Matchup Picks - Champions Tour
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FedEx Kinko's
Classic FINAL
RESULT: 1-1-0; +0.00pts
Pooley/Nelson LOST by 1
Bryant/Doyle WON by 14 Was looking good
for a sweep until Nelson stood on the 8th tee on Saturday. In the next
eleven holes, he had eight birdies! He returned to his normal 2005 form
thereafter, but it was enough to give him just enough cushion over
Pooley. Matchup plays (2pts):
Don Pooley to beat Larry Nelson +103 @
Five
Dimes
Have consistently opposed Nelson this year on the basis of the change in
Tour Card policy and have been successful every time. The real test
comes this week as he is the defending champion, but it means that he is
a false favourite. These two have played in five common events this year
and Pooley has won every time with the last three margins of victory
being eight, twelve and seven shots. I'll gladly take these odds on a
false underdog. Bart Bryant to beat Allen Doyle -111 @
Centrebet
and
SuperOdds
A relative youngster against who is well past his prime. Doyle was
always very consistent even when no longer particularly competitive, but
with finishes of 49th, 50th and 35th, plus 23rd in a limited field
event, he is struggling to remain the regular top-20 player that he has
been in recent seasons. That has been the mark reached by Bryant in his
last three starts and was in the top-30 in his other starts this year,
so having finished ahead of Doyle in three of their last four common
events and having finished 37th in the Texas Open on the PGA Tour as
late as last year, I'll side with "youth" over experience in this match. |
