The Colonial

FINAL RESULT: 1-2; +27.94pts

Furyk 26th
Perry 1st
Van Pelt 17th

If only all final rounds were this stress-free! A seven-shot lead that never got any smaller during the final round ... nice and easy. Furyk and Van Pelt threatened to add to the profit on the event, but never really got close to a top-5 finish.

Further outright play (1.5pts)

Bo Van Pelt to finish in the top-five 20/1 @ SkyBet and IASbet
Good odds for a player who finished in the top-5 on this course and in three of thirty PGA Tour starts last year. His early season form was indifferent, but since the Tour moved to the Southern States it has improved significantly. He finished 7th in Houston last month, 5th in New Orleans earlier this month and was in 13th place with round to play in the Byron Nelson Championship last week. The significantly smaller-than-average field also helps the case for a top-5 finish.

Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)

Jim Furyk to win 18/1 e.w. @ Boyle Sports
He's certainly back to his former self. Maybe not the form that earned him the 2003 U.S. Open title, but he has firmly re-entrenched himself as one of the ten best players on this Tour. After a couple of top-10 finishes before the Masters, he finished 2nd in the Heritage and then was at his grinding best to wear down Sergio Garcia in the Wachovia Championship before succumbing to Vijay in the playoff. With a solid under-par-each-round performance last week and an impressive record around this short course - four top-8 finishes in last last seven visits - this looks a very good opportunity for him to complete his recovery from injury and win once again.

Kenny Perry to win 33/1 e.w. @ Victor Chandler, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and GolfingGods
If Furyk is to win, he will have to defeat a player who has finished 2nd, 1st and 12th on this course in the last three years. On each of those occasions, he had struggled at the Byron Nelson Championship, finishing 67th, mc and 59th respectively, so there is nothing to be concerned about with his 48th place finish last week. He was very solid from tee-to-green, just struggled on the greens. He can clearly read these greens much better and having already won this year, he should feature regularly on this week's leaderboard.