, but the top of the leaderboard took advantage of that to establish a lead. The front of the book generally slipped, mainly thanks to Woods. But no real contenders came from outside the front pack, so it hasn’t quite fulfilled it’s potential, just yet. With no major movers from outside the top players, the key players at the front contracted a little.<\/p>\n
I’m set up after one day with a small positive value on the tournament +\u00a313, but my maximum return, although very unlikely, is\u00a0way above that.\u00a0In reality it’s shaping up to be towards the lower end of that range at the moment. But time will tell and a bit of day one and all of day two now awaits us.<\/p>\n
Key positive movers from day one, back to lay returns to \u00a310 stakes: –<\/p>\n
Luke Donald – 50 to 9.8 – \u00a341.02
\nNicolas Colsaerts – 250 to 55 – \u00a335.45
\nCarl Pettersson – 360 to 90 – \u00a330
\nMathew Goggin – 1000 to 280 – \u00a325.71
\nWebb Simpson – 75 to 22 – \u00a324.09
\nPhil Mickelson – 27 to 8 – \u00a323.75
\nAdam Scott – 23 to 7.6 – \u00a320.26
\nErnie Els – 140 to 55 – \u00a315.45
\nJohn Senden – 370 to 160 – \u00a313.13
\nBranden Grace – 340 to 160 – \u00a311.25
\nJerry Kelly – 460 to 220 – \u00a310.91
\nPeter Hedblom – 1000 to 480 – \u00a310.83
\nJamie Donaldson – 700 to 370 – \u00a38.92
\nMichael Thompson – 200 to 110 – \u00a38.18<\/p>\n
Full list of movers and shakers on the forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n