Matchup Picks - LPGA Tour
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State Farm Classic
FINAL RESULT: 2-1-0; +3.00pts
Kim/Hart WON by 11
Kerr/Pettersen WON by 10
Park/Pettersen LOST by 7
Managed to offset some poor outright plays with the matchups again on
this Tour. The two winning selections dominated this event, so good to
win something with them this week.
72-hole plays (1.5pts unless stated):
Christina Kim to beat Marcy Hart -114 @
Expekt
Siding with the player who has a 8-3-1 h2h lead in 2004. Both has shown
good form recently with top-10 finishes last week, but Hart has a best
finish of 60th in three attempts around The Rail course. Admittedly, Kim
did miss the cut last year but it was her debut on the course and she
was in poor form at the time. It is much more serious to repeatedly
struggle on this course, so Kim should extend her head-to-head lead this
week.
Cristie Kerr to beat Suzann Pettersen -111 @
Stan James
[3pts]
Kerr may have missed the cut in her last two events, but it was because
of some poor putting rather than a weak overall game. She hit 67% of
greens in both the Wachovia LPGA Championship and the Wendy's
Championship for Children and a cold putter is much easier to turn
around than swing faults, particularly for a player who has won twice
this year already. Top-25 finishes in each of her last five visits also
suggest that Kerr should be back on the leaderboards this week and if
so, she is a different class of player to Pettersen.
Gloria Park to beat
Suzann Pettersen +115 @
Five
Dimes
Just don't see why Park is such a large underdog. In their last eleven
common starts, she holds a 8-2-1 h2h lead over the Norwegian - and 3-0-1
in their last four meetings - and finished 26 places ahead of her last
year. The consistent Park hasn't finished outside the top-40 in any of
her last 15 starts; in Pettersen's last 15 starts, she has missed the
cut on six occasions.
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