Paul Casey and Ian Poulter remain on-course for a meeting in the WGC-Accenture World Matchplay final on Sunday although Casey must still overcome the Colombian, Camilo Villegas in their extended semi final. Poulter was in fantastic form in his semi final, thrashing the hapless, Sergio Garcia by 7 & 6 in a record breaking semi final win. As a result, bookmaker bet365 cut Poulter into 10/11 odds on favourite to win the title whilst Casey's odds were cut from 7/2 to 2/1, with the Colombian at 3/1.
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Before the two Englishmen meet in the final however, Casey has the difficult task of overcoming Villegas, who had the best of much of their semi final until bad light brought proceedings to an end. Villegas led for much of the early part of the match but a dogged Casey fought back strongly on the back nine and fully deserved to be level at the end of 18 holes. The two were still all square after playing five extra holes, but Villegas will rue the opportunity he gave himself to win it when he missed a two foot putt to win. It was a huge repreive for Casey who had up until this match breezed into the semi final with four successive 5&4 vvictories. Casey is now 8/11 and Villegas 11/10 to win their match with Bet365.
Poulter saw the likes of Padraig Harrington, Steve Stricker and Ross Fisher all bow out in the first round of his Bobby Jones quarter, which had left him as the top ranked player in that section of the draw. Then a win against Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee on Saturday set up his semi-final clash with Sergio Garcia.who he quite simply brushed aside. He will have to wait however before he will know whether it is Casey or Villegas who he will meet in the final, but after his show against Garcia he will be in very confident mood.
World Matchplay Semi-Final Odds
8/11 Paul Casey v Camilo Villegas 11/10
WGC-Accenture Matchplay Outright Betting
Evens Ian Poulter
2/1 Paul Casey
3/1 Camilo Villegas
Odds supplied by Bet365.com.
Posted: Saturday, 20th February 2010
Author: Russell Lloyd
Tags: pga tour, wgcaccenture world matchplay, ian poulter, paul casey, bet365,
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