5-0; +1.15pts Pre-tournament plays: LAY 20pts liability Jimmy Walker 50 55th Webb Simpson 60 mc Cameron Smith 120 mc Matt Jones 170 23rd Ryan Palmer 180 mc Walker has a a very good record in this event - 9th-9th-3rd-1st-21st-11th in the last six years - but his form this year has been poor, missing the cut in the Sony Open in Hawaii even though he was a two-time winner and missing the cut by a bigger margin in the Farmers Insurance Open No such issues with form for Simpson who lost out in a playoff last week, but he has skipped this event in six of the last seven years (and finished 66th in the CareerBuilder Challenge) which suggests that he is not fond of either this pro-am format or these courses Without a top-25 finish in four attempts this year, I'd price Smith at higher odds than this even though he did finish 11th last year (missed the cut in his only other previous appearance in this event) Four top-15 finishes in nine attempts suggests that Jones can play well in this event, but these odds are still rather short for a player who lost his Tour Card by finishing outside the top-125 on the FedEx Cup Race last season Palmer is a straightforward player to oppose - he has missed the cut in all three starts in 2017 and he has yet to record a top-20 finish in 11 attempts in this event No rd4 plays.
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