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Outright Picks - PGA Tour

Tipster: Stanley

MCI Heritage (1.5pts):

Scott Verplank to win 22/1 e.w. @ Sportingbet, Sporting Odds, BetInternet and Victor Chandler
With Harbour Town boasting the smallest greens on the Tour, this week's three selections are much more accurate in their play than they are powerful. Verplank is a case in point. He ranks in the top-20 on the Tour in all of main stat categories (including 1st in putting average), but languishes in 162nd place in driving distance. That is of little consequence this week as he had shown in previous years when finishing 11th, 3rd and 5th from 2000 to 2002. He shouldn't be too far from the place positions.

Chad Campbell to win 25/1 @ Sportingbet, Sporting Odds, BetInternet and BlueSq
Nor should Campbell and has, arguably, a much better temperament to go on and win the event. He failed to seize his chance last year when he had the lead in the final round and a poor final back nine saw him tumble down to 18th, but he was still only four shots out of the playoff. He has already won once this year (Bay Hill Invitational) and while his form has been more erratic than expected, he can certainly match last year's performance.

Stewart Cink to win 28/1 e.w. @ BetInternet
Last year's performance was rather frustrating for Cink. He had led the event after the 2nd and 3rd rounds, but opened with a bogey on the Sunday and never recovered. He finished in 10th place, three shots behind the winner, exactly as he had been in 2001. He won the event in 2000. His form this year has been very encouraging with four top-25 finishes in his last five starts and so long as he doesn't hit the front too early, he should finish very high on the leaderboard by Sunday night.

Final update: 1-2; +23.25pts

Verplank 32nd
Campbell 32nd
Cink 1st

Cink certainly didn't hit the front too early, he finished his final round almost two hours before the leaders! All three of his victories have now been from well back on the final day. He had plenty of chances to win in the playoff, but eventually holed a putt on the fifth extra hole and ensure a very good return on the event. Had expected Campbell to be challenging as he started the final day inside the top-10, but at least Cink more than made amends.