Preview & outright plays:
Originally called the Dakota Dunes Open, this is one of the original six tournaments on the maiden Buy.com Tour of 1990. With the Dakota Dunes Country Club hosting the event every year, there is plenty of course form. Cited as one of the first 100 clubs in the US, the course was redesigned by Arnold Palmer in 1991 to bring it up to Tour golf standard. As with any Palmer course, there is scope for aggression off the tee and the course is not that penal. It was the 24th (of 31) hardest course on the Buy.com Tour last year.
With Heath Slocum playing win or bust golf at the moment, he is passed over this week and instead the three selections are Tim Petrovic, Matt Peterson and Brad Klapprott. Petrovic is winless this year, but he has had two runners-up spots, plus three other top-4 finishes and is 2nd in the scoring average stats. It may be a month since his last top-four, but the week's break will be good for his game. He did finish 17th two years ago, but this has been his breakthrough year and in a field weakened by players entering the B.C. Open, he stands a good chance of recording his maiden win.
Peterson is a veteran of the Buy.com Tour, having been a member every year bar one since 1992. In that time he has recorded just one victory (1995 Central Georgia Open), but is having a much better season this year with two top-3 finishes to date. While many of the field are playing this course for the first time, Peterson can boast eight previous visits, which include two top-10 finishes and a worst of 31st in the six times that he had made the cut. He could feature this week.
Klapprott is a rookie on the Buy.com Tour, though he made quite an impression last year when he played in two events and finished in the top-10 in both of them. He found the step up from the South Florida Golf Tour to the full-time Buy.com Tour problematic at first - he missed five of his first seven cuts - but he took a week off and has since finished 3rd and 21st in the last weeks but no round over par. With renewed form and on a Palmer course that rewards good driving - he ranks 2nd in total driving - he looks a decent proposition for a top-10 finish.
Outright plays:
Tim Petrovic to win 14/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
Matt Peterson to win 40/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
Brad Klapprott to win 50/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
Originally called the Dakota Dunes Open, this is one of the original six tournaments on the maiden Buy.com Tour of 1990. With the Dakota Dunes Country Club hosting the event every year, there is plenty of course form. Cited as one of the first 100 clubs in the US, the course was redesigned by Arnold Palmer in 1991 to bring it up to Tour golf standard. As with any Palmer course, there is scope for aggression off the tee and the course is not that penal. It was the 24th (of 31) hardest course on the Buy.com Tour last year.
With Heath Slocum playing win or bust golf at the moment, he is passed over this week and instead the three selections are Tim Petrovic, Matt Peterson and Brad Klapprott. Petrovic is winless this year, but he has had two runners-up spots, plus three other top-4 finishes and is 2nd in the scoring average stats. It may be a month since his last top-four, but the week's break will be good for his game. He did finish 17th two years ago, but this has been his breakthrough year and in a field weakened by players entering the B.C. Open, he stands a good chance of recording his maiden win.
Peterson is a veteran of the Buy.com Tour, having been a member every year bar one since 1992. In that time he has recorded just one victory (1995 Central Georgia Open), but is having a much better season this year with two top-3 finishes to date. While many of the field are playing this course for the first time, Peterson can boast eight previous visits, which include two top-10 finishes and a worst of 31st in the six times that he had made the cut. He could feature this week.
Klapprott is a rookie on the Buy.com Tour, though he made quite an impression last year when he played in two events and finished in the top-10 in both of them. He found the step up from the South Florida Golf Tour to the full-time Buy.com Tour problematic at first - he missed five of his first seven cuts - but he took a week off and has since finished 3rd and 21st in the last weeks but no round over par. With renewed form and on a Palmer course that rewards good driving - he ranks 2nd in total driving - he looks a decent proposition for a top-10 finish.
Outright plays:
Tim Petrovic to win 14/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
Matt Peterson to win 40/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
Brad Klapprott to win 50/1 e.w. @ Simon Bold
