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Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
FINAL RESULT: 1-2; +3.75pts
Campbell 45th
Maruyama 2nd
Hart 17th
Good performance from Maruyama, but the only time that Choi looked as though he
might wilt on Sunday, he holed form out of the bunker! Small profit on the event
with Hart never really doing enough all week to convert his top-20 position into
a payout place.
Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts) Chad Campbell to win 33/1
e.w. @
BetInternet
Avoiding anyone who played in last week's President's Cup as team matchplay
events can be rather draining and also avoiding anyone making their course
debut, so that leaves Campbell at rather generous odds. He finished 3rd in his
previous appearance in 2002 and while his form this season has been patchy, he
did shoot 65-65-68 over the last three rounds to recover from a very poor
opening and finish in the top-20 last week. Shigeki Maruyama to win 40/1
e.w. available generally
A similar story in terms of form with Maruyama, for whom finishes of 28th and
26th in the last two weeks can best be described as a sign of an improvement in
his form. If his form is returning, this should be a very good week for the
Japanese player. He finished 8th on his debut in 2000, won two attempts later in
2003 and finished 19th as defending champion last year. Dudley Hart to
finish in the top-five 25/1 @
Centrebet
Hart is another with good course form: apart from finishes of 3rd and 4th in
1999-2000, he has finished in the top-30 in six of seven visits to Forest Oaks.
So with finishes of 5th, 10th, 36th, withdrawal when 27th (back spasms) and
17th, he is clearly showing enough form to be competitive on this course and
against this field. Odds of 100/1 to win are available, but it has been five
years since his last win, so the place-only terms are preferred. | 
