Matchup Picks - PGA Tour

Final Result

Slocum beat Austin by 7

Tway (mc) beaten by Triplett

Clark beat Glover by 5

Kanada (mc) beaten by Hayes

Bets: 4 Wins: 2 Losses: 2 Profit/Loss = + 0.00 pts

Matchup bets:

Stake 3pts Heath Slocum to beat Woody Austin +100 @ Carib

Austin has a recent victory and second-place to his name but easily put in a missed cut on recent evidence. Slocum

has played well recently and although he missed the cut in his last two starts they were on courses that really don't

suit Slocum's game which revolves around accuracy, an asset on this course. In his previous starts here he followed

a couple of missed cuts with decent finishes of 13th and 3th place finishes. From seven previous starts Austin has a

decent finish of 8th in 2001 but poor finishes on all other occasions. Given a 10-5 h2h lead this season and 6-3 in

the last 3 months it is surprising to see Austin as favourite here.

Stake 3pts Bob Tway to beat Kirk Triplett -114 @ Pinnacle

Tway has shown good consistency of late making the last five cuts. Triplett from fifteen starts this season has managed

to make the cut on only five occasions. Triplett used to perform well here with previous 2nd and 3rd place finishes but

his last four attempts have resulted in poor finishes. Tway also has poor form here which may be attributed to his lack

of accuracy off the tee. But in recent starts this has been less of a concern and in two of his recent starts he was in the

10 for driving accuracy. This is likely to be matchup over by Friday and Tway is by far the more likely to be playing at

the weekend.

Further Matchup bets:

Stake 3pts Tim Clark to beat Lucas Glover +100 @ The Greek

Surprising to see Clark playing here given his record at Loch Lomond but he has a decent chnace of going close here

this week. Both players have shown decent form this season but favour has to go with Clark who this season holds a

7-1 h2h lead over Glover. Glover looks as if his game is coming together nicely with recent finishes of 10th and 12th

but he has done this on a number of accasions recently only to lack the consistency to retain that form for extended

periods of time. Although this is Clarks debut on the course it is clearly suited to his accurate style of play while Glover

from three starts has finished no better then 32nd.

Stake 3pts Craig Kanada to beat J.P. Hayes -105 @ The Greek

Hayes is a bit of course specialist with a second place last time out and a victory in 2002. But in his three other starts

here he missed the cut twice and finished 55th. And given that he has missed the cut in his last three starts on the tour,

a poor finish is more likely on the cards this time around. Kananda has certainly had no easy season, this being his 21st

start of the season, but his decent form continues with a 12th place finish last time out. He is far more accurate than

Hayes and with a h2h lead of 8-4 this season it looks to be Hayes's previous form that is allowing this price to remain.

Tipster: Neil