Matchup plays (1 unit unless stated):
Angel Cabrera to beat David Duval -120 @
Bet365
Always look to oppose the struggling Duval and will do gladly with a player of Cabrera's quality. He had a good top-20 finish in the Nissan Open, looked impressive but temperamental last week and finished 5th here last year. He won't be too far behind that mark this year.
Angel Cabrera to beat Steve Elkington -111 @
Victor Chandler
Elk has an impressive record on the Blue Monster - two wins and two top-5 finishes in the last eight years - but he is far from the player that he was in the mid-90s. Should finish in the top-30 this week, but not a genuine contender like the Argentine this week.
Nick Price to beat K.J. Choi -118 @
Centrebet [2 units]
Price is another genuine contender this week and will combine an outright play on him with two matchup plays as well. Choi has the ability to challenge this week and he can boast two top-5 finishes this year, but fatigue must surely be a mitigating factor working against him. This will be the 9th event of the season and he has only missed one event so far. No-one has played more events than the Korean and it will surely catch up with him sometime soon.
Nick Price to beat Lee Janzen -150 @
Five Dimes and
Sirbet [2 units]
Strange matchup and will gladly back Price at these odds against a player whose best finish this season is 24th (Price's worst finish is 21st) and has no top-20 finishes at Doral in his last five visits (Price has finished in the top-10 in five of his last six).
Scott Verplank to beat Skip Kendall -111 @
William Hill and
Gamebookers
Don't think Verplank will have a particularly great event, but should outperform Kendall who has yet to secure a top-20 finish in five starts this year or in this event in eight attempts. Verplank can count one from three starts this year and in two of the last three years at Doral. He also has a compelling 14-3-0 h2h record against Kendall over the past 12 months.
Scott Verplank to beat Len Mattiace +100 @
SIA,
Sportingbet and
Sporting Odds
Opposing Mattiace because of his inconsistent form this season (two cuts missed in his last four strokeplay events) and his very inconsistent form in this event. He can claim a top-10 finish in 1998 and a top-20 finish last year, but he has made the cut at Doral in just three of eight attempts. Siding with the more consistent Verplank at these odds.
Stewart Cink to beat Pat Perez -115 @
WSEX
These playing are moving in opposite directions in their form. Cink is the improving player with finishes of mc, mc, 43rd, 17th and 6th in his five starts this year; Perez is the fading player with finishes of 6th, 47th, 50th and 32nd in the last six weeks. While both have comparable course form, Cink looks the one who is playing with more confidence this week.
