Trophée Hassan II Tips

Trophée Hassan II - Golf du Palais Royal,Agadir,Morocco

28 March 2013 - 31 March 2013

Tip date: 26 March 2013

The European tour returns to Africa this week for the Trophee Hassan II from Agadir, Morocco. The course itself is a 6844 yard par 72 situated in the grounds of the Royal Palace and the event has been held here for the last two years. The small greens favour the more accurate hitters. The leaderboard for both tournaments seems to be filled with middle ranking European based players (Horsey and Hoey the last two victors) and there’s no reason to see this changing in 2013. Michael Hoey defends but has missed his last three cuts. Can he put up a stout defence of his title? He must have a chance in one of the weakest fields of the season.

Name	Odds	Bookmaker
David Howell	2pt each way 33-1	PaddyPower	Finishing position: 8 Back David Howell Again
I know we’ve said it several times before but Howell is going to win this season. The putting stroke is a silky as ever and he’s found a level of consistence this season that’s really impressive. Form since the start of the year of 6-22-30-10-17-6 with only one (!) round over par in that time says it all. The course here looks well set up for him. It’s a relatively short course and that will go down well. He looks very capable of notching a win in what is a very weak field.
David Drysdale	2pt each way 66-1	SkyBet	Finishing position: T11 Back David Drysdale Again
David has quietly had a very solid start to the season. Like Howell, he seems to do his best work away from mainland Europe. Like Howell, the short course will fit very nicely with his game. He absolutely fits the Morocco winners identikit of a solid middle ranking Tour player. 11-27-MC-6 are good figures in stronger fields on courses that suit less. He’s well worth an each way punt at these odds and could well be in the mix come Sunday.
Jose Manuel Lara	1pt each way 250-1	Ladbrokes	Finishing position: T52 Back Jose Manuel Lara Again
I’m sorry but we had to have a small nibble on this. Lara is a streaky player who blows hot and cold (usually cold) but the T9 last year is eye catching. He was at his best at this stage last season and we can see him kick starting his season here. He has a habit of finding form out of nowhere and he’ll either finish top 5 or miss the cut by a mile. At these odds it’s worth a tiny stake to find out.