1/4 1-5:
Mattiace 500/1 Stan James
Gay 150/1 Stan James
Gove 400/1 Paddy Power
Warren 200/1 Ladbrokes
Mattiace 500/1 Stan James
Gay 150/1 Stan James
Gove 400/1 Paddy Power
Warren 200/1 Ladbrokes
Barclays Classic
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Have to take Brett Quigley after his stellar perfomance in the qualifier - had him on cards for this anyways.
1/4 1-5: 125/1 Skybet
1/4 1-5: 125/1 Skybet
Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)
Sergio Garcia to win 28/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
It's impossible to ignore the U.S. Open this week with many players competing in the 36-hole qualifiers on Monday and many of those already eligible being susceptible to treating this event as an exercise in sharpening up their games for next week rather than focussing on winning this week. So it should be reassuring to know that Garcia has won the PGA Tour event one week before the U.S. Open in each of the last two years and in the only two other years that he has played the week before the U.S. Open (2000 and 2002), he has finished 3rd and 12th. Add in the fact that he is a multiple winner of this event (2001 and 2004) with four top-5 finishes in the last five years here and that he showed some very good form around Muirfield Village in the first and fourth rounds last week and he really should prosper again around the very small greens at Westchester.
Luke Donald to win 33/1 e.w. available generally
Donald has made his debut in last year's U.S. Open and in the previous week's Booz Allen Classic he did hold the lead on the front nine in the final round before falling back on a congested leaderboard. In terms of his current form, he is playing well. He has one win and five top-10 finishes from ten starts in the U.S. this year and in his last outing, he held the first-round lead in the BMW Championship before falling back on a course that doesn't suit his game. This week's course will be much more to his liking as he showed when in being in contention throughout in his last visit in 2004. On that occasion he was in poor form at the time, so he certainly should be looking to improve on that 7th place finish.
Stuart Appleby to win 50/1 e.w. @ SkyBet, William Hill and Coral
Appleby was also strongly in contention for the Booz Allen Classic last year, starting the final round in 2nd place alongside Luke Donald, and the previous year he finished 23rd in this event, the week before the U.S. Open, so there is some encouragement there. His form around this course is erratic with some good finishes and missed cuts, but he is largely a play on the back of his form this season. It may seem a long time since he finished 7th in last year's Tour Championship, followed that with three top-10 finishes in Australia, won the Mercedes Championship this year and finished 7th in the Sony Open, but he has certainly returned to that form since the Masters in April. He followed a top-20 finish in that event with a wire-to-wire victory in the Houston Open, a 4th place finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and even though he has not finished as highly in his who subsequent events, he had at least been in contention in both before the bad weather intervened, being 4th after two rounds of the Wachovia Championship and 3rd after the opening round of last week's Memorial Tournament. In the Wachovia Championship, 3rd round tee-times were brought forward five hours in order to try and finish with the expected rain delays and last week, not until the final day was a round completed on schedule. So long as the forecasted showers for the first two rounds do not turn into the weather disruptions that have wrecked Appleby's last two events, his form should certainly be enough to earn him a personal best on this course this week.
Sergio Garcia to win 28/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
It's impossible to ignore the U.S. Open this week with many players competing in the 36-hole qualifiers on Monday and many of those already eligible being susceptible to treating this event as an exercise in sharpening up their games for next week rather than focussing on winning this week. So it should be reassuring to know that Garcia has won the PGA Tour event one week before the U.S. Open in each of the last two years and in the only two other years that he has played the week before the U.S. Open (2000 and 2002), he has finished 3rd and 12th. Add in the fact that he is a multiple winner of this event (2001 and 2004) with four top-5 finishes in the last five years here and that he showed some very good form around Muirfield Village in the first and fourth rounds last week and he really should prosper again around the very small greens at Westchester.
Luke Donald to win 33/1 e.w. available generally
Donald has made his debut in last year's U.S. Open and in the previous week's Booz Allen Classic he did hold the lead on the front nine in the final round before falling back on a congested leaderboard. In terms of his current form, he is playing well. He has one win and five top-10 finishes from ten starts in the U.S. this year and in his last outing, he held the first-round lead in the BMW Championship before falling back on a course that doesn't suit his game. This week's course will be much more to his liking as he showed when in being in contention throughout in his last visit in 2004. On that occasion he was in poor form at the time, so he certainly should be looking to improve on that 7th place finish.
