Matchup Picks - PGA Tour
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Tipsters:
Stanley
(72-hole
matchups) & Andy
(18-hole
matchups)
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Tour Championship
FINAL RESULT: 3-2-0; +2.57pts
Perry/Appleby LOST by 10
Perry/Campbell WON (Campbell wd)
Perry/Weir LOST by 16
Woods/Garcia WON by 8
Johnson/Hamilton WON by 11
Rather fortunate to have a decent profit after backing Perry so
heavily. He finished last of those players that did play the full
72-holes and thankfully one of his opponents did not.
72-hole plays (1.5pts unless stated):
Kenny Perry to beat Stuart Appleby -114 @
Expekt
Fresher than most players because of his light schedule and still very
rarely out of the top-20 when he does play, Perry is a far better player
than Appleby most of the time and should be at the moment as Appleby
comes into this event with finishes of 68th and mc in his last two
starts.
(also available at Sportingbet, Sporting Odds and Five Dimes)
Kenny Perry to beat Chad Campbell -125 @
Centrebet
Campbell is another player out of form and has been that way for five
months. He has finished ahead of Perry in only two of their common
events in the last four months and looks ready for the season to draw to
a close. Can't even see Campbell finishing in the top-half of this
leaderboard.
Kenny Perry to beat Mike Weir -115 @
Five
Dimes
Weir's form is also rather indifferent. In his last five strokeplay
events (since the PGA Championship), he has one runners-up finish, two
missed cuts and the other two were also finishes below 40th position. He
will need to play a lot better if he is to compete with Perry this week.
(also available at William Hill and Easybets)
Tiger Woods to beat Sergio Garcia -130 @
Olympic
[3pts]
Tiger may not be the player that he was, but he is still a far better
player than Garcia. He has not won, but he has finished outside the
top-10 only twice in the last six months and while Garcia can point to
four consecutive top-4 finishes, they have all been in Europe and that
bears little relevance for this week. Indeed, there could easily be a
reaction to his playoff loss at Valderrama last week. Tiger has finished
ahead of Garcia in each of their last four common events on American
soil and should be a stronger favourite to extend that run to five.
(also available at Five Dimes and Pinnacle)
Zach Johnson to beat Todd Hamilton -110 @
Sportingbet
and
Sporting Odds
Whereas Johnson has a
great deal of experience of winning in Georgia – he has won four times
on the Hooters Tour, twice on the Nationwide Tour and once on the PGA
Tour in this State – Hamilton has played in this State only four times
in ten years and struggled each time. He has played only once since
September and that was a 1st round exit in the HSBC World
Matchplay, so he really does not look like a strong opponent to Johnson
this week. He has only finished ahead of him in five of nineteen
occasions on the PGA Tour this year; this week it should be five from
twenty.
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