Turning Stone Resort Championship

[DerrickTulips]

Jason Day +120 over Danny Lee..

Have no idea how Danny Lee is -140 here, sure he had a top 20 in his only pga event, and sure he is the most talented youngster that i have seen since Tiger, but I'm not sipping the Kool Aid just yet.

Here is some info for the people who aren't obsessed with golf like i am :mj07:

Kiwi amateur sensation Danny Lee won't be playing in the Ginn sur Mer Classic on the US PGA Tour in Florida next month after all.

The US Amateur champion, who finished 20th equal at the tour's Wyndham Classic last month before cleaning up the amateurs at Pinehurst No2, was reported to have an invitation to the classic, but the tournament director said there was no berth for Lee.

New Zealand Golf high performance director David Graham says Lee is still in line to play other PGA Tour tournaments before the end of the year.

"There are a number of tournament directors interested in having him play. But nothing has come to the front yet."

Lee, tipped for a brilliant career once he does turn pro, will be based in San Diego as he builds towards the Eisenhower amateur world teams' championship in Adelaide, starting on October 16.

Graham said it was ideal for Lee to train and practise in the US in "better weather where the grass surfaces are little bit more appropriate".

Lee, 18, will stay an amateur until after next year's US Masters, US Open and British Open tournaments, for which he is eligible after winning the US Amateur crown. He should play alongside world No1 Tiger Woods in the first two rounds of the US Open at the Bethpage Black Course near New York next June.

Even Woods struggled as an amateur when playing in half-a-dozen major championships, his highest finish being 22nd at the 1996 British Open before he turned pro and went to another level.

A prominent showing at any of the majors will boost Lee's signing-on fee with any golf management company, with the Rotorua-based player in line for up to $3 million in sponsorship from corporates and equipment manufacturers.

David Rollo, the vice president of golf for International Management Group Australia, told the Sunday Star-Times Lee was hot property.

"His credentials are pretty impressive as the No1 ranked amateur in the world and with a profile in North America.

"He's going to be very well placed when that time comes."

Lee's Korean heritage would also open corporate doors in Asia.

"He's going to be an international player. That does give him an added bow to his marketing capability."

But Rollo warned that if Lee's form dipped his early earning potential would fall.

"Who knows where Danny may be in a six to eight months time?

"A lot of a player's marketability is their ability to continue to perform and keep doing well.

"He's going to have an opportunity next year to deliver his profile to a huge television audience playing some of these events. There's a lot of upside potential for him."

Rollo said Australia's Nick Flanagan, who won the US Amateur in 2003 and has three wins on the second-tier US Nationwide pro tour, was not flush with sponsorship when he turned professional.

"He was reasonably placed but certainly his win did not translate into millions of dollars.

"Danny is very much on our radar. We were hugely impressed and he will generate a lot of attention for a number of companies. We'll definitely have our hat in the ring.

"He's an exceptional talent.

 

[BOBBYW]

JUST CHECKED 5DIMES..........

JUST CHECKED 5DIMES..........

AND LEE IS 66/1 AND DAY IS 125/1.....MUST BE SOME EARLY ACTION ON LEE.....MOST MU'S ARE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE SAME VALUE

 

[Tommyjay]

Based on last year's performance, a top 5, and this years journeyman effort, plus odds that are decent, not great----I'm taking, this week only----

John Senden 46.00

Here's a guy who has one PGA win, barely beating out Michelle Wei for the '06 Deere Classic title. I don't know why he hasn;t won more, he has the perfect modern pro golf body--6'3, 200 lbs. There are reasons not to bet Senden, I'm ignoring those.

 

[DerrickTulips]

AND LEE IS 66/1 AND DAY IS 125/1.....MUST BE SOME EARLY ACTION ON LEE.....MOST MU'S ARE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE SAME VALUE

Yea that was the first thing I checked. Thought it was hilarious that he was 66/1 when this is only his second pro event.

 

[DerrickTulips]

VERONA ?

If the weather is a bit rugged this week, you can expect Atunyote Golf Club to be pretty tough during the second annual Turning Stone Resort Championship.

And that is the way it looked to be Monday, when the early weather forecast for the week called for:

* Thunderstorms likely Wednesday and a 30 percent chance of showers on most days through Sunday.

* Temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s.

The second annual $6-million tourney, which pays $1,080,000 to the winner and is part of the PGA Tour?s Fall Series, gets under way Thursday.

The impending weather wasn?t good news for players.

?If it?s cool and damp, the course is going to play a lot longer,? Joey Sindelar said after his practice round Monday. ?Guys can?t swing as hard, you don?t get as much roll. It will be a beast.?

