John Deere Classic

Outright plays (1 unit):

Kirk Triplett to win 28/1 e.w. @ Five Dimes (.5 units to win & .5 units to finish in top-5) among others
First two selections are players who did not play at Muirfield last week and will be very glad to have done so last Saturday. He comes into this event in some much improved form - after struggling to make cuts in April/May, Triplett has recorded twelve consecutive sub-par rounds and finished 8th last time out. More impressive though is his event form. He finished 3rd at Oakwood in 1999, 2nd in 2000 and recovered from a poor opening round to finish 15th last year.

Steve Lowery to win 28/1 e.w. @ Bet365, Five Dimes or Victor Chandler
Another player who rested last week and has good form in this event. In the last two years, he has finished 5th and 15th and in the process recorded the 2nd lowest score on this course behind Kirk Triplett. It was in July last year that he began a run of very high finishes, including 3rd in the PGA Championship, and following his 2nd place finish in Milwaukee two weeks ago after a long barren run, let's hope he repeats last year's summer form.

Chris Riley to win 33/1 e.w. @ Five Dimes or BetDirect
Couldn't resist one player who was in Scotland last week. Riley followed his top-5 finish in the Western Open with 22nd last week, including a closing 66. After showing good form in the first part of the season, he appears to have rediscovered it. Top-5 on this course two years ago and full of confidence, he should be able to overcome the Major letdown.

Final update: 2-1; +3.04 units

Triplett 3rd
Lowery 72nd
Riley 5th

Rare winning week on the PGA Tour with both Triplett and Riley finishing in the top-5. Trip finished strongly to finish 3rd, while Riley had an indifferent final round, but thankfully Mike Heinen made a mess of the final hole to let him into a tie for 5th place. Lowery struggled to make the cut and continued in the same vein over the weekend.