B.C. Open

[Stanley]

Outright plays (1.5pts):

Alex Cejka to win 16/1 e.w. @ Stan James, UKBetting and Totalbet
Cejka should have at least earned a playoff last year. Not only did he drive into the water hazard on the last hole when tied for the lead, but his par putt to earn the playoff stopped on the very edge of the hole. He is in the form to make amends this year, finishing 7th in his last event, the Booz Allen Classic. He has yet to win on the PGA Tour, but he is a multiple winner on the European Tour and he does give himself chances to win. Hopefully he'll take one this week.

John Rollins to win 25/1 e.w. @ Tote
A very difficult player to predict, but he has won on the PGA Tour (2002 Canadian Open), which puts him in restricted company in this field. With signs of form at the moment - 48th in the U.S. Open and then 17th and 8th in his last two starts - plus a top-10 finish last year, there is every chance that he will be victorious this week, if only he were predictable for once!

John Senden to win 80/1 e.w. @ Coral
Just too good a player to be at this price. True, he has not played this course previously and he has yet to win a PGA Tour event, but he ranks 26th on Tour in total driving and 14th in greens in regulation. He only needs a warm putter to be competitive.

 

[veride]

Win Only :

John Rollins --> 20/1 Sportingbet
Hank Kuehne --> 33/1 Victor Chandler
Jonathan Byrd --> 40/1 William Hill
John Cook --> 80/1 Blue Square

 

[Stanley]

72-hole matchup plays (1.5pts):

John Senden to beat Daniel Chopra -110 @ Carib
Chopra hasn't done much since winning the Henrico County Open on the Nationwide Tour in May, finishing ahead of him in just one of their last eight common events. No doubting Chopra's abilities to have a hot week, but siding with the outright selection who has performed at a high level on the PGA Tour with much more consistency.
(also available at Aces)

Brett Quigley to beat Ted Purdy -135 @ Five Dimes
Purdy has shown some improved form of late, but a missed cut in his one previous visit in 1999 suggests that this might be a difficult week. By contrast Quigley has finished in the top-11 in four of the last six seasons and dominates this matchup in 2004: he has finished ahead of Purdy in nine of their last twelve common events.

 

[Whalers Rule]

Going with Hank Kheune again 33-1 win only

 

[lostinamerica]

OUTRIGHTS:

Hank Kuehne(33/1 e.w.)
Kevin Stadler(40/1 e.w.)
Hidemichi Tanaka(33/1 e.w.)

GL

 

[Whalers Rule]

Adding Blaine Mcallistair 400-1 e.w 5dimes

 

[lal2000]

I blew it getting these out on time - stuck in traffic for hours! Anyway - for general interest if nothing else. No doubt they'll all come home this week!

Outrights (? unit ew ? ? odds 1st 5)

S Allan 66/1 @ UK Betting
J Rollins 20/1 @ Sporting Odds
B Pappas 150/1 @ SkyBet
N Begay 66/1 @ Sporting Odds
J Sindelar 66/1 @ Coral
K Stadler 40/1 @ Sporting Odds

Good Luck!

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

JByrd 12-1 2u ew

One off the lead with 3 Par 5's left......worth a shot.

 

[Stanley]

Nice call on Byrd guys

Outrights - FINAL RESULT: 0-3; -4.50pts

Cejka mc
Rollins 21st
Senden 10th

The rain delay in the final round did us no favours. Senden was 2-under-par through four holes and in 8th place when the siren was sounded. When he returned, he reeled off three successive fives. Had he secured three pars instead, he would have finished just one shot behind Jonathan Byrd for a healthy place win and perhaps the chance of a lot more.

Matchups - FINAL RESULT: 1-1-0; -0.53pts

Senden/Chopra WON by 4
Quigley/Purdy LOST by 11

Frustrating event.

PGA Tour ytd
Outrights: 13-71; +17.35pts
Matchups: 94-79; -3.71pts

All Tours ytd
Outrights: 55-226; +88.53pts
Matchups: 266-214; +22.17pts