Sindelar, 50, the popular 27-year PGA Tour veteran from Horseheads, said Atunyote?s firm, fast greens are what make it tough, in addition to its 7,470-yard length. The weather could just make it nastier.

?If there is rain and cold, it will make the par 5s (holes 5, 8, 12 and 18) very questionable,? he said. ?But our biggest enemy is the wind. And if it is cold, it probably will be windy. It was about 10 mph today, and it was costing us 15 or 20 yards.?

If it is more than a little damp, Sindelar said, drives are more likely to stay in the fairway, and the greens will be more forgiving, but that might not add up to better scoring.

?You can go for the flags, but from 20 yards further back,? he said.

 

[DerrickTulips]

Here is some more on Danny..

Danny Lee

VERONA, NEW YORK

JOHN BUSH: We'd like to welcome Danny Lee into the interview room here at The Turning Stone Resort Championship. Thank you for coming by and spending a few minutes with us.
DANNY LEE: No problem.
JOHN BUSH: I think you played a practice round this morning. Can you comment on the golf course.
DANNY LEE: Obviously I played really well today, and I'm hitting it well and starting to putting it better. I have a good feeling about this tournament.
JOHN BUSH: How about the golf course, does it suit your eye?
DANNY LEE: Yeah, it has really wide fairways and nice greens, so it's great out there.
JOHN BUSH: Obviously you won the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pinehurst. Comment on what that experience was like for you.
DANNY LEE: It was just great. I mean, it was a long week and there was tough match plays going on. I played really well over there, so...
JOHN BUSH: And then you played the Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour last month. I think you finished tied for 20th there. Some comments on your PGA Tour experience and what your plans are for the rest of this season.
DANNY LEE: At the Wyndham I think I found a fine group on the practice round. I played with Mr. Jerry Kelly and Mr. Yang, and they give me lots of advice. That really helped me a lot.
They understood me for like how I have to play golf safely, and that worked pretty good. I found my confidence from there. Yeah.
JOHN BUSH: And the rest of the season, are you expecting to get some more sponsor's exemptions to play?
DANNY LEE: Hopefully. And I definitely going to play Masters, U.S. Open.
JOHN BUSH: Right. Questions.

Q. You had a little bit of a shoulder issue in the U.S. Amateur. Are you still having problems with your shoulder? How is that going?
DANNY LEE: It's getting better. I still had some little problem with my left shoulder, but it's getting better.

Q. What are your future plans? You're going to stay amateur for next year for sure. When would you think about turning professional?
DANNY LEE: Probably after the U.S. Open.

Q. In 2009?
DANNY LEE: Uh-huh.

Q. And what did you learn most from playing in the PGA Tour event at the Wyndham Championship? Or shall I say did anything that you used playing there help you win the U.S. Amateur the next week?
DANNY LEE: Uh-huh, I mean, yeah, it did help me a lot. I think PGA and amateur, they're just so different and so many good -- great players out here. Yeah, I think there is the difference.

Q. There's a lot women from South Korea on the LPGA Tour and not a lot of Korean men on the PGA Tour. I'm wondering why you think that is? Any idea?
DANNY LEE: Oh, I'm not sure, but I believe in Korea there is many great man players over there. Someday they gonna come over and play well hopefully.

Q. How long have you been living in New Zealand?
DANNY LEE: About seven years.

Q. What are your expectations for this week?
DANNY LEE: Good question. I'm not just here for making the cut. Hopefully if I play well enough I can win this tournament. That's my goal for this tournament.

Q. Think you'll win?
DANNY LEE: Yeah.

Q. How would that make a difference? How would that change you if you were to win, change your plans?
DANNY LEE: No, it doesn't -- it's not going to change me. Every tournament I play, even the major tournaments, I'm coming over here to win the tournament, not just making the cut, so...

Q. How much would it mean if you did win?
DANNY LEE: I don't know. I will say something after I win the tournament.
JOHN BUSH: There you go. All right. We appreciate you coming by, and hope you play well this week in the tournament.
DANNY LEE: Thanks.

End of FastScripts

 

[DerrickTulips]

Biggest Play since I've been back

Kirk Triplett -120 over Brad Faxon.. 72 holer
Play is available at 5 dimes and the greek.

Not in the mood for a long writeup..

Brad Faxon is listed in the published field of next week's Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Recently, Faxon alluded to his intent to play in at least one event in the Fall Series, so this isn't a major surprise. If he doesn't withdraw early like he did at the Travelers in June, this will be his first PGA Tour event of the year. He did play in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier and the unofficial CVS Charity Classic, where he rode in a cart, but Faxon primarily has been recovering from knee surgery at the end of 2007 for a torn ACL.

