Outright Picks - Champions Tour
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Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
FINAL RESULT: 1-2; +0.00pts
McNulty 6th
Levi 3rd
Pooley 23rd What a disappointing return! Levi was three clear towards
the end of the 2nd round and even though he closed with two bogeys, he
was again three clear after four holes of the final round. The gap may
then have closed, but during the final nine holes, the leaderboard read
Levi 1st and McNulty 2nd ... surely this was to be the breakthrough week
on the 2004 Champions Tour! No, Levi was 2-over-par and McNulty
3-over-par for the final four holes and the result was not even a profit
on these outright plays. A disappointing return, indeed! Outright plays
(total stake per play: 2pts) Mark McNulty to win 16/1 e.w. @
Stan James
Jay Haas' entry has pushed up everyone else's odds and that they do
appear to be more motivated to win on this Tour than the Ryder Cup
player. One such player is McNulty who has yet to win this year after
winning the last two events of the 2004 schedule, but he has been 2nd,
2nd and 8th in his last three starts, the latter two on courses on which
he struggled last year. He also struggled to 26th last year, but he was
in a poor run of form at the time and so that can be discounted, which
makes 16/1 good value. Wayne Levi to win 20/1 e.w. @
BetInternet and
William Hill
No discounting Levi's performance last year as he finished in the top-10
and that is something that he has done regularly this season. In six
starts in 2005, he has finished inside the top-7 five times and 14th on
the other occasion. And having been a wire-to-wire winner only last
October, there is good reason to think that he is capable of the same
this week. Don Pooley to win 33/1 e.w. @
BetInternet
Similar story here just without the recent wire-to-wire win, though he
did win the U.S. Senior Open in 2002 and looked like he could add the
Senior British Open to his collection of majors last year. After an
opening 17th place finish in Hawaii, Pooley has finished in the top-10
in four of five starts and finished 12th on the other occasion. Add in
the fact that he finished 4th last year and that he failed to finish in
the top-10 in five events either before or after last year's tournament,
he clearly has the game for this course and is playing well enough to
finish very highly again. |