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Matchup Picks - Champions Tour

Tipster: Stanley

Bruno's Memorial Classic (2pts unless stated):

Tom Watson to beat Bob Gilder -130 @ Five Dimes [4pts]
Very strange matchup. Gilder has not had a top-10 finish in six months, while Watson was able to make the cut in the Bay Hill Invitational only last month. This will be his first full tournament since the death of Bruce Edwards, but this should not make such a big difference.

Tom Purtzer to beat Mark McNulty -118 @ Centrebet
Since winning on his first Champions Tour start, McNulty has been a big disappointment. His 26th place finish last week was his best finish in six weeks and that is a huge contrast with Purtzer who has not finished outside the top-6 since the middle of February.

Tom Watson to beat Tom Purtzer -110 @ SkyBet
Partly a hedge play on Purtzer in the outright market, but also an acknowledgement that for all Purtzer's current form he is not the player that Watson still is. Course form may not be great and this might be an emotional letdown for Watson after the Masters and the loss of his caddy, but he is still a great player who could dominate this Tour if he had the desire.

Mark James to beat John Jacobs -115 @ Five Dimes [4pts]
Pitting no course form against good course form, but James' performances on the Champions Tour have been very encouraging and much better than I expected. Playing the course for the first time on each occasion, he has finished in the top-20 in all of his four starts this year, finishing ahead of Jacobs on the last three occasions.

Final update: 2-1-0; +5.80pts

Watson/Gilder WON by 3
Purtzer/McNulty VOID (McNulty dns)
Watson/Purtzer LOST by 2
James/Jacobs WON by 10

Good profit on the matchups even though I called Watson wrong. He finished down in 33rd position, but thankfully it was just enough to beat Gilder in the double-play. Much more convincing with Mark James!