Commerce Bank Championship

FINAL RESULT: 2-0; +4.00pts

Hatalsky/Pooley WON by 4
Stadler/Pate WON by 7

Two comfortable wins to bring the event into profit.

Matchup plays (2pts):

Morris Hatalsky to beat Don Pooley -114 @ Expekt
Easy to side with a player who has finished outside the top-20 just once just January (11 events). Pooley may have reached the playoff last week, but it was the only time that he has not finished behind Hatalsky since March. And having finished 22 places behind Hatalsky on this course last year, I can't see him denying him the win two weeks in a row.

Craig Stadler to beat Jerry Pate -118 @ Centrebet
Pate may have shown some form recently, but it shouldn't prevail against Stadler's class. Pate prevailed last week by just a single shot and that was after Stadler had not played a competitive round of golf for a month since pulling a muscle after an abrupt sneeze in the Senior PGA Championship. Those are the only two occasions since February that Stadler has failed to finish ahead of Pate, so with the rustiness gone from his game, he should be much more competitive this week.