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BellSouth Senior Classic
Course:
Springhouse Golf Club, Nashville, Tennessee
Yardage: 6783
Par: 72 (four
par-fives)
USGA Rating: 74.0
Greens: Bermudagrass - 6,500
sq.ft (Tour average: 6,000 sq.ft)
GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet
Weather
Forecast
Best Players Last 10 Years Past Winners:
2001 - Sammy Rachels
2000 - Hale Irwin
1999 - Bruce Fleisher
1998 - Isao Aoki
1997 - Gil Morgan
1996 - Isao Aoki
1995 - Jim Dent
1994 - Lee Trevino
Outright plays (2 units): Jim Thorpe to win
16/1 e.w. @ Surrey
Decent course form spoiled by a poor finish last year, but that was after
leading the Senior PGA Championship the week beforehand for the whole week until
losing out to Tom Watson down the stretch. Last week he finished 4th, but did so
with a strong final round and was without any of the pressures of the previous
year. He has been in great form since winning the Tradition two months ago and
so long as there is not a post-major reaction, he should feature on the
leaderboard once again. Gil Morgan to win 20/1 e.w. @ William
Hill or Centrebet
Finished 6th last week and five shots behind Fuzzy Zoeller, yet he opened his
tournament with a 76. Great golf for three days and with an excellent record on
this course - he has finished in the top-5 on all five occasions - he should be
at lower odds than 20/1.
Dana Quigley to win 22/1 e.w. @ William
Hill
Four top-10 finishes in his four starts at Springhouse is supportive for the
Tour's "Iron Man", but for someone with that title, they should be expected to
not suffer any post-major reactions. That is certainly the case. His finishes in
events following majors since the start of 2000 read: 2nd, 9th, 3rd, 15th, 16th,
7th, 3rd, 1st, 2nd. Returned to form with a top-10 finish last week and looks
set to take advantage of other people's let-down this week.
Final update: 2-1; +27.50 units Thorpe 11th
Morgan 1st
Quigley 2nd Definitely the event of the week for betting
purposes! All three were in contention throughout the week and very satisfying
to get two of them in the money and one where it counts 
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