Memorial Tournament

[Stanley]

Outright plays (1 unit):

Vijay Singh to win 12/1 e.w. @ BetInternet, Paddy Power and BlueSq
Wouldn't normally back players to win back-to-back, but he did tactfully decide to withdraw from last week's event so he had a week's holiday to refocus and try to get himself out of the Sorenstam debate. Hopefully he can now maintain his form that has been so impressive returning from injury and with an even more impressive course history - one win and three further top-5 finishes in the last six years - he looks a strong contender this week.

Mike Weir to win 25/1 e.w. @ Stan James, Paddy Power and UKBetting
Weir can't boast the same course form as Singh, though he was 4th in 2000 and been solid on his other three appearances, but having won three times in ten starts this year, he is certainly worthy of attention. He took an extended break after winning the Masters, but his confidence can't be doubted and he has won twice this year with Tiger in the field.

Justin Leonard to win 28/1 e.w. @ Stan James,
Leonard stole some of Perry's headlines with his 61 on Sunday when a birdie on the last would have netted him the 59. There is a fear that there may be a fallout from that near-miss, but his form has been good in the past few weeks with 9th in the Byron Nelson Classic before last week's runners-up spot. He also won the Honda Classic in March. His course form is not too bad either - 2nd in 2000, 7th in 1999 and a win in the U.S. Amateur in 1992 - so 28/1 looks a decent price.

Others that made it to the shortlist: Allenby (8/1 place); Sluman (11/1 place); Harrington 33/1.

 

[The Big Tease]

i will try to keep you guys posted on anything i see out on the course.....i live right around the corner from the course, and i will be there wednesday watching practice. i was there today, but only a few hacks were out there......gary nicklaus, gary player, etc. so i hope i can be of some help!

 

[milpalm]

Leonard (25/1, Sportingbet) and Allenby (50/1 Easybets) for me. Two in-form players who have done well here before. Also think Goosen is rather big at 40/1 despite his missed cut at Wentworth. He could easily bounce back this week.

 

[bettingmad]

R Allenby 50/1 Blue Square
One of my favourite players and always worth considering when in decent form. Has done each way backers a favour this year with four top 4 finishes already ( Hawaii/J Walker/Players/Byron Nelson). 27th here last year and 7th in 2001.

 

[Stanley]

Matchup plays (1 unit unless stated):

Stuart Appleby to beat Trevor Immelman -111 @ BetandWin [2 units]
Looking to oppose Immelman who lost out via a playoff for the Volvo PGA Championship on Sunday. Travelling across the Atlantic is reason enough to oppose a player and so is being involved in a playoff the week before. With just two cuts made from five starts on the PGA Tour this season, a missed cut last year and a career 0-5-0 h2h against Appleby, he looks very opposable this week. Expekt offer -118 with ties decided at a dead heat.

Mike Weir to beat Trevor Immelman -164 @ William Hill [2 units]
Immelman has never beaten Appleby on the PGA Tour and the same with Weir who has a far stronger chance of winning this week. Will take the unsavoury odds for an unexpected matchup.

Stuart Appleby to beat Rory Sabbatini -111 @ Paddy Power [2 units]
Sabbatini had his best week of the year last week en route to finishing 5th at the Colonial, but he is far from a consistent player and tees it up this week on a course on which he has previously struggled. In six previous rounds, he has a scoring average of 75.17 and has broken par just once. Appleby just looks the more solid player and has a decent history on this course.

Mark Calcavecchia to beat Rory Sabbatini -110 @ Sportingbet and Sporting Odds
Calc's course form is even better even though he missed the cut last year. He was 2nd in 1995 and has been in contention several times since. He was also 2nd in the Houston Open last month and has missed just one cut in eleven starts this season. Sabbatini may have another big week, but Calc looks far more likely to make the cut.

Stewart Cink to beat Adam Scott -125 @ Expekt
No course history and having played at Wentworth over the weekend, Scott is another to oppose this week, particularly against Cink who has been in very good form this season and finished in the top-10 in the last two years. With a 5-1-0 h2h advantage to Cink over the past year as well, these look goods odds for Cink.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

I find this odd Kenny puts Rac mb3 shafts in clubs in cut 2 tourneys back so last week puts s-400 dynamic gold and wins and this week changed to x100 dynamic gold.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Prob will wait for cut for outrights as should be good opt for some horses to come from back of pack. Rain projected 2 of 4 days.

one 72 hole so far
Furyk -110 over Leonard (ties lose)
Each player with 13 events under belt so far and Furyk has finished in top 10 of those 10 times compared to Leonards 4.
Leonards course form is somewhat of concern plus ability to string good tourneys in a row in the past.--however did not credit his 61 rd of being that stellar last week as it was done under very soft conditions and lift clean and place as confirmed by 4 rds shot at 65 or better with Sunday pins compared to only 5 in the previous 3 rds.

