Round 4 play (4pts):
Steve Stricker to beat Geoff Ogilvy -163 @ Paddy Power
Backing Stricker to finish with a good round and put himself within reach of victory. If he does, he may well be the #1 in the World Rankings in the next week or so. Obviously, he is playing extremely well - he hasn't had a bogey since the 3rd round of The Barclays - but this is more than just a purple patch of form - he ranks in the top-3 in all the main scoring and ranking categories on the PGA Tour. And his record of finishing 7th, 9th, 13th and 1st the last four years here suggests that there should be little surprise that he challenging for the victory on this course again. In terms of Ogilvy, he has played well on this course in three of his five visits, but his last top-10 finish was back in the season-opening SBS Championship. His putter has been hot and cold this week resulting in low and high scores, so he will need it to be hot again if he is challenge for this title. With his final round average at almost two shots higher than Stricker this year (and he ranks 142nd in this category on the PGA Tour), history suggests his putter will indeed need to be very hot if he is match Stricker today.
[unofficial rd4 system play: Stricker tb Mickelson -120; Stricker tb Donald -120; Scott tb Ogilvy -119; Stricker tb Kuchar -110; Trahan tb Gillis -124]
