Round 1 play (2pts):
David Toms to beat Rickie Fowler +110 @ Boyle Sports
Will gladly take the home-State favourite at these odds. He has been in much the better form recently with finishes of 5th, 37th, 3rd and 24th since the World Matchplay, whereas Fowler has finished mc, 8th, 30th, 38th and mc over the same period, and he does have a very good history in this event whereas Fowler is making his debut here. Toms is a former winner on the previous course in 2001, but in his last four visits since the event moved to TPC Louisiana, he has been 10th, 20th, 4th and 9th after the opening two rounds. Age and the pressure of playing in front of his home crowd may have caught up with him at the end of the week, but this is always an event that he prepares very hard for and he always sees the rewards in good opening rounds.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Toms tb Snedeker -105; Toms tb McDowell -110; Davis tb Jobe -110; Couch tb Fowler +100; Toms tb Watney +163; Perez tb McDowell +130; Hoffman tb Allenby -102]