Buy.com Dayton Open

[Stanley]

The first time that plays have been offered for the Buy.com Tour and thanks to Camelot Sportsbook for the opportunity! This is the 3rd staging of the Dayton Open and it is not one in which the defending champion will be playing. Both Ian Leggatt and the player he defeated in the playoff, Chris Smith, graduated to the PGA Tour and are playing in the Buick Classic instead.

The six-year old course is unusual in that it is the only public course on the Buy.com Tour and it opens and closes with par-fives. As the course compatibility stats show, length is a big advantage on this course. Also beneficial is a fade as the dogleg fairways were designed to play from left to right. The Bentgrass greens are large and as descried by golfcourse.com, they are the outstanding features of this course.

72-hole plays:

Matt Peterson to beat Brenden Pappas -120 @ Camelot
Both have had a couple of top-3 finishes this season, but Pappas' season has rather slumped since he finished 3rd behind his brother in the Virginia Beach Open. He has missed three cuts in the four events since then, with just a 25th place in the Canadian PGA Championship of note. In that time, Peterson has finished 2nd in the Steamtown Classic and was 31st last year. Having also played this course in each of the last two years, which Pappas has not, he gets the nod in this matchup

Jeff Gove to beat Stan Utley -110 @ Camelot
Similar contrast in terms of form with this matchup. Utley finished 5th at the Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs and was 22nd last week at the Greater Cleveland Open, but he has missed the cut in 14 of his last 19 events. Gove for his part has finished 5th and 13th in his last three events, all this month, and comes into the event with much higher expectations of playing at the weekend

 

[Stanley]

Adding:

Emlyn Aubrey to beat Bob Lohr -120 @ Camelot [3 units]
Basically a very strong play against Lohr who has missed 17 cuts in 19 events on the Buy.com Tour in the past twelve months. Aubrey has not had a great season since losing playing rights on the PGA Tour, but has a much better record of making the weekend and much better stats than Lohr

 

[Clive]

Stanley

What I want to know is where you get the time to research this bunch! It's as much as I can do to keep up with Seniors and LPGA without even considering Buy.com

When do you think Camelot will start betting on the tours that count?!

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Tataurangi -120 over Larry Rinker@ Camelot

Saw a line there also on Todd Barringer and was surprised to see him ranked 20th on their tour in driving.Must be hitting irons.He's longest I have ever seen including Tiger and Daly.

 

[Anders]

Tataurangi -120 over Larry Rinker@ Camelot

DTB - onya! Backing a local Waikato boy

Phil does seem to have got some confidence back after a horror injury trot and has done relatively well on the PGA Tour when given the opportunity lately.
Sheeesh, now I'm going to be wagering on the buy.com tour too - what's next?

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Anders Appears Mr T got into regular PGA event this week and started out well.Appears above match is a scratch.
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It a shame, Larry Rinker is currently on very bottom of leaderboard after 8 holes

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Hows this for quick customer service from Camelot.

Hello Wayne,

Your wager on the following event:
Phil Tataurangi vs. Larry Rinker to be held on Thu, 6/21 at 7:40 AM
Has been graded as no action because of the following reason(s):
1. Phil Tataurangi has withdrawn from the BUY.COM event to replace Ernie Els in the Buick Classic. As a result, all wagers involving this matchup are graded as no action. Parlays remain live but revert back to the appropriate grading

[This message has been edited by DOGS THAT BARK (edited 06-21-2001).]

 

[Camelot Sportsbook]

Wayne,

Wait till you see how good our customer service and events are once we get ONE WEEK WHERE IT DOES NOT RAIN!!! This is just a total nightmare for me in setting Round 2 matchups for tomorrow. Do you realize that it is now 5 STRAIGHT WEEKS where the 1st Round was not completed on Thursday???

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Believe me I think we are all aware of 5 week span.Makes in tough on all involved on both sides of the fence.

 

[Stanley]

Update:

Two of three plays are decided at the cut, but it is not good news. Peterson did beat Pappas by seven shots, but the biggest play of the week was the closes and it ended in a one-shot defeat for Aubrey. He managed to convert a five-shot overnight lead to a two-shot deficit when they came back this morning to complete the first round. Thereafter Lohr shot his lowest round for three years and sealed the victory with a birdie at the last. Great match, just wrong result! In the remaining play, Gove trails Utley by three shots.

 

[Stanley]

Final update: 2-1-0 and -1.60 units for the week

Gove defeated Utley by three shots in the final matchup. A loss on the week, but as that was the result of a one-shot defeat on one important play, not too discouraging a week. Should makes amends in Knoxville next week

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Drat Hated to see Barranger win this one.
Was going to play him this coming week as it list his current residence as S.C. however he played out of Knoxville Tn(the tourney site)for years.Will be little value to be had now.
As noted in above post he averaged 305 in driving this tourney in soft conditions.