10-2; +1.91pts Pre-tournament plays: BACK 1pt Bryce Molder 350 (& lay 2pts in-running @ 160) mc Adding an in-running lay bet as I'm not convinced that Molder will win, but I think that there is a good chance that he will go lower than this during the week. He was 5th after rd1, 4th after rd3 and 6th at the end of this event last, plus he has two other top-15 finishes since 2010. In terms of current form, he shot 61 in the 2nd round of the Sony Open in Hawaii so he is playing well enough to get into contention even if he might not be relied upon to convert these chances. LAY 20pts liability John Rahm 19.5 16th Harris English 60 57th Graham Delaet 180 9th Kyle Reifers 400 mc Si-Woo Kim 450 mc It has an amazing victory by Rahm last week, but the nature of that breakthrough win will make it difficult to follow up this week - he should be exhausted and that means higher odds than this in my opinion Since winning twice in 2013, English has been unable to convert any of his subsequent chances so these odds look a little low to me, particularly as he has missed three of his last four cuts Like Harris, DeLaet has a decent record on this course, but he has shown little form this year with finishes of mc and 54th in his two starts to date Reifers does not have a good course history, having withdraw after an opening 76 last year on his course debut. He did finish 39th last week to end a run of four missed cuts, but that is not the form which identifies a potential winner Opening with a round of 83, Kim withdrew after rd1 of last week's Farmers Insurance Open ciring a back injury, With a finish of 67th in his only previous visit to TPC Scottsdale, he also does not fit the profile of a potential winner Pre-rd3 plays: BACK 1pt Sung-Hoon Kang 34 12th LAY 20pts liability Rickie Fowler 18.5 4th Louis Ousthuizen 29 3rd Michael Kim 80 24th Daniel Summerhays 220 16th Patrick Reed 260 68th No pre-rd4 plays.
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