Find Me A 100 Winner / Paul Krishnamurty / 19 August 2008 /

Irishman is the three-figure selection in the KLM Open betting...

In last week's column, I mentioned that my pick was a close call between two Irishmen, with Peter Lawrie preferred to Damien McGrane. My reasoning was that the course in question had a links feel about it, and the ability to cope with windy conditions was an imperative. Strangely, exactly the same arguments apply this week for the KLM Open at Kennemer G.C., so this time I'm going for McGrane at [120.0]. Again, this is a short, linksy course, exposed to the wind, which should favour accuracy over power.

As it turned out, Lawrie had what can only be described as a disaster, and if it wasn't for that then he could well have been selected again on a course where he finished sixth last year. However, his performance last week was awful, whereas McGrane played pretty well in Sweden without ever featuring on the leaderboard.

McGrane ranked third for driving accuracy at Arlandastad, which will be a considerable asset on Kennemer's undulating fairways. Furthermore, he has shown top-notch form on this course before. Two years ago, McGrane was trading at odds-on going into the final round here only for his challenge to stall on the final day and end up third.

That effort left the impression that McGrane was dodgy under pressure, but in fairness he put that reputation behind when thrashing a comparable field in China earlier this year for his breakthrough European Tour victory.

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