FedEx Kinko's Classic

FINAL RESULT: 1-1-0; +0.00pts

Pooley/Nelson LOST by 1
Bryant/Doyle WON by 14

Was looking good for a sweep until Nelson stood on the 8th tee on Saturday. In the next eleven holes, he had eight birdies! He returned to his normal 2005 form thereafter, but it was enough to give him just enough cushion over Pooley.

Matchup plays (2pts):

Don Pooley to beat Larry Nelson +103 @ Five Dimes
Have consistently opposed Nelson this year on the basis of the change in Tour Card policy and have been successful every time. The real test comes this week as he is the defending champion, but it means that he is a false favourite. These two have played in five common events this year and Pooley has won every time with the last three margins of victory being eight, twelve and seven shots. I'll gladly take these odds on a false underdog.

Bart Bryant to beat Allen Doyle -111 @ Centrebet and SuperOdds
A relative youngster against who is well past his prime. Doyle was always very consistent even when no longer particularly competitive, but with finishes of 49th, 50th and 35th, plus 23rd in a limited field event, he is struggling to remain the regular top-20 player that he has been in recent seasons. That has been the mark reached by Bryant in his last three starts and was in the top-30 in his other starts this year, so having finished ahead of Doyle in three of their last four common events and having finished 37th in the Texas Open on the PGA Tour as late as last year, I'll side with "youth" over experience in this match.