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27-0; +6.20pts Pre-tournament plays: LAY 20pts liability Brendan Steele 38 14th
Byeong Hun An 85 66th
Zach Johnson 90 mc
Jamie Lovemark 95 mdf
Kevin Tway 110 43rd
Kevin Streelman 130 8th
Anirban Lahiri 130 17th
Danny Lee 130 3rd
Harris English 150 mc
Xander Schauffele 150 14th
Morgan Hoffmann 160
Jason Kokrak 170 26th
Harold Varner 210 mc
Wesley Bryan 220 74th
Jonas Blixt 260 62nd
Nick Taylor 280 mc
Patrick Rodgers 290 35th
Meen-Whee Kim 310 mc
Vaughn Taylor 340 57th
Dominic Bozzelli 370 mc
Top-25 finishes in five of six visits to TPC River Highlands suggests that Steele's odds should be lower than usual this week, but he is yet to secure a top-5 finish this year so I would price him a little higher to win even though he may secure another top-25 finish here
An finished 5th in the Byron Nelson Championship, but it has been over a year since his previous top-5 finish on this Tour and he is making his course debut this week
Johnson secured just one top-5 finish in 2016 - the Arnold Palmer Invitational, finishing 5th - and he is yet to secure on this season, so he is another than I cannot see winning this event
Continuing the theme, Lovemark secured one top-5 finish last year and has one top-5 finish this year (at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January), so with a poor course history I would also price him at higher odds than this
The rest of the players are at three figures odds and warrant much higher odds in each case Pre-rd3 plays: LAY 20pts liability Graham DeLaet 38 26th
Paraig Harrington 90 17th
Keegan Bradley 250 8th
DeLaet has two top-5 finishes on this course and is currently in 8th place, but his ball-striking stats have been poor and with Spieth in pole position I would price him at higher odds than this
Harrington is also in 8th place, but his ball-striking stats are even worse - he ranks 106th in strokes gained - approaches - so I don't see him making a strong challenge over the weekend
Bradley's ball-striking stats are much better, though it is normally on the greens that he struggles and he is doing this week; in 27th place, he is long way from being a live challenger this week Pre-rd4 plays: Daniel Berger 10.5 2nd
Chez Reavie 150 43rd
Patrick Reed 190 5th
Brian Harman 430 35th
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