SBC Championship

FINAL RESULT: 1-3-1; -4.46pts

Hatalsky/Lietzke WON by 3
Jacobsen/Kite LOST by 8
Tewell/Gilder TIED (Push)
Stadler/Irwin LOST by 1
Morgan/Nelson LOST by 4

Just a very poor event!

Further 54-hole plays (2pts):

Doug Tewell to beat Bob Gilder -105 @ Five Dimes
Will back the outright selection against Gilder most weeks and will do so for this event, despite Gilder's record on this course. Tewell has been playing extremely well and showed with a final round 64 on Sunday that he has not lost the form which has seen him finish ahead of Gilder in five of their last seven common events.

Craig Stadler to beat Hale Irwin +100 @ Five Dimes
I don't understand these odds. Stadler won on this course last year, while Irwin has finished 4th and 14th in the two years; Stadler has won three of his last four Champions Tour events, while Irwin last won in May. Irwin is a lot more competitive than he was 12 months ago when struggling with injury, but he should never be a favourite over Stadler.

Gil Morgan to beat Larry Nelson -105 @ Five Dimes
Nelson won last week, but he still does not warrant being favourite against Morgan this week. He hasn't shown the consistency that he had in the first few months of the season and that is a big reason why he trails Morgan 6-13-1 h2h in 2004 and 3-7-0 in their last ten common events. Morgan hasn't finished outside the top-25 in any event in over five months; Nelson has done so in three of his last five starts.

54-hole plays (2pts):

Morris Hatalsky to beat Bruce Lietzke -114 @ Expekt
Side with Hatalsky a lot in matchups as he is such a consistent player and that is not the case with Lietzke whose best finish in the last month has been 23rd; Hatalsky has finished outside that mark only once since June. So with an excellent record in Texas - 7th, 3rd and 5th in his last three starts in this State - I'll side with him again.

Peter Jacobson to beat Tom Kite -118 @ Centrebet
Finally opposing Kite after backing him in the outrights for so long. He has played in the last six straight Champions Tour events and he is clearly not at the same level of form that he was in the summer. With just one more event to be played after this one, this should be week that he feels the fatigue. But even if not, Jake is still the better player on any given week.
(also available at Five Dimes, Stan James and Expekt)