Stuart Appleby to win 50/1 e.w. @ SkyBet, William Hill and Coral
Appleby was also strongly in contention for the Booz Allen Classic last year, starting the final round in 2nd place alongside Luke Donald, and the previous year he finished 23rd in this event, the week before the U.S. Open, so there is some encouragement there. His form around this course is erratic with some good finishes and missed cuts, but he is largely a play on the back of his form this season. It may seem a long time since he finished 7th in last year's Tour Championship, followed that with three top-10 finishes in Australia, won the Mercedes Championship this year and finished 7th in the Sony Open, but he has certainly returned to that form since the Masters in April. He followed a top-20 finish in that event with a wire-to-wire victory in the Houston Open, a 4th place finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and even though he has not finished as highly in his who subsequent events, he had at least been in contention in both before the bad weather intervened, being 4th after two rounds of the Wachovia Championship and 3rd after the opening round of last week's Memorial Tournament. In the Wachovia Championship, 3rd round tee-times were brought forward five hours in order to try and finish with the expected rain delays and last week, not until the final day was a round completed on schedule. So long as the forecasted showers for the first two rounds do not turn into the weather disruptions that have wrecked Appleby's last two events, his form should certainly be enough to earn him a personal best on this course this week.
Bad week last week, looking for a return on my Plays
Jim Furyk WINS BARCLAYS CLASSIC+14.00
Sergio Garcia WINS BARCLAYS CLA+20.00
Brad Faxon OV/Carlos Franco-1.60
Jim Furyk OV/Vijay Singh-1.35
Good Luck to all, next week The Open, I should say The US Open
Jim Furyk WINS BARCLAYS CLASSIC+14.00
Sergio Garcia WINS BARCLAYS CLA+20.00
Brad Faxon OV/Carlos Franco-1.60
Jim Furyk OV/Vijay Singh-1.35
Good Luck to all, next week The Open, I should say The US Open
Outrights:
Brett Quigley(125/1) e.w @ GG
- - Quigley was on my card and in my write-up last week, and pros and cons continue this week (how about taking after his Uncle Dana and continuing on with an ironman run that will now extend for 7 weeks through what is surely the most draining event the sport has to offer, with a 36 hole Open qualifier tossed in for good measure? - and then winning the qualifier going away when winning doesn't matter, Sherlock) . . . Anyway, I was literally in the process of finishing my specific research on Quigley's prospects for this week, and before I moved on to the next name on my list, I went to check on how Monday's U.S. Open qualifying had gone, and the first useful link I happen to click on is this one from DTB in the Michelle Wie thread: http://www.ghin.com/scoring/stroke.html Immediately, my shoulders slump over the impact of what my eyes see on the screen, and I curse what seems my inevitable fate of being four days too early AND three days too late - because on balance the evidence has to weigh in favor of going with a play that I was on the bubble over, which was then duly placed within minutes at Bet365 . . . and then I note a few hours later I could have had 125s with 1/5 for 1-6 at BetFred, an option I would always choose (insert appropriate curse here).
Padraig Harrington(25/1) e.w @ Sportingbet
- - Can you imagine Padraig putting in a few hours of putting practice now, and wondering if he should tweak his stance just a little wider still? The mind boggles at the thought . . . Anyway, I was of the opinion I witnessed a stretch of Irish intensity during the Masters to confirm Padraig had turned a corner on his season; the evidence since is somewhat supportive, and if so, he should be within hailing distance of the business end of this week's proceedings.
Chris DiMarco(125/1) e.w. @ GolfingGods
- - Last Wednesday, I contemplated tossing out a two word post in the Memorial thread to see what sort of response, if any, it would elicit from the crew: "Sean O'Hair???". Similarly, this Monday morning I was contemplating a two word post in the Westchester thread: "Chris DiMarco???". Speculation that appeals, here. :box2: And here: http://www.dispatch.com/memorial/memorial.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/01/20060601-E6-03.html Noting a late development in the "pull the trigger" column on this one has to be THE marquee pairing with close pal Mickelson which is anything but an inconsequential angle, through Friday and beyond, for the potential to spark useful momentum or just the opposite . . . And tonight, the alternative two word post I feel most inclined to toss out: "Justin Leonard???".
