Matchup Picks - LPGA Tour
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ShopRite LPGA Classic (1.5pts unless stated):
Laura Davies to beat Christina Kim -114 @
Expekt
Three reasons to oppose Kim this week: this will be her eight straight
week of Tour golf; she was right in contention on Sunday for a major
championship having never previously finished in the top-20 in one; and
she missed the cut on her debut here last year. Davies is fresher and
has made the cut in six of seven previous visits, including a 2nd place
finish (1992).
Michele Redman to beat Christina Kim -140 @
Five
Dimes [3pts]
Similar story with Redman who has made nine of eleven cuts here,
including the last five and can boast a 7-3-0 h2h lead over Kim in 2004.
Jennifer Rosales to beat Christina Kim -111 @
Stan James
Rosales has made the last two cuts here and is playing better than ever.
Over the past twelve years, she has never missed a halfway cut, with the
only blemishes being a couple of first-round withdrawals in 22 starts.
She also won last month, so should normally have tougher opponents that
Kim.
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc to beat Kate Golden -145 @
Five
Dimes
Golden has had two top-5 finishes in the last two years here, but is not
playing particularly well at the moment. She has failed to beat
Meunier-Lebouc in any of their last four common events and will find it
harder to so as Meunier-Lebouc gets back into the swing of life back on
Tour.
Jeon Jang to beat Sherri Steinhauer -135 @
Five
Dimes [3pts]
Opposing Steinhauer who has returned to the weekly matchup listings on
the back of her surprise win in the Big Apple Classic last month. Her
last top-10 before that win was back in 2002 in the same event - she
hasn't had another since. She has also failed to secure a single top-10
in this event despite 18 attempts. Jang was a runner-up in the
Kellogg-Keebler only two weeks ago and finished in the top-10 on this
course last year.
Michele Redman to beat Sherri Steinhauer -114 @
Expekt
[4.5pts]
Simple extension of the above. Redman finished as high as 4th in this
event in 1995 and holds a healthy 7-3-0 h2h lead over Steinhauer in
2004.
Final update: 4-2-0; +4.28pts
Davies/Kim WON by 4
Redman/Kim WON by 10
Rosales/Kim WON by 12
Meunier-Lebouc/Golden LOST by 6
Jang/Steinhauer LOST by 2
Redman/Steinhauer WON by 2
Another good profit on LPGA matchups. Good return from opposing Kim,
but got a little lucky in opposing Steinhauer who played better than
expected. Both Jang and Redman trailed her with 18 holes to play, though
it took Steinhauer to birdie the last two holes to beat Jang.
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