5-0; +1.16pts Pre-tournament plays: LAY 20pts liability Bubba Watson 55 wd Keegan Bradley 85 34th Charles Howell 95 15th Branden Grace 110 22nd Kevin Chappell 130 mc Watson's odds are low as he has won this event in two of the last three years, but since finishing 2nd in the Cadillac Championship last March, he hasn't showed any form that would suggest that he would win here this week - in his two starts in 2017, he has finished 25th (of 32) and hte SBS Tournament of Champions and missed the cut in the Phoenix Open A 4th place finish in the Farmers Insurance Open has seen Bradley's odds drop significantly in recent events, but he has two missed cuts and a 25th place finish in his two other starts in 2017. I can't see him winning while he still struggles with the 'short' putter - only two were ranked lower in strokes gained - putting last season and he is outside the top-100 already this season Howell continues to play well and not win - he has finished 8th, 12th and 2nd this year - and with a record that reads no top-50 finish on this course in his last nine attemopts, he looks very unlikely to end that streak this week Grace finished 13th in his last PGA Tour event - the Sony Open in Hawaii - after finishing last in the year opener. That's not really supportive that he will play well this week, particularly when course rookies tend to fare poorly at Riviera CC No top-20 finishes in six previous attempts and finishes of mc-75th-48th suggest that Chappell isn't likely to feature on any leaderboards this week
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