It's a long course, with expected rain .. which shouldn't favor a guy who hasn't played a while on tour..
Kirk made the cut last year here.. if he can make the cut again this year I feel like it will be enough for a winner.:00x27

 

[DerrickTulips]

Top 10's
Tom Scherrer 20/1
Jay Williamson 12/1
Marc Turnesa 9/1
Nathan Green 9/1
Johnson Wagner 7/1

Will have 2 or 3 more matchups.. but thats it

 

[DerrickTulips]

Added more on triplett.. after reading davis love's press transcript

Nathan Greene +105 over Peter Lonard
Peter seemed to have taken some time off (on his blog..).. Nathan is a great putter and showed signs of life at the Viking

Dudley Hart -120 over Steve Flesch
Bo Van pelt +100 over Pat Perez
Steve Allan -105 over Bob Estes

Thats enough good luck

 

[Stanley]

Round 1 plays (2pts):

John Riegger to beat Kenneth Ferrie -115 @ Five Dimes
Ferrie has spent the last eight weeks at home and, according to his site, apparently doing little more than playing in a local PGA North event and organising a charity day. It is difficult to see him being anything other than very rusty this week

Briny Baird to beat Ryuji Imada -110 @ Five Dimes
Backing the ultra-consistent Baird in this matchup. Apart from a withdrawal due to illness in Memorial Tournament, he has made every cut since the PODS Championship in early March (19 events), whereas Imada has missed half of his last sixteen cuts

Tim Herron to beat Pat Perez -115 @ Carib
Herron has shown some improved form in his last few events and with rain forecast for the start of the event, this should increase his advantage over Perez

Tag Ridings to beat Michael Letzig -105 @ Five Dimes
Letzig is another player who doesn't play well in wet conditions - over the last six months, he has averaged 76 in this conditions - so this could not be a good week for one of the players on the 'Tour Card Bubble'

 

[Another Steve]

S FLESCH wins TURNING STONE pick @+25.00

 

[Whalers Rule]

Troy Matteson 2 units e.w 80-1

 

[Stanley]

Adding (2pts):

Mathew Goggin to beat Woody Austin -110 @ Bet365
Never out of the top-10 all week last year against a player making his course debut, this should be a sizeable advantage for Goggin and particularly if it rains as expected

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

1st rd

Sport / Period: PGA Golf / Game
Line:
Robert Allenby (1st Rnd) 10/2/2008 7:45:01 AM - (EST)
-115
Opponent: Carl Pettersson (1st Rnd

Sport / Period: PGA Golf / Game
Line:
Briny Baird (1st Rnd) 10/2/2008 7:25:01 AM - (EST)
-110
Opponent: Ryuji Imada (1st Rnd)

 

[lostinamerica]

Outrights:

David Duvall(200/1) e.w.
- - Rates behind Tommy Gainey with Stan's formula.

GL

 

[DerrickTulips]

Jesus, way to play Kirk.
Of course Day is pounding Lee..
Of course Steve Allen is leading
Of course Lonard was a great fade..

Unfortunately I unloaded on Kirk.. Someone have a noose.

 

[Stanley]

Round 2 plays (2pts):

Bill Haas to beat Kevin Streelman -110 @ Five Dimes
Both players have already done enough to keep their Tour Cards for 2009, so with the cold weather set to continue, motivation may be an issue with them outside the cut line after round one. Being just one shot over the cut line, with a 4th place finish two weeks ago and a top-10 finish on this course last year, Haas should be the more motivated of the two

John Merrick to beat Davis Love -110 @ Five Dimes
Two more players outside the cut line and DL3 should be the player to oppose in this situation and in these cold conditions. His best finish all year has been 19th and that was in the British Open. He did manage to top the greens in regulation stats yesterday, but his putting was so once again poor he still finished the day three-over-par. He currently ranks 183rd on the Tour in putting average, so there is little prospect of it improving today and Love shooting a low score

 

[Stanley]

Adding (2pts):

Tom Pernice to beat Brian Davis -111 @ Unibet
Backing the player in the better form and but for a final hole double-bogey would have won this matchup yesterday

 

[DerrickTulips]

damn, i think i was 1 group off, from play being suspended..

 

[Chip Hilton]

Turning Stone Resort -- Third Round

Turning Stone Resort -- Third Round

18 hole matchups for third round on Saturday :

Two Units :

Briny Baird over Pat Perez @ - 125.

Mathew Goggin over Ryuji Imada @ - 135.