Luke Donald(33/1) e.w @ 5dimes
- - I don't think Donald is a million miles away from a place or time when his game should be rounding into some brilliantly consistent form. Moreover, the demands of this mature Walter J. Travis design that are impressed upon my conciousness over many years, commended for years by European and PGA Tour members as a marvelous course for their U.S. Open preparations, should be to his liking: http://www.golfclubatlas.com/opinionprystowsky.html
GL
Brett Quigley(125/1) e.w @ GG
- - Quigley was on my card and in my write-up last week, and pros and cons continue this week (how about taking after his Uncle Dana and continuing on with an ironman run that will now extend for 7 weeks through what is surely the most draining event the sport has to offer, with a 36 hole Open qualifier tossed in for good measure? - and then winning the qualifier going away when winning doesn't matter, Sherlock) . . . Anyway, I was literally in the process of finishing my specific research on Quigley's prospects for this week, and before I moved on to the next name on my list, I went to check on how Monday's U.S. Open qualifying had gone, and the first useful link I happen to click on is this one from DTB in the Michelle Wie thread: http://www.ghin.com/scoring/stroke.html Immediately, my shoulders slump over the impact of what my eyes see on the screen, and I curse what seems my inevitable fate of being four days too early AND three days too late - because on balance the evidence has to weigh in favor of going with a play that I was on the bubble over, which was then duly placed within minutes at Bet365 . . . and then I note a few hours later I could have had 125s with 1/5 for 1-6 at BetFred, an option I would always choose (insert appropriate curse here).
Padraig Harrington(25/1) e.w @ Sportingbet
- - Can you imagine Padraig putting in a few hours of putting practice now, and wondering if he should tweak his stance just a little wider still? The mind boggles at the thought . . . Anyway, I was of the opinion I witnessed a stretch of Irish intensity during the Masters to confirm Padraig had turned a corner on his season; the evidence since is somewhat supportive, and if so, he should be within hailing distance of the business end of this week's proceedings.
Chris DiMarco(125/1) e.w. @ GolfingGods
- - Last Wednesday, I contemplated tossing out a two word post in the Memorial thread to see what sort of response, if any, it would elicit from the crew: "Sean O'Hair???". Similarly, this Monday morning I was contemplating a two word post in the Westchester thread: "Chris DiMarco???". Speculation that appeals, here. :box2: And here: http://www.dispatch.com/memorial/memorial.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/01/20060601-E6-03.html Noting a late development in the "pull the trigger" column on this one has to be THE marquee pairing with close pal Mickelson which is anything but an inconsequential angle, through Friday and beyond, for the potential to spark useful momentum or just the opposite . . . And tonight, the alternative two word post I feel most inclined to toss out: "Justin Leonard???".
Luke Donald(33/1) e.w @ 5dimes
- - I don't think Donald is a million miles away from a place or time when his game should be rounding into some brilliantly consistent form. Moreover, the demands of this mature Walter J. Travis design that are impressed upon my conciousness over many years, commended for years by European and PGA Tour members as a marvelous course for their U.S. Open preparations, should be to his liking: http://www.golfclubatlas.com/opinionprystowsky.html
GL
Each-Way 1/4 1-5 :
Bo Van Pelt --> 80/1 William Hill
Justin Leonard --> 100/1 GolfingGods
Brandt Jobe --> 125/1 William Hill
Peter Lonard --> 125/1 GolfingGods
Bo Van Pelt --> 80/1 William Hill
Justin Leonard --> 100/1 GolfingGods
Brandt Jobe --> 125/1 William Hill
Peter Lonard --> 125/1 GolfingGods
Hard to pass up Vijay at 20-1
Vijay Singh WINS BARCLAYS CLASS+20.00
Stuart Appleby OV/Rod Pampling-1.30
Vijay Singh WINS BARCLAYS CLASS+20.00
Stuart Appleby OV/Rod Pampling-1.30
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Adding . . .
Outrights:
Justin Leonard(100/1) e.w @ GolfingGods
Matchups:
Mickelson(-145) over Goosen (Tournament) @ 5dimes
Leonard(+110) over Couples (Tournament) @ 5dimes
Roe(-110) over Luna (Tournament)(European) @ 5dimes
- - Some caddy rumors????
Singh getting divorced.
Goosen getting divorced.
Mayfair getting divorced.
??????????
GL
Outrights:
Justin Leonard(100/1) e.w @ GolfingGods
Matchups:
Mickelson(-145) over Goosen (Tournament) @ 5dimes
Leonard(+110) over Couples (Tournament) @ 5dimes
Roe(-110) over Luna (Tournament)(European) @ 5dimes
- - Some caddy rumors????
