TPC at Sawgrass

[Stanley]

Adding:

Chris Perry to win Group E (Faxon, Perry, Norman, Cink, Bjorn) 7/2 @ Ladbrokes

Scott Verplank to win Group C (Faxon, Norman, Verplank, Harrington, Cink) 7/2 @ Paddy Power

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Stan I saw where Hills is offering 3 man group bets. Think any other books will follow?

 

[Stanley]

Not really. I don't even think the 5-man group bets are that popular - I've only given them some attention because of the overload from Simon Bold. As an alternative to 72-hole matchups, I don't like them and I can't see how they would generate much business. It's the old British bookie obsession with hiding the juice from the punter with a 3rd option

 

[boris]

looka like Duval has WD - his three-ball is listed without him on the live scoring on pgatour.com

Geoff Ogilvy ain't gonna be happy....

 

[Stanley]

Same for Chris Perry. He was supposed to be 1st out, but is not on the leaderboard. The PGA Tour tee-times page has asterisked him with the comment "Requested withdrawal unofficial". That had better mean he withdrew before teeing-off, he figures on a lot of my plays

 

[buckeye]

Damn,
Had 30 units on Price ov Duval, when I heard about his wrist ( loved this matchup anyway ) and now zippo. Was worth a shot! If only he'd have teed off and then WD!

 

[buckeye]

BTW,
Despite Dogs problem with interactives last weekend ( one case where calling them would have made a difference - I hate calling books normally ), I had to jump on Price @ $2 this week ( that's 49-1 ). It sometimes strikes me as unbelievable when they have players at 30-1 on futures but $2 on interactives or 18-1 and $3, makes no sense. I also like the idea of selling off at "some" profit even if they don't win outright!

GL2All

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

C Perry withdrew prior to tee off with stomach flu.

 

[Ian]

What the hell is stomach flu???? - possibly golf speak for I can't face the 17th!

 

[Ian]

Somewhat surprised to see Chalmers quoted at 80-1 Hills at -2 only 33-1 Alphabet

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

1st round results 1-1
Hoch/Huston win by 8
Durant/Faxon loss by 1
Faxon goes into 17 and 18 1down and birdies both.If you know those holes you know the odds of that happening.

72 hole standings
Monty/Garcia 2 up
Calc/Monty 3 down
Calc/Flesch 4down
Toms/Lickliter 2 up
Durant/Faxon 1 down
No lead is safe here.Will be huge swings daily.

Parlay and combo
Parlay matches split
3ball combo went down to last hole of last match which Sluman parred and Henninger birdied for a loss.No big disappointment though,would have been peanut payoff as Perry withdrew and Couples tied.

Ian interpetation of withdrawing due to stomach flu is,he chit his pants enroute to 1st tee

 

[Stanley]

1st round update: 2-2-0 and -1.42 units

Split the plays, but lost the two-unit play as Roberts slumped to four-over-par and lost by four to Campbell. Elsewhere, Durant beat Norman by two, Lickliter lost to Toms by two (DTB did try to warn me off this play

) and Singh beat Mickelson by six. At least the 72-hole plays look encouraging: only Calc is behind, by 4 shots to Flesch. Sutton is tied with Flesch, while Sutton leads Durant by one, Furyk leads Weir by five, Verplank leads Cink by nine and Furyk leads Norman by three.

Perry's withdrawal voided a few plays, especially the group plays, but in remaining one Verplank leads his group by one with Norman and Cink looking to struggle to make the weekend. Outrights are generally encouraging with Verplank in 8th place and Price 12th though Love is only 37th.

Back early morning with 2nd round plays.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

lines up @ 5dimes already.Got one early one that may move.
Parnavic -118 over Garcia

Stan Was fortunate on that one.Your thoughts behind play were solid.

back in am

 

[boris]

anywhere to check the stats on the 17th? Backed over 44 double bogeys or worse at WSEX..

 

[Stanley]

2nd round plays:

Fred Funk to beat Thomas Bjorn -115 @ Five Dimes [2 units]
Colin Montgomerie to beat Mark Calcavecchia -115 @ Five Dimes [2 units]
Jim Furyk to beat Greg Norman -122 @ Five Dimes [3 units]
Sergio Garcia to beat Mike Weir -115 @ Five Dimes [2 units]

 

[Stanley]

Boris,

Here's the link. Sure seemed like a lot more people went in the water!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2001/players/stats.00cumulative.html

 

[boris]

13? Is that all?? Boo.....

Might need the wind to fire up then to beat 44 over 4 days.

 

[boris]

rare 2nd rd action for me (well, disclosed at least

)

all at 5Dimes
Verplank -115 v Calc
Garcia -115 v Weir
Funk -115 v Bjorn

 

[AussieVamp2]

stomach flu can be a euphemism for too much of the wrong stuff coming out either end I think

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

2nd round @ $plays
Couples +110 over Oly
Verplank +100 over Kendall
Cook -105 over K Perry