6-13; -9.33pts Round 1 plays (1pt): Michael Allen to beat Jeff Klauk -125 @ FiveDimes WON by 4 Winning his debut event on the Champions Tour - and the Senior PGA Championship at that - appears to have re-invigorated Allen's game. He shot no worse than 68 in all four rounds last week when finishing 14th in the Travelers Championship and can be confident of another good finish this week on a course in which he has played well in the past: in his two previous appearances he has been 6th after the 1st round in 2005 and he shot three rounds in the 60s last year to finish 24th. Klauk, by contrast, is making his course debut and has broken 70 just once in his last ten 1st rounds. Brett Quigley to beat James Nitties -125 @ FiveDimes LOST by 6 Similar story here. Quigley has finished 21st and 40th in his two previous visits to Congressional and comes into this event in improving form, finishing 29th last time out. Nitties is making his course debut and while he gained attention in May due to two consecutive top-20 finishes, since then he has finished 54th, mc, 49th and mc. Anthony Kim to beat Davis Love -141 @ Unibet WON by 7 Finishes of 16th and 11th in the last two weeks are evidence of a much improved form for Kim who had been struggling since January. As definding champion (he also finished 25th in 2007), he clearly has the course form to play well again here and should easily defeat Love. K.J. Choi to beat Davis Love -120 @ Paddy Power [tie loses] LOST by 8 Kim won this event last year; Choi won it in 2007. And, as with Kim, his form has been improving since the last couple of events, so he should be confident of another good performance here. There has been little indication this year that Love will be competitive for two events in a row. Stuart Appleby to beat Bryce Molder +110 @ FiveDimes LOST by 2 Taking a chance on Appleby re-discovering his game given his excellent course form: in 2005 he finished 7th here (2nd with one round to play); in 2007 he led for the first three rounds before finishing 3rd; and last year he was 6th after the opening round. Molder has been in good form recently, but the odds are high enough to tempt me with such a difference in course form (Molder is making his course debut). Round 2 plays (1pt): Jim Furyk to beat Anthony Kim -115 @ Pinnacle [also available @ SkyBet, The Greek and Carib] WON by 3 Ryuji Imada to beat Daniel Chopra +105 @ Stan James [tie loses] LOST by 1 Tom Pernice to beat Jeff Quinney -135 @ FiveDimes LOST by 1 Nick Watney to beat Charles Howell -152 @ Pinnacle [also available @ The Greek and Carib] LOST by 1 Sean O'Hair to beat Anthony Kim +110 @ FiveDimes LOST by 2 Round 3 plays (1pt): George McNeill to beat Danny Lee +110 @ Stan James [tie loses] [also available @ FiveDimes] TIED George McNeill to beat Ryan Palmer -123 @ Unibet [available widely] WON by 2 Davis Love to beat Ryan Moore -111 @ Bet365 [also available @ Stan James] LOST by 1 Ryuji Imada to beat Rocco Mediate -105 @ FiveDimes WON by 6 Bryce Molder to beat Danny Lee -125 @ Bet365 [also available @ Pinnacle, The Greek and Carib] LOST by 1 Round 4 plays (1pt): Vijay Singh to beat James Nitties -163 @ BetInternet, Bet365 and ToteSport [tie loses] [also available @ FiveDimes] WON by 8 Jim Furyk to beat Anthony Kim +105 @ SkyBet [tie loses] [also available @ Bet365] LOST by 1 Charley Hoffman to beat Marc Leishman -110 @ Stan James [tie loses] [available widely] LOST by 5 Jim Furyk to beat Lucas Glover -125 @ The Greek, Carib and WSEX [also available @ Pinnacle] LOST by 2 George McNeill to beat Danny Lee -130 @ FiveDimes LOST by 5
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