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Buick Championship

FINAL RESULT:

Loss = 5 pts

Bank is now £42.73 after 20 weeks (Down 47.86 pts overall).

Summary:
The worst week yet with two missed cuts.



Page Update #1:
(Winner market)
Back Fred Couples 3 pts @ 44
Back John Rollins 2 pts @ 60
Not easy to get a handle on things here, especially when in such a barren spell.
Maybe simplicity is called for, and now that favourite Kenny Perry's name seems to have disappeared from the entry list, the only player left in the field ranked inside the top 30 of the world rankings is Couples. He has had some of his back problems recently, but returned at the NEC last week and his iron game was good, him being tied-6th for greens hit in regulation. Before the US Open he had three finishes of tied-6th or better in four events, and those kind of figures look good in this field. With that NEC run under his belt I'd expect his putting to improve significantly and he should be nearly favourite at somewhere under 33/1 in my opinion.
Not quite as simple, but still basically picked on the back of good old current form, is Rollins. He struggled desperately until June when his play picked up slowly but surely. Then since July he has returned to the form he is undoubtedly capable of; 17th, 8th, 21st, 24th and 14th in his last five events is a good run and it must only be a matter of time before he challenges more seriously. Has no form here but his best finish of 2003, a playoff defeat, was in the North-East, in neighbouring New York, and there is absolutely no reason why the course shouldn't suit. Should be fresher than most, due to only just finding any kind of form, and 59/1 looks decent with the bookies going no more than 50/1 even with Perry still in their lists.