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Outright Picks - LPGA Tour

Tipster: Stanley

Chick-fil-A Charity Championship (1.5pts):

Lorena Ochoa to win 20/1 e.w. @ SkyBet and Paddy Power
Lived up to her promise in the first few months of last season and is doing so again this year. She has finished 3rd, 8th and 8th in her last three starts and it is surely only a matter of time before she gains that first Tour victory. A closing 66 last year showed that she can master this course and she certainly shouldn't be too far from a top-5 place. Stan James and Centrebet offer 25/1, but only four places.

Waiting to see if Five Dimes will post top-5 lines before adding any more selections ...

Adding (1.5pts):

Michele Redman to finish in the top-five 10/1 @ Five Dimes
Can't see either of these two beating Sorenstam, Pak and Park so opting for the top-5 market instead. Redman had been very steady this year, finishing no worse than 22nd in five starts. Her form has also been solid on this course with two top-15 finishes in her last three visits, so while winning would appear to be a very remote possibility, she does look like she could be on the fringes of the leaderboard and so warrants support at these odds.

Lorie Kane to finish in the top-five 10/1 @ Five Dimes
There is an even stronger case for Kane to finish in the top-five. She has been less consistent that Redman this year, but she did finish 4th in Office Depot Championship earlier this month, plus she finished 8th two weeks earlier. She also has a very good record on this course even if the last three years have been disappointing by comparison. From her debut in 1997 to 2000, she finished in the top-five on all four occasions, so she certainly should be 10/1 to repeat the feat.

Final update: 0-3; -4.50pts

Ochoa 10th
Redman 10th
Kane 14th

Disappointing blank given that all three had been in the top-five during the week and at one stage at the weekend it looked as though all three would finish in the top-five for a bumper payout. Did write in a PGA Tour preview this week that "you can only ask of your selections that they at least give themselves a chance" and they all certainly did that. On a different day, at least one of them would have converted their chance.