18-Hole Match Picks - PGA Tour |
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Northern Trust Open |
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5-5; -0.25pts Round 1 plays (1pt): Luke Donald to beat Retief Goosen -120 @ Five Dimes [also available @ SkyBet] WON by 2 Tim Clark to beat Retief Goosen -120 @ Bet365 [also available @ Boyle Sports] TIED Robert Allenby to beat Retief Goosen -115 @ Five Dimes [also available @ William Hill] LOST by 2 Opposing Goosen after he threw away a great chance for victory last week with his third (and final) round 74. He has never broken 70 around Riviera and shot 79-76 last year - only two players shot a higher 36-hole score. Donald is coming off a top-10 finish and has three top-15 finishes on this course in the last four years; Clark has had two top-15 finishes on this course and has looked in particularly good form so far this year; and Allenby is a former winner here (2001) with three further top-10 finishes in the last four years and has looked in decent form with five top-15 finishes in his last seven starts. Fred Couples to beat Chris DiMarco -103 @ Pinnacle [also available @ Stan James and WSEX] WON by 1 Neither player in good form, though Couples did beat DiMarco last time out, but in terms of course form, Couples dominates. He's a double winner of this event with 10 top-10 finishes in 18 starts and just one missed cut (2001). Brad Adamonis to beat Tim Petrovic -105 @ Five Dimes WON by 5 With a poor course history and a best finish of 66th in five starts this year, Petrovic is a player to beat. Adamonis has done so in three of four common events this year and should do so again this week. Bo Van Pelt to beat Nick O'Hern -105 @ Five Dimes WON by 3 Since spending more time on the PGA Tour in 2005, O'Hern hasn't opened his American campaigns particularly well: 52nd in 2005; mc in 2006; 67th in 2007; mc in 2008. He hasn't played tournament golf since November so should be even more rusty than usual. Bubba Watson to beat J.B. Holmes -110 @ Five Dimes WON by 4 Bubba has finished ahead of J.B. in eight of their last ten common events; with both players having comparable course form, he should be the favourite in this matchup. Round 2 play (1pt): James Nitties to beat Billy Mayfair -110 @ Five Dimes LOST by 4 Round 3 plays (1pt): Kevin Na to beat Andres Romero +105 @ The Greek [available widely] LOST by 7 Steve Stricker to beat K.J. Choi +105 @ The Greek [also available @ SkyBet and Boyle Sports] LOST by 2 Round 4 play (1pt): Dean Wilson to beat J.B. Holmes +105 @ Stan James [tie loses] LOST by 3
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