Italian Open Each-Way Tips: Jordan can enjoy a Roman holiday

Main Bet: Matthew Jordan 1pt each-way @ 70/1

What do we know of this week's track? It's a modern design, sweeping across the hills outside Rome, boasting views of the dome of St Peter's Basilica.

Back in 1994 it hosted the Italian Open, won by Eduardo Romero, but the Jim Fazio-David Mezzacane original design has been transformed in order to accommodate the Ryder Cup.

The team behind those changes is European Golf Design who completed the most recent renovation of Wentworth's West Course - the one that has calmed the criticism after the meddling that preceded it.

They have also re-designed Le Golf National, Green Eagles, Crans, The London GC, Forest of Arden and Royal Lytham among others so they have quite a track record, but I'm not sure it helps us much.

(Note: their original designs would be another matter entirely - Paul Casey has an absurdly good record on them.)

First selection is England's Matthew Jordan.

The 25-year-old who plays out of Royal Liverpool should have really good vibes returning to Italy, scene of his first win at professional level in the 2019 Italian Challenge Open.

He's in a fine run of form at the moment, landing tied sixth at the Hero Open and tied fourth last week in the European Masters.

All of this comes after he laced together three consecutive top 20s in late June and early July, and he also made the cut in the Cazoo Classic in-between those recent top 10s.

Dig deeper and his stats are good: top 20 for Strokes Gaines Tee to Green in his last three starts, top 21 for all three in Approach, top 20 for Tee to Green. He also putted nicely enough in the Hero Open and also in the Irish Open.

He's coming to terms with the task of contending at this level, three back after 54 holes at the Hero Open, one back last week: big learning experiences and he can kick on this week.

Next Best: Alex Levy 1pt each-way @ 80/1

The last time Alex Levy made seven cuts in a row he was fancied as an outsider to make the European Ryder Cup squad on his home soil in Paris three years ago.

Alas, the fact that he was asked so many questions about it seemed to faze him and it didn't help that he changed his swing and started work on his putting.

So many alterations and so many hopes - all dashed.

This time around he has no hope of getting picked by Captain Harrington, but it's nice to see some reliability in his game and I'm not sure it's been fully appreciated by the books yet.

That run started with him just making the weekend, then he threw in good scores, he sniffed around the top 10, pounced for a tied second at the London GC in the Cazoo Classic, and was only four back with 18 holes to play last week in Crans.

For a man who had missed five cuts in seven starts there (and finished outside the top 50 another time) that was a very decent effort.

He's putted well the last two weeks and his SG Approach numbers are getting better.

Final bet: Jorge Campillo 0.5pt each-way @ 125/1

A final small punt on Spain's Jorge Campillo who, like Levy, outperformed his previous efforts up in the Alps.

And, once again, it was a remarkable improvement.

In Campillo's seven previous starts he'd missed five cuts and never made a top 40 - then last Saturday night he was tied third.

He closed with a 75 for T32nd, but he was T21st in his previous start at the Cazoo Classic and it's only a few weeks since he was tied third at the BMW International Open.

Sunday's round has granted us extra value with him. If he can get into contention in Crans, Campillo can perform well again on a less fiddly course that will suit him better.