 

[LARGE222]

had a chance to play here a couple of times
greens are unreal fast especially from wrong places. ie above hole.

4 plays
cink over mediate
cink been good here and belly pputter really hepled. i here that mediate is not 100 percent physically 1 unit

howell over verplank 1 unit
verplank record here not good for a player of his caliber.
howell has been off form for him but memorial and quail hollow are similar courses that was howells best play. course should play into huis strenghts.

harrington over goosen 1/2 uniit
two great tournament llately for harrington and should be much better than missed cuts at augusta and players champ

westwood over duval 1/2 unit
got to go with a guy that looks like he is at least trying versus the nut job duval



good luck

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

adding 72 holes
Petrovic -115 over Austin @ 365 (no ties lose)
Choi -110 over Immelman @ WSEX

1st rd @ WSEX
Harrington -110- over Haas (-.5 stroke)
Janzen -115 over Jack Nicklaus (-2.5 strokes)
lot to bite off but Janzen has 3.75 1st rd stroke margin with each last 4 events here averaged.--and Jack not getting younger but might be in better shape than last year when I believe he beat Janzen heads up--but I'm gonna look.

 

[Stanley]

Adding (1 unit unless stated):

Notah Begay to beat John Daly -110 @ WSEX
Should be decided before the weekend as both have failed to reach that mark in their last three events. But always look to oppose Daly and particularly on this course as three of his last ten rounds at Muirfield Village have been in the 80s. Begay made the cut in his only previous visit and a repeat should be more than enough.

Steve Flesch to beat Adam Scott -130 @ Intertops
Hard to oppose a player who has one once and finished in the top-15 in four of his last five starts and in two of his last three visits to Muirfield Village. Can't see him winning another title, but should certainly beat Scott for the reasons cited above.

Fred Funk to beat Hank Kuehne -170 @ WSEX [2 units]
Kuehne's game has gone off the boil a little since his two top-3 finishes in April. His best finish in three starts in May has been 43rd and there is little reason to expect an improvement this week. He has never played this course (and experience is essential this week) and Nicklaus has narrowed the fairwas by an average of 4 yards this year. Funk has played particularly well in his last two events and hasn't missed a cut here for ten years. A justifiable price for a strong favourite.

Jim Furyk to beat Justin Leonard -111 @ SIA
Leonard's recent form has been very impressive, but there has been no-one as consistent as Furyk this year - he has nine top-10 finishes from twelve starts. He has the burden of being defending champion this week and so was not considered for the outrights, but against this consistency he should at the very least provide a hedge play against Leonard should he fail to be as consistent as Gentle Jim this week.

 

[Stanley]

1st round plays (2 units):

Stuart Appleby to beat Mark Calcavecchia -110 @ Sirbet
Jim Furyk to beat Mike Weir -120 @ Five Dimes
Geoff Ogilvy to beat Rory Sabbatini -115 @ Five Dimes

 

[Myron]

4 Plays at WWTS:

Harrington -110 vs. Goosen
Immelman -110 vs. Scott
Janzen -125 vs. Maggert
Choi -115 vs. Lonard

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

adding miss the cut prop @ wsex
Garca +120 to not make cut

Got some real hum dingers on their miss cut props.
threw this little shits and grins parlay at em.

You have wagered $10.00 to win $65.47 on:
GC 3 5/29: WILL DAVID DUVAL MAKE THE CUT? (MEMORIAL) ( NO )
GC 5 5/29: WILL JOHN DALY MAKE THE CUT? (MEMORIAL) ( NO )
GC 1 5/29: WILL JACK NICKLAUS MAKE THE CUT? (MEMORIAL) ( NO )
GC 7 5/29: WILL SERGIO GARCIA MAKE THE CUT? (MEMORIAL) ( NO )

 

[lostinamerica]

COLONIAL:
These guys are good. They reclaimed their tournament beyond my high expectations, and that's a good thing.
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MEMORIAL:

OUTRIGHTS:

Robert Gamez(100/1) for 0.60* @ Bet365
Since before January 1 I have had Gamez pegged for a win before deep in the summer, and he has been tracking accordingly. The switch could be flipped this week, being back in Jack's tournament.

