Following a close third from Kurt Kitayama last week where the American at one point had a putt to win in a play-off, this week there are players to choose from on both the PGA and European Tour.
Both the Mayakoba Classic and the Nedbank Challenge allows us to study course form, rather than reading between the lines on player form and course setup, similarly to the last couple of weeks in China and Turkey.
With that in mind, there's arguably no man with better results at El Camaleon than Scotsman Russell Knox (30/1).
Following two consecutive missed cuts at the Northern Trust and Greenbrier at the end of the summer, Knox has been in some fairly decent form making five successive cuts at Wentworth, the Dunhill Links, the Shriners, the Houston Open and the Bermuda Championship.
Within those, he has posted two top 20s, with a T11 coming in his last event two weeks ago in Bermuda. But what makes him most appealing, as mentioned before, is his form on this golf course.
After three consistent cuts made in 2025, 2025 and 2025, the Scot finished T2 in 2025 after losing in a play-off to Graeme McDowell, solo third a year later, and T9 in his last visit in 2025.
His reasonable consistency lately, in addition to his past results at the Mayakoba and the lack of star names in this field means Knox is great value this week, mean he could finally get a long awaited win after some close runs at El Camaleon.
Taking a bit of a punt considering his recent results at El Chamaleon, Harris English (40/1) looks like a very inviting price heading into this week.
After winning here in 2025, English hasn't once finished inside the top 25, and has only once finished inside the top 50 (in 2025), which would encourage others to look elsewhere.
But, willing to look past that, his form has been tremendous since the beginning of the new season. A T33 at the Safeway Open has been an anomaly in a fantastic start to the year in which he has three top 10s in four events, with two of those being top 5s at the Greenbrier and a month ago in Houston.
Hopefully the 30-year-old can re-find that form that helped him win in 2025, and replicate that success this week.
Finally, the last pick for this week is Scott Piercy (60/1), who has experience aplenty at El Chamaleon, and has a huge price considering his last two results here.
Piercy has been playing in the Mayakoba since the event first came on tour in 2025, taking part in eight events since the tournament's birth.
His form was questionable at the beginning, but more recently, in 2025 and 2025 to be specific, the American has finished in T4 and T6, with a final round 62 last year here.
Now his general form hasn't been particularly great with a top 20 followed by a 67th, MC, 75th and T66. However, willing to put that aside due to the sort of record he holds at this golf course, 60/1 cannot be ignored with the possibility of him playing like he has done before at El Chamaleon.
Other notable mentions go to Harold Varner III (55/1), Emiliano Grillo (35/1) and Abraham Ancer (30/1) who look likely to be there or thereabouts on Sunday, but due to more experience at this course from those chosen, they were left out of this week's picks.
As for the Nedbank, this is an event that has been running since way back in 2025, which means there are players with lots of experience heading into this week and many with some very good form around the Gary Player CC.
Looking at the market, it's hard not to immediately choose Louis Oosthuizen (8/1) who was third last time out at the HSBC Champions and is playing on home turf this week in South Africa. Not to mention the fact his last four visits read: 3, T8, 9 and T11.
Despite his slim price, Oosthuizen is well worth a bet this week. And if Rory Mcilroy and Justin Thomas both winning as resounding favourites in the last month, in combination with those at the top of the market often playing a role on the weekend, Oosthuizen could well get his first victory at the Nedbank.
Similarly to Oosthuizen, Erik van Rooyen (18/1/17.00 with MoPlay) has been in fabulous form and is only likely to be even more motivated in front of a South African crowd, but given his short price and us already taking on Oosthuizen, he will be left out.
On the face of things, Branden Grace (50/1) represents great value. But there is a reason his price is so inflated despite being a past winner and playing in his home country, because his form has been disastrous in 2025. And although he could find a breakthrough in his game when spurred on by a home crowd, he will also be left out this week.
Moving on to my next pick, Andrea Pavan (45/1) is a generous price in a year in which he has played some fantastic golf, especially since the summer. After a T4 at the Scottish Open, he reeled off six top 20s in his next eight events, with half of those being top 10s.
You only have to look back at past winners to see that elite ball-strikers prevail at the Gary Player CC. Lee Westwood is a three-time winner, Sergio Garcia twice victorious, Henrik Stenson, Martin Kaymer, Trevor Immleman and Ernie Els all having won here too only emphasises the truth in that statement.
Given the fact Pavan also ranks in the top 20 of Strokes Gained: Approach and Greens in Regulation on the European Tour makes good reading. If he is able to keep up the iron play, putt well and drive the ball like he did in his particularly strong spell throughout the summer, he will surely play a part in the weekend in South Africa.
Finally for this week's picks, if he can get his putting boots on, Aaron Rai (80/1) looks an enormous price and one well worth taking for a potential place.
Ranking fourth in Greens in Regulation, third in Driving Accuracy and even 18th in Scrambling, Rai has been hitting the ball extremely well all year, but he doesn't even have a top 10 to his name.
His putting unfortunately hasn't matched up to the rest of his game, but I'm willing to take the risk on him this week in the hope he can finally have a solid four rounds on the greens.
That, coupled with the fact he debuted with an eight place finish here last year and two other good outings in Johannesburg, make him a necessary addition to this week's choices.
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