Office Depot Championship

[Stanley]

Course: El Caballero Country Club, Tarzana, California
Yardage: 6394
Par: 72 (four par-fives)
USGA Rating: 73.2
Greens: Bermudagrass/Poa annua

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Best Players Last 10 Years

Past Winners:
2001 - Annika Sorenstam
2000 - Grace Park
1999 - Rachel Teske
1998 - Karrie Webb
1997 - Karrie Webb

 

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For beginners 1 unit
Redman 16.5/1Place only SIA

 

[Clive]

In a vain attempt to catch up with DTB in the bush league...

I'm assuming that the more accurate players will come to the fore on this track so will look to;

Rosie Jones - excellent last week and very accurate; 25/1 Stan James, five places

My Hun Kim - not suited by the recent spate of lengthy courses...should be much better off here 33/1 Stan James five places, or 28 Net Bet Sports six places

Cristie Kerr - finally living up to the hype - 66 NBS

Lorie Kane - too big at 28/1 Stan James

 

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beginners luck,Clive. However I do have some good tutors.
Looking to try and stay in black for freshman year and move up from apprentice to official Bushmaster in 2003
One more selection i unit place only @ SIA
Robbins 10/1
Only an opening round of 76 in 2000 kept her from consecutive top 5's in this event past 2 years.Current form not too shabby.

 

[Stanley]

Outright plays (1 unit unless stated):

Rosie Jones to win 25/1 e.w. @ Ladbrokes
Ultra-consistent player - her worst finish since the U.S. Women's Open ten months ago has been 21st in the AFLAC Champions - who finished just two shots behind Annika last week. The tight fairways of La Caballero will suit her game and a top-5 finish should be very likely.

Grace Park to win 40/1 e.w. @ NetBetSports
Very much higher odds than elsewhere and with six places on offer, I am tempted. Park has finished in the top-10 in six of her last nine events and in three of four starts this season. She improved every round from a disastrous opening 75 to finish 9th last week and while she is more suited to the longer courses, there is definitely value IMO in 40/1 for this player.

Cristie Kerr to win 66/1 e.w. @ William Hill, Centrebet or Sportsinteraction
Hard to ignore a player at these odds who has finished in the top-20 in all her four starts this year and finished 3rd on two of those occasions. She did so in the PING Banner Health and in the Nabisco Championship last week. She has yet to win on Tour, but at these odds, another 3rd place finish would be more than welcome!

 

[Stanley]

Matchup plays (1 unit unless stated):

Tammie Green to beat Tina Fischer -111 @ BetandWin
Some very strange matchups from BetandWin, concentrating on the lesser-known players, but two are of interest. Both have had one decent finish this year - Green finished 23rd in the Welch's/Circle K Championship two weeks ago and Fischer finished 15th in the Takefuji Classic five weeks ago - but this is basically a play against Fischer. Since the Takefuji Classic she has yet to break par in any of her eight rounds and four of those have been in the 80s.

Jane Geddes to beat Sandrine Mendiburu -111 @ BetandWin [3 units]
One start and one cut made for Geddes so far this year and that is enough for me to side with her and oppose Mendiburu who has played three events on American soil and missed the cut by quite a distance on each occasion. She has won four times on the Ladies European Tour, but did not play for almost 12 months until competing in a couple of evens at the end of last season. I can only presume the layoff was because of injury and she played poorly on those occasions. This is her first start of 2002 and I really don't see a return to the form of 1999.

 

[Clive]

nothing to do with injury Stan, she had a baby in June!!! On her way back now and her first real tilt at the LPGA...one to watch for the future certainly, and a pin-up to boot.

First match bets of the year now that Betandwin are playing the LPGA;

Namika Omata to beat J-M Busuttil - Both these have played the same three event this year ans Omata is 3-0

Michele Ellis v Jen Hanna - Noted that Hanna was the better player last year, but Ellis played well in Australia earlier in the year and she made the cut two weeks ago when Hanna did not

 

[Stanley]

Thanks for the update Clive. Bit late for the play, but I agree that she is certainly pin-up material

 

[Myron]

I have a hunch Karrie Webb is going to come to life this week. I'll take the 6-1 on her.

BTW Stanley what do you know about this Carl Peterson that is leading at the Portugal Open? I'm not convinced he'll win the even and jumped on 2 other players at Bet365.

1) Joaeggen Heggman (sp)? 1 unit e/w at 66-1 - finished at +1

2) Philip Walton 2 units e/w at 50-1 (currently Even but 7 holes to go in round 1)

3) 5 shares of Gary Evans at WSEX for $5 each

Any other value plays out there?

 

[Stanley]

Final update:

Matchups: 2-0; +4.00 units

Green/Fischer WON by 9
Geddes/Mendiburu WON by 5

Outrights: 0-3; -3.00 units

Jones 20th
Park WD
Kerr mc

A comparatively poor event by this week's standards! Both the matchups were decided at the cut and at least covered some very disappointing outright selections. Park had been best-placed after the 1st round, but withdrew after a few holes of the 2nd round. Jones improved with every round, but finished 10 shots behind Se Ri Pak who had obviously fully recovered from her illness early in the week!

LPGA Tour ytd
Matchups: 6-3; +8.40 units
Outrights: 2-12; -8.47 units

 

[Anders]

WOT??!!

NO OUTRIGHT WINNER??!!

WHAT THE FUHK'S GOING ON STAN??!! :thefinger

 

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finals/outrights Redman 20th and Robbins 43rd
Week - 2 units ytd +13.5