BellSouth Senior Classic

Course: Springhouse Golf Club, Nashville, Tennessee
Yardage: 6783
Par: 72  (four par-fives)
USGA Rating: 74.0
Greens: Bermudagrass - 6,500 sq.ft  (Tour average: 6,000 sq.ft)

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Best Players Last 10 Years

Past Winners:
2001 - Sammy Rachels
2000 - Hale Irwin
1999 - Bruce Fleisher
1998 - Isao Aoki
1997 - Gil Morgan
1996 - Isao Aoki
1995 - Jim Dent
1994 - Lee Trevino

Outright plays (2 units):

Jim Thorpe to win 16/1 e.w. @ Surrey
Decent course form spoiled by a poor finish last year, but that was after leading the Senior PGA Championship the week beforehand for the whole week until losing out to Tom Watson down the stretch. Last week he finished 4th, but did so with a strong final round and was without any of the pressures of the previous year. He has been in great form since winning the Tradition two months ago and so long as there is not a post-major reaction, he should feature on the leaderboard once again.

Gil Morgan to win 20/1 e.w. @ William Hill or Centrebet
Finished 6th last week and five shots behind Fuzzy Zoeller, yet he opened his tournament with a 76. Great golf for three days and with an excellent record on this course - he has finished in the top-5 on all five occasions - he should be at lower odds than 20/1.

Dana Quigley to win 22/1 e.w. @ William Hill
Four top-10 finishes in his four starts at Springhouse is supportive for the Tour's "Iron Man", but for someone with that title, they should be expected to not suffer any post-major reactions. That is certainly the case. His finishes in events following majors since the start of 2000 read: 2nd, 9th, 3rd, 15th, 16th, 7th, 3rd, 1st, 2nd. Returned to form with a top-10 finish last week and looks set to take advantage of other people's let-down this week.

Final update: 2-1; +27.50 units

Thorpe 11th
Morgan 1st
Quigley 2nd

Definitely the event of the week for betting purposes! All three were in contention throughout the week and very satisfying to get two of them in the money and one where it counts