PGA Tour - Transitions Championship
This week the PGA Tour travels to the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook Resort, Copperhead in Florida. The defending champ this week is Gary Woodland.
Charl Schwartzel is in great form at the moment and has notched up Top 5’s in each of the last two weeks and I fully expect him to be thereabouts come Sunday evening. It might sound silly saying this but I don’t think he’s even hitting the ball as flush as he can. Schwartzels success in the past couple of weeks is mainly down to his short game; he’s comfortably inside the Top 10 for strokes gained by putting and is 1st in Scrambling. That said, his ball striking is nearly there and this is the week that he might put it altogether and beat a solid field which includes the World Number 2 Luke Donald.
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At bigger prices I expect Paul Casey (80/1 Outright) to continue to play his way back from injury and put a few solid rounds together. I don’t think he will win the tournament but the 10/1 offered by ToteSport on a Top 10 finish sounds tasty. Casey had a great finish to last season and probably had big plans for 2012 before he injured himself whilst on holiday. He started this tournament last year with a 64 before finishing in T-37th and will be hoping to get another few solid rounds under his belt before the Masters.
One of the more comical moments from last week was when Casey’s caddy thought he had just won a share of a car after Casey got a hole in one. Craig Connelly (his caddy) and Casey apparently agreed that they would split the prize if Casey succeeded with his 8 iron at the Par 3, Casey duly delivered, but after comedy scenes from Connelly he was told that there was no prize for a hole in one at that hole!
The European Tour - Open De Andalucía
The European Tour is in Spain this week for the Andalucía Masters. Rafael Cabrera Bello is a strong young player whose career is blossoming this year. He had an impressive win in a strong field in Dubai earlier in the year at the Desert Classic when he beat a deep field which included the new world number 1 Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, among others.
Rafael was maybe out of his depth a little in the World Golf Championships in Arizona and at Doral these past few weeks but he’s now back in familiar territory this week where he finished T11 last year and with a weaker field than usual at this event I fancy him to give us a run for our money at 40/1. A saver bet would be to back him to finish Top 10 at 9/2.
PGA Tour - Transitions Championship
Charl Schwartzel 16/1 each way with Bet365 (5 places 1/4 odds)
Paul Casey 10/1 with ToteSport for a Top 10 finish
The European Tour - Open De Andalucía
Rafael Cabrera Bello 40/1 each way with BetFred (5 places 1/4 odds)
Rafael Cabrera Bello 9/2 Top 10 finish with ToteSport
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