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0-3; -3.00pts
Outright plays (total stake per play: 1pt)
Stewart Cink to win 20/1 e.w. @
BetInternet
and
Boyle Sports
[6 places] 75th
A quick look at the last three years shows that the winner of the event
immediately following the U.S. Open had been 57th (2006), mc (2005) and mc
(2004) in the U.S. Open. The strain of being in contention for your home Open,
particularly as it is the most difficult test in golf, should be an impediment
to winning the following week. If that repeats itself this year, these selections should have a
very good chance. Cink missed the cut last week, but his form had been good
enough to earn him three top-5 finishes in his previous five starts. And now he
returns to a course on which, not only did he finish in the top-5 last year, but
he was also a winner in 1997 and runner-up the following year. With Mickelson
now withdrawn from this event, he is the only one of the leading players to have
been rested at the weekend and that should greatly improve his chances of
victory this week.
Kenny Perry to win 50/1 e.w. @
Boyle Sports
[6 places] 15th
Perry didn't play last week and so should be even better prepared for this event
... and he certainly is physically, having lost 20 pounds in the last six
months. Now, with a new belly putter and a swing tip that transformed his game
at the Memorial (he finished 3rd, having been 41st at the cut), he looks a
potential winner again. Given this week's schedule placing after the U.S. Open
and his past achievements of six top-10 finishes on this course (including three
in the last five years), his chances of victory are much better than 50/1.
Woody Austin to win 50/1 e.w. available generally
43rd
It was disappointing to see the selection, David Toms, fail to win the St Jude
Championship two weeks ago, but Austin was in awesome form in the final round.
He shot 62 that day to canter to a five-shot victory. After that performance,
described by his caddy as "the most impressive round of golf I've ever seen,
I've never seen anybody in my life hit it like that", his missed cut last week
is to be expected and is surely a blessing in disguise for this event. He will
really feel that he has a good chance of winning here having played like that
and especially after his performances on this course in the last three years:
1st, 9th and 5th. By any combination of current and course form, he has to be
value at these odds.
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