Round 1 play (2pts):
Nicolas Colsaerts to beat Branden Grace -114 @ Pinnacle
Two players who have turned theor focus to the PGA Tour this year, but for whom it hasn't worked out. Grace earned $82,000 from 11 starts; Colsaerts earned $123,000 from 12 starts and that was only enough for him to finish 198th on the Money List. Grace did play in the Web.com Tour Finals, but missed two cuts and finished 46th in the other event, so it has been a very poor season and I don't expect him to play much better when making his debut on this course. Colsaerts finished 15th here last year and returned to the European Tour to re-ignite his form and it has paid dividends: he finished 4th last time out in the Wales Open, as well as 13th in the European Masters, and so looks much more likely to play well this week.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Ilonen tb Wilson -127; Olesen tb Grace -105; Sullivan tb Pieters -111; Derksen tb Olesen -111]
Nicolas Colsaerts to beat Branden Grace -114 @ Pinnacle
Two players who have turned theor focus to the PGA Tour this year, but for whom it hasn't worked out. Grace earned $82,000 from 11 starts; Colsaerts earned $123,000 from 12 starts and that was only enough for him to finish 198th on the Money List. Grace did play in the Web.com Tour Finals, but missed two cuts and finished 46th in the other event, so it has been a very poor season and I don't expect him to play much better when making his debut on this course. Colsaerts finished 15th here last year and returned to the European Tour to re-ignite his form and it has paid dividends: he finished 4th last time out in the Wales Open, as well as 13th in the European Masters, and so looks much more likely to play well this week.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Ilonen tb Wilson -127; Olesen tb Grace -105; Sullivan tb Pieters -111; Derksen tb Olesen -111]
