Round 2 play (4pts):
Jim Furyk to beat Angel Cabrera -110 @ SkyBet
Backing the ever-dependabale, conservative Furyk. He did exactly want he wanted to do yesterday and kept the ball in play and gave himself chances for birdies. If he had holed short birdie putts at the 8th and 13th, he would have been in 2nd place overnight. He didn't, but he is still in the top-10 and didn't drop a single shot all day - a feat that nobody else achieved. Given that his last two events have resulted in a playoff loss (Transitions Championship) and an 11th place finish (Arnold Palmer Invitational), there is enough evidence that he can continue yesterday's golf and shoot another sub-par round. While Cabrera is a former champion (2009) and finished the day a shot further back in 14th place, he was much more erratic with just eight pars and very few fairways found off the tee. But even though he scored well in the first round, he recent history suggests that he is unlikely to continue doing so: in December, he led the Open de Argentina after rd1, but then shot 80-74-72 to finish 36th; in March, he was 8th after rd1, but then shot 75-69-69 to finish 24th; last week, he led after the opening round of the Houston Open, but then shot 70-76-70 to finish 21st. In every other event in the intervening period, he has missed the cut. On yesterday's evidence, he can play well for one round, but he will struggle to replicate that scoring if he remains so poor from tee-to-green.
[unofficial rd2 system plays: Haas tb Stanley -133; Furyk tb Dufner -125; Na tb Crane -105; Haas tb Baddeley +100; Byrd tb Sabbatini -120; Stricker tb Watney -125; Baddeley tb Kim -160; Couples tb Ishikawa -110; Woods tb Donald -110; Garcia tb Choi -125]