Singh getting divorced.
Goosen getting divorced.
Mayfair getting divorced.
??????????
GL
1st rd Franco +115 over Faxon @ 5dimes
My enthusiam somewhat dampered by little projected wind in tourneys across the board this week.However did play a few today on short knocker angle and above was my fav.
Despite this being short track-- over inch of rain yesterday and temps projected at 57 degrees at 8 oclock should takes its toll on short hitters with early tee time.
in comparing the stats on the two heads up
My enthusiam somewhat dampered by little projected wind in tourneys across the board this week.However did play a few today on short knocker angle and above was my fav.
Despite this being short track-- over inch of rain yesterday and temps projected at 57 degrees at 8 oclock should takes its toll on short hitters with early tee time.
in comparing the stats on the two heads up
dang it thread posted before I was done and don't wanted to edit pick thread---
so as I was saying--in comparing the stats on the two heads up
http://www.pgatour.com/players/comparison/132006/149704?stat_cat=STANDARD STATS
+the factor of elements should make this pretty decent play.
These comparison charts are handy but you have to consider they are not "corrected" stats like Tour-tips so can can be misleading at times. Maybe Stan can help them out with this issue
so as I was saying--in comparing the stats on the two heads up
http://www.pgatour.com/players/comparison/132006/149704?stat_cat=STANDARD STATS
+the factor of elements should make this pretty decent play.
These comparison charts are handy but you have to consider they are not "corrected" stats like Tour-tips so can can be misleading at times. Maybe Stan can help them out with this issue
Am still wonder how Faxon is averaging over 10 yards of tee longer than Franco after 2 rds??? Had largest descepency of all the other way pre tourney.
will try diff mode today--as fav selection has found way to lose past couple of weeks--will try full slate.
Pending Wagers for the Past 24 Hours
Ticket # 35207838
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:11:06 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 31.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Howell + Brett Quigley - Under 25 GIRs -105
Ticket # 35207844
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:11:51 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 34.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Luke Donald - Under 25 GIRs -115
Ticket # 35207872
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:12:28 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 34.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Mike Weir + Joey Sindelar - Under 25 GIRs -115
Ticket # 35207921
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:15:22 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 36
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Toms + Adam Scott - Under 24? GIRs -120
Ticket # 35214639
Accepted: 6/10/2006 5:53:33 AM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 33
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Birdies or Better - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Ryuji Imada - Under 8 Birdies or Better -110
will try diff mode today--as fav selection has found way to lose past couple of weeks--will try full slate.
Pending Wagers for the Past 24 Hours
Ticket # 35207838
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:11:06 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 31.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Howell + Brett Quigley - Under 25 GIRs -105
Ticket # 35207844
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:11:51 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 34.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Luke Donald - Under 25 GIRs -115
Ticket # 35207872
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:12:28 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 34.5
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Mike Weir + Joey Sindelar - Under 25 GIRs -115
Ticket # 35207921
Accepted: 6/9/2006 10:15:22 PM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 36
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Toms + Adam Scott - Under 24? GIRs -120
Ticket # 35214639
Accepted: 6/10/2006 5:53:33 AM
Wager Type: Future/Prop
Risk: 33
Win: 30
Description: PGA Golf Birdies or Better - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Ryuji Imada - Under 8 Birdies or Better -110
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Prop totals 3rd rd 3-1-1
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Howell + Brett Quigley - Under 25 GIRs -105
Push (25)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Luke Donald - Under 25 GIRs -115
Win (19)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Mike Weir + Joey Sindelar - Under 25 GIRs -115
Win (21)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Toms + Adam Scott - Under 24? GIRs -120
Loss (25)
Description: PGA Golf Birdies or Better - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Ryuji Imada - Under 8 Birdies or Better -110
Win (1)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Howell + Brett Quigley - Under 25 GIRs -105
Push (25)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Luke Donald - Under 25 GIRs -115
Win (19)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Mike Weir + Joey Sindelar - Under 25 GIRs -115
Win (21)
Description: PGA Golf Greens in Regulation - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - David Toms + Adam Scott - Under 24? GIRs -120
Loss (25)
Description: PGA Golf Birdies or Better - Barclays Classic - 3rd Round - Kenny Perry + Ryuji Imada - Under 8 Birdies or Better -110
Win (1)
