PGA Tour - Northern Trust Open
I have been patiently waiting for the return of Adam Scott and he is my selection for the Northern Trust Open this week at Riviera Country Club. You may remember I also put him forward as my ANTEPOST selection for the 2012 Masters.
It is Scott’s seasonal reappearance on the PGA Tour and I’m hoping he isn’t too rusty this week to mount a challenge. Scott has great course form, being a winner in 2005 and a runner up in 2006. Many people will point out the fact that his win came over 37 holes as the tournament had to be suspended because of rain, but a wins a win!
I am expecting a big year from Scott, he has just come off his best season on the PGA Tour since 2006 and I fully expect him to challenge week in week out now that he has his putting sorted out!
When looking through the various markets offered by the bookies this week I noticed what I hope to be a bit of value. Kevin Na has finished T-5 in his last two events and had a 3rd place finish in this event last year. Na likes to throw in the occasional crazy hole, but overall is pretty consistent and I think the 4/1 on offer from BetVictor to finish in the Top 10 could be a decent cover bet. He is 40/1 with BetVictor to win the tournament outright.
My Selections in the Northern Trust Open are –
Adam Scott @30/1 each way with BET365 (Pays 5 places)
Kevin Na @ 4/1 with BETVICTOR for a Top 10 finish.
European Tour – Avantha Masters
My selection is slightly tentative one this week in India with a lot of unknown quantities.
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet has had a couple of good weeks in the ‘Desert Swing’ with a 12th place finish in Abu Dhabi and a 5th place finish in Qatar. However he did miss the cut last week in Dubai. This could be a good year for the French man with notable improvement in his Putts per green and Greens in Regulation stats. His 36th place finish last year doesn’t look great but his 3rd round 66 was the second lowest round of the week so he does know how to go low around DFL Golf and Country Club. If he could get his putter flowing like he did in the Final Round at Qatar he could be decent each way value in what is a pretty weak field in comparison to his opposition in recent weeks.
My Selection in the Avantha Masters is - Jean- Baptiste Gonnet @ 33/1 with Betfred (Pays 5 places, ¼ odds)
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