Round 2 play (4pts):
Rober Garrigus to beat Scott Hend +115 @ Unibet
First of all, Hend is a player who struggles on the European Tour - he has missed five of eleven cuts this year and has yet to record a top-25 finish. To say that he would finish day one of the U.S. Open in 4th place is a surprise would be an understatement, including to the player himself. Here are some of his post-round quotes: "Shot 69, got lucky on a couple of shots. Fortunate enough to get the lies in the rough where I could dig it out and get to the green and get it up and down." In response to 'Did you find something today' - "I've been searching for months. I'm still looking. That's just golf. I'm still looking for it. Hopefully I'll find it sometime." "Hopefully I can produce a few better more quality shots tomorrow and I won't have as much pressure trying to get it up and down." He only hit four fairways yesterday so he clearly had to be very lucky with the lies. Surely, he cannot continue like this for a second day and will revert to type - he averages 73.5 in the 2nd round this year. Garrigus has been playing well recently and has finished in the top-30 in the last three years at Congressional in the AT&T National. He currently lies 10th and while I don't expect him to stay in the top-10 this week, he should fair much better than Hend.
[unofficial rd2 system plays: Cink tb Oosthuizen -139; Cink tb Yang +100; Cink tb Cabrera +110; Johnson Z tb Schwartzel +115; Oosthuizen tb Uihlein -189; McDowell tb Oosthuizen -140; McDowell tb Yang -138]
Rober Garrigus to beat Scott Hend +115 @ Unibet
First of all, Hend is a player who struggles on the European Tour - he has missed five of eleven cuts this year and has yet to record a top-25 finish. To say that he would finish day one of the U.S. Open in 4th place is a surprise would be an understatement, including to the player himself. Here are some of his post-round quotes: "Shot 69, got lucky on a couple of shots. Fortunate enough to get the lies in the rough where I could dig it out and get to the green and get it up and down." In response to 'Did you find something today' - "I've been searching for months. I'm still looking. That's just golf. I'm still looking for it. Hopefully I'll find it sometime." "Hopefully I can produce a few better more quality shots tomorrow and I won't have as much pressure trying to get it up and down." He only hit four fairways yesterday so he clearly had to be very lucky with the lies. Surely, he cannot continue like this for a second day and will revert to type - he averages 73.5 in the 2nd round this year. Garrigus has been playing well recently and has finished in the top-30 in the last three years at Congressional in the AT&T National. He currently lies 10th and while I don't expect him to stay in the top-10 this week, he should fair much better than Hend.
[unofficial rd2 system plays: Cink tb Oosthuizen -139; Cink tb Yang +100; Cink tb Cabrera +110; Johnson Z tb Schwartzel +115; Oosthuizen tb Uihlein -189; McDowell tb Oosthuizen -140; McDowell tb Yang -138]
