Tipster: Stanley

SBC Classic

Matchup plays (2pts unless stated):

Mark McCumber to beat Andy Bean -140 @ Five Dimes
Bean hung on for a 7th place finish last week, but given that it was only his 2nd top-10 finish in his Champions Tour career (20 starts), he is not likely to repeat the feat this week. McCumber has finished in the top-25 in each of toe last two seasons here and leads Bean 9-2-1 h2h during his Champions Tour career.

Peter Jacobsen to beat Hale Irwin -127 @ Five Dimes
With a best finish of 7th in four starts this year, it may well be that age is finally catching up with Irwin. But with a relatively poor record on this course anyway, he is worth opposing and there will be few better players to back than Jacobsen this week.

Jim Thorpe to beat Bruce Lietzke -115 @ Five Dimes [4pts]
Since winning the U.S. Senior Open last June, Lietzke's form has been woeful. That may have been due to a recurrence of his elbow tendonitis earlier in the season, but he is currently recovering from a shoulder injury. But even if he were fit this week, his course form so poor that Lietzke is definitely one to oppose. All the better that his opponent finished 5th last year and has finished in the top-10 in three of four starts this year.

Final update: 1-1-0; -0.80pts

McCumber/Bean LOST by 4
Jacobsen/Irwin WON by 3

Small loss on the matchups with the largest play void as Thorpe didn't start the event. Lietzke finished down in 33rd position and should have been an easy opponent.