18-Hole Match Picks - PGA Tour |
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3-2; +0.91pts Round 1 plays (1pt): Briny Baird to beat John Rollins -114 @ Pinnacle [also available @ WSEX] LOST by 3 Backing Baird in the 1st round again? What a surprise! These two have played in 21 common events over the past 12 months and Rollins has shot the lower 1st round score just three times. I can't see him doing so this week when making his course debut. J.J. Henry to beat J.B. Holmes +105 @ SkyBet [tie loses] WON by 1 Carl Pettersson to beat J.B. Holmes -110 @ Carib TIED Matt Kuchar to beat J.B. Holmes -110 @ William Hill WON by 1 In contrast to Baird, it has been six months since Holmes broke 70 in the first round. Making his debut in this event and on a par-70 course, I can only see him struggling this week. Henry has finished in the top-30 in each of the two years that this course has staged this event and has been beaten by Holmes just four times in the 1st round over the past year; Pettersson is another with top-30 finishes in the last two years here and has a good record at other Nicklaus-designed courses; while Kuchar is another with two decent finishes on this course and hasn't been beaten by Holmes in the 1st round for seven months. Charlie Wi to beat Scott Piercy -110 @ Five Dimes WON by 5 Piercy certainly caught the eye on the West Coast Swing, but it is a very different type of course in Florida where he has just one previous Tour appearance: a missed cut in a Nationwide Tour event last year. Wi has made the cut on this course both times and even held the lead after the 1st and 2nd rounds in 2007; he generally has a pretty good record in Florida. Round 2 play (1pt): Justin Leonard to beat Stewart Cink +110 @ Carib LOST by 2 Taking a weekend holiday, so no further plays this week.
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