Justin Leonard(25/1) for 0.60* e.w. @ Bet 365
Keeping the faith with what I posted before the Byron Nelson: "The handful of shots I saw from Leonard on Friday at Wachovia moved him off my fade list and onto my radar. The swing looked sharper, the shots looked solid, their was good pace on the putts, and most importantly, I was convinced that I detected a swagger of confidence to go with it.

Stuart Appleby(80/1) for 0.60* e.w. @ Bet365
Furyk won here last year, and the Columbus area was the home of his wife and his in-laws. This week, Appleby is down the road from Akron and connections to the family of his soulmate, Ashlee Saleet.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/5805033.htm
(I had the happy experience of chatting with Ashlee while watching Appleby play holes 6 and 7 on Sunday of last year's PGA at Hazeltine. She is a doll.) . . . For months I've been anticipating that Stuart might have something in this spot.

Robert Allenby(40/1) for 0.60* e.w. @ Bet365
As often as not, whenever I pick Appleby or Allenby, it's the other guy that goes close. What is it with those guys? Anyway, a saver on Allenby.

Stewart Cink(50/1) for 0.60* e.w. @ Bet365
The first event after his failed push to earn a spot in the U.S. Open (finished 53rd in the World Rankings).


1st Round Low Score for 0.20* each @ 5 dimes:

Bob Tway(66/1)
Robert Gamez(100/1)
Trevor Immelman(80/1)

GL

 

[lostinamerica]

MATCHUPS (Tournament) for 1* each:

Immelman(-125) over Garcia @ 5 dimes
Howell(+110) over Verplank @ Olympic
Mattiace(-115) over Byrd @ 5 dimes
Appleby(-110) over Lonard @ Bet365


3 BALLS (Thursday) for 1* each @ Bet365:

Mattiace(+162) over Garcia/Kuchar
Pettersson(+188) over Scott/Perez
Tway(+150) over Lonard/Day
Appleby(+250) over Furyk/Funk

GL

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Like your Mattiace selection LIA. Rain all day today so sould play into big hitters which is some concern on Garcia end despite his form.I did use it in little unofficial 3ball parlay today which had abundance of weak sisters in 3balls. put this parlay in short time ago.

Memorial Tournament R 1 Goosen/Olazabal/Duval
(3 Balls) Retief Goosen
-110 To Win To Run

2 29/05/2003 Memorial Tournament R 1 Els/Howell/Burns
(3 Balls) Ernie Els
-125 To Win To Run

3 29/05/2003 Memorial Tournament R 1 Singh/Donald/Begay
(3 Balls) Vijay Singh
-150 To Win To Run

4 29/05/2003 Memorial Tournament R 1 Garcia/Mattiace/Kuchar
(3 Balls) Len Mattiace
+162 To Win To Run

5 29/05/2003 Memorial Tournament R 1 Weir/Hayes/Sauers
(3 Balls) Mike Weir
-120 To Win To Run

Parlays

Wager Type No of Bets Unit Risk Risk To Win Returns

5 Play Parlays 1 10.00 10.00

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

1st rd results 2-0
1st rd @ WSEX
Harrington -110- over Haas (-.5 stroke) win
Janzen -115 over Jack Nicklaus (-2.5 strokes win

5man 3ball combo came up 2 short on S&G wager

Nice reurns on Mattiace and Tway in your 3balls LIA

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

2nd rd
Not much to my liking but will play one 3ball as a match bet.

Els +100 over Howell & Burns @ 365
Basically a heads up wager to my thinking and can't remember last time I got Els @ +100 over Howell.
Maybe let down for Howell and Ernies over par 1st round no concern as he has went over par twice this year in 1st rd (79-74)
only to follow with a (66-65)
Late tee time will help as firmer greens are Howells nemisis with nothing but a full throttle swing.

 

[Stanley]

1st round update: 1-2-0; -2.50 units

Appleby/Calcavecchia LOST by 2
Furyk/Weir WON by 4
Ogilvy/Sabbatini LOST by 7

2nd round plays (2 units unless stated):

Bob Tway to beat Brad Faxon -105 @ Sirbet
Bob Tway to beat John Huston -130 @ Five Dimes [3 units]
Mike Weir to beat Jim Furyk -108 @ Five Dimes

 

[lostinamerica]

PARLAY: Howell(-125) over Campbell WITH Leonard(-110) over Harrington WITH Appleby(-130) over Immelman @ 5 dimes for 1* @ 5.08/1
I almost feel due a litle one. Like with a push or two included in there little. Probably not.

Vijay Singh(+700) for 0.60* e.w. @ Bet365
He seems very likely to keep pace.

GL