Outrights:
Phil Mickelson(50/1) e.w.
Lee Westwood(45/1) e.w.
Branden Grace(30/1) e.w.
Rafael Cabrera Bello(100/1) e.w.
Padraig Harrington(125/1) e.w.
Matteo Manassero(200/1) e.w.
Alex Noren(100/1) e.w.
Thongchai Jaidee(175/1) e.w.
Ross Fisher(250/1) e.w.
Chris Wood(80/1) e.w.
Graeme McDowell(80/1) e.w.
Hideto Tanihara(66/1)(1/5 for 1-2-3-4) e.w. Top Rest of World
Soren Kjeldsen(66/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w. Top European
Jon Rahm(150/1) e.w. First Round Leader
Thongchai Jaidee(125/1) e.w. First Round Leader
GL
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Edit:
1/28/16 Link:
http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?596646-Farmers-Ins-San-Diago
Investing my winnings on Mickelson from last week:
Phil Mickelson(50/1) e.w. 145th Open Championship
Phil Mickelson(66/1) e.w. P.G.A.
Phil Mickelson(25/1) e.w. The Masters
Phil Mickelson(40/1) e.w. U.S. Open
- - In 2004 Mickelson repeatedly noted that Troon suited him best on the Open rota because all the way around you can strategically play to one side of virtually every hole and avoid the real problems which lie on the other side; utilizing his peerless short game when missing a green, and ready shotmaking when missing a fairway, he was indelibly engaged in the three-way battle that separated from the rest of the field. And the record shows what can happen now that Lefty gets to tune up for the Open on a links course instead of the bogs at Loch Lomond . . . I would have definitely concluded that the Open offered the best value in the majors for Mickelson this year if it wasn?t for the fact such surprising odds are being offered at Baltusrol where he has won before and will be played when he will surely be highly focused on a crammed schedule of majors while building toward the Ryder Cup . . . Although the 6-time runner-up surely wants the U.S. Open the most, IMO I would have to easily rate Oakmont as the least suitable major venue for Phil this season.
ODDS and ENDS:
(1) My play on Mickelson from January is actually enhanced IMO by his missed cuts in the year?s first two majors, but I don?t think his chances benefit from the exceptionally rugged weather forecasts for the coming days, or his late start during the exceptionally benign conditions on Thursday.
(2) The weather forecast which has prevailed all week has had me favoring certain players with suitable credentials . . . What my roster is lacking is Americans, and with Friday?s forecast I?m not too sure my in-running addition(s) will address that deficiency.
(3) Troon in 2004 was a beauty for me that started with Thomas Levet(80/1) tied for first round leader, Carl Pettersson(200/1) catching a small e.w. piece for first round leader, and Westwood(80/1) e.w. finishing 4th, plus an in-running play on Westwood(22/1) e.w. as Top European after playing with Tiger the first two days, and almost hitting a 12/1 e.w. in-running parlay on Els as Top ROW and Mickelson as Top American . . . My cleaning up with Westwood at Troon in 2004, along with having 150/1 e.w. on Westwood in-running at The Masters this year, must make me one of the few persons on the planet with very solid profits of 15 or so units on my 25 or so plays on Westwood in major championships . . . I didn?t think the most treacherous greens in golf would suit Westwood at Oakmont, and Sunday there proved a debacle. But I liked what I saw from Lee at Augusta, I liked what he brought to Troon in 2004, and he gets a further lean for his bad weather, links and driving credentials.
(4) Before the BMW International I posted, ?My record in the week after a major is way better than the week before a major.? Alex Noren(50/1) helped flip that trend last week, and I won?t pick up that winning marker.
(5) On Friday night of this year?s BMW PGA I started a post of ODDS and ENDS that I never finished (which I still have saved) and it would have stated, ?Liking Chris Wood for Troon, but might ?pop early.? WITHOUT A DOUBT my biggest regret in wagering at the end of this season will be ?What a stupid I am? for not having made the connection to place an in-running wager on Wood after 36 holes at Wentworth (the odds must have been 100/1 or 80/1) . . . I?m now expecting a WD for this week, and as of yesterday I heard him state his preparation has been "not what I wanted" (more or less non-existent, actually), but I'm letting him carry my cash nevertheless, to avoid further serious regrets . . . Ross Fisher offers several interesting angles to my way of thinking, but realistically I'd be tickled if he came through as a value loser.
(6) The worse the weather gets, the more I like my plays on Harrington, McDowell and Kjeldsen, and the less I like my plays on Cabrera Bello and Noren.
GL