To win
Brooks Koepka +3550
As I can't find this matchup anywhere, I've asked my man to make a matchup line. What do you guys think it should be: :thinking:
Brooks Koepka vs. Tiger Woods
Thanks
I'd make Koepka -155 vs Woods
Round 1 plays (2pts unless stated):
Rafa Cabrera-Bello to beat Steven Bowditch +120 @ Carib [also available @ 5Dimes, Pinnacle and The Greek] [4pts]
Very good odds to back the Spaniard in this matchup. He has been in very good form this summer with five consecutive top-15 finishes before finishing 41st in the Scottish Open and 40th in the Open Championship to show that he can compete on links courses. He has also made the cut in each of the last two PGA Championships, whereas Bowditch missed the cut on his debut last year. Bowditch did win the Byron Nelson Championship in May, but he has no other top-10 finishes in his 24 starts in 2015 and I see little to suggest that it will be any different at Whistling Straits.
Sergio Garcia to beat Louis Oosthuizen -109 @ Pinnacle
On a course like Whistling Straits, driving is very important, and on a Pete Dye course, the ability to control approach shots is just as important. Garcia excels in both these facets of the game and when he finished 6th last month at St Andrews, it was his 9th top-10 finish in the Open Championship. He can clearly play on links courses, so he looks a player to side with for 54 holes this week. I'm not doubting Oosthuizen's credentials, but Garcia holds a 11-5-0 h2h record over rds 1 and 2 in 2015 against the South African (and a losing h2h record again him in rds 3 and 4) and this course suits Garcia more than most courses.
Sergio Garcia to beat Hideki Matsuyama -105 @ 5Dimes
A similar story in this matchup. Matsuyama has become a very consistent top-20 finisher and has settled to the courses on the PGA Tour very well, but this is a very different type of course and I see Garcia as much more likely to really contend this week.
Jim Furyk to beat Brooks Koepka -135 @ 5Dimes
The experience and careful ball control of Furyk or the power of Koepka? There's no denying Koepka's form and two of his current run of six top-25 finishes have been Majors, but only one of those (the St Jude Classic two months ago) was a top-5 finish, whereas Furyk has finished in the top-5 in his last two starts, in the last two PGA Championships and was around the top-5 in 2010 for a lot of the week until a poor 4th round.
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