Sell Stephen Ames / Jim Furyk at -0.55 with Sporting Index using their "My Matchmakers" facility. M/U 0, Profit -0.27 pts

With a great run of form through the middle part of '04, Ames has finally played himself into the WGC events and tees up this week at Firestone against a player with a course record of 10/4/2/6. Strangely though, Sporting make Ames the slight favourite which is no doubt based on Furyk being injured earlier in the year and of course Ames being top 10 at Whistling Straits. Ames though had chances to win on Sunday and fell away poorly. That may play on his mind and it may be worth siding with the proven course specialist in this match up.

Finishing Positions (0.5 pts per bet)

**Note: Cantor are offering FP bets based on the usual scoring system of a 50 Maximum. Sporting and Spreadex are offering their prices based on the full field of 77 players

Buy Chad Campbell at 31 with Sporting Index M/U 69.5, Profit 19.25 pts

As low as 29 with a 50 ceiling at Cantor, the extra 2 points are worth the risk as Campbell has done nothing much of note recently and it is not impossible that he could finish outside the Top 50 this week. Three missed cuts in his last six events with a 19th at the International his best showing suggests 31 is low.

Buy Adam Scott at 28 with Spreadex M/U 56, Profit 14 pts

Scott shot 80 here last year after an indifferent start in his only NEC so far. Looking at his overall annual record he seems to either produce Top 10's or fall away cheaply. In 16 strokeplay events this year, he has 8 Top 12's, 5 missed cuts and the other 3 finishes were 35, 32 and 42. Not one place in 16 attempts between 12th and 34th. This may just be a trick of the numbers but certainly suggests he is a good FP buy if not up with the pace going into the latter stages.

Buy Sergio Garcia at 29 with Sporting Index M/U 17, Profit -6 pts

Garcia has won twice this year but otherwise it has been a disappointing year where he has been very poor in the bigger events. Finishes of 4/20/cut/cut in the majors, 53rd at Sawgrass and a 1st Round exit at the Matchplay are a poor return compared to his record in week-to-week events. At 29 in a big field with the potential M/U being 25+ places above 50, we have a bit of value.

Buy Stephen Ames FP at 29 with Spreadex M/U 24, Profit -2.5 pts

In his last 15 events, Ames has placed Top 15 ten times and missed the other 5 cuts. It's a record similar to Scott's and we are betting to numbers here with the hope that if its a poor week which seems to happen 33% of the time it will give us a large profit.