Weir and Allenby to shine
July 2nd 2008 08:04
Here’s a theme. Someone who tied for 18th at the US Open will win Tiger Wood's tournament at Congressional this week.
Woods, who hosts the tournament, can't be there because his knee surgery won't let him travel. In his absence, some of those not far behind him at Torrey Pines have a chance to win, particularly those who were tied for 18th!
Mike Weir was tied for eighth here last year and he’s in top form, coming off a tie for 18th at the US Open and before that a tie for second at the Memorial tournament.
And Weir’s game is in much better shape than this time last year so there’s no reason he can’t improve on last year’s placing.
And what I like about Weir is that he plays well on traditional, major championship-style courses. Congressional hasn’t hosted a major for a while but it’s the kind of old-fashioned course that will suit Weir.
In the same boat is Robert Allenby. Regular readers of this blog will know I’ve been waiting for Allenby to win for weeks.
Like Weir he was tied for 18th at the US Open and was sixth here last year. He’s got his game in such good order he should contend every week and he’ll be there again this week.
The in-form guy is Hunter Mahan. Guess what? He was tied for 18th at the US Open and was second last week at The Traveler’s Championship and finished top-10 here last year when in a similar vein of form.
How about Rocco Mediate? Yeah, the guy who lost to Tiger at the US Open. He amazingly came out that performance and all the media attention with his focus intact enough to finish tied for 28th last week and he’s another guy who will like the old-style layout at Congressional. He could surprise again.
My fifth pick is a real toss-up between Pat Perez and Jeff Quinney but I’m going for Perez. He was third here last year and his form lately has been OK. He’s a good, solid player and can win here.
In Europe, it’s hard to get a bead on who might play well at the European Championship because it’s being played at the London Club. It’s the first time the course has seen a European Tour event and therefore there’s no form-line here.
So I’m going with form and class.
The form guys are: Richard Green, the left-handed Aussie is in great shape, Franceso Molinari, the Italian who has been on the fringe of a win lately and young Englishman Oliver Fisher. The class is deep but I’m with the revirtalised Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia.
Good luck.
Woods, who hosts the tournament, can't be there because his knee surgery won't let him travel. In his absence, some of those not far behind him at Torrey Pines have a chance to win, particularly those who were tied for 18th!
Mike Weir was tied for eighth here last year and he’s in top form, coming off a tie for 18th at the US Open and before that a tie for second at the Memorial tournament.
And Weir’s game is in much better shape than this time last year so there’s no reason he can’t improve on last year’s placing.
And what I like about Weir is that he plays well on traditional, major championship-style courses. Congressional hasn’t hosted a major for a while but it’s the kind of old-fashioned course that will suit Weir.
In the same boat is Robert Allenby. Regular readers of this blog will know I’ve been waiting for Allenby to win for weeks.
Like Weir he was tied for 18th at the US Open and was sixth here last year. He’s got his game in such good order he should contend every week and he’ll be there again this week.
The in-form guy is Hunter Mahan. Guess what? He was tied for 18th at the US Open and was second last week at The Traveler’s Championship and finished top-10 here last year when in a similar vein of form.
How about Rocco Mediate? Yeah, the guy who lost to Tiger at the US Open. He amazingly came out that performance and all the media attention with his focus intact enough to finish tied for 28th last week and he’s another guy who will like the old-style layout at Congressional. He could surprise again.
My fifth pick is a real toss-up between Pat Perez and Jeff Quinney but I’m going for Perez. He was third here last year and his form lately has been OK. He’s a good, solid player and can win here.
In Europe, it’s hard to get a bead on who might play well at the European Championship because it’s being played at the London Club. It’s the first time the course has seen a European Tour event and therefore there’s no form-line here.
So I’m going with form and class.
The form guys are: Richard Green, the left-handed Aussie is in great shape, Franceso Molinari, the Italian who has been on the fringe of a win lately and young Englishman Oliver Fisher. The class is deep but I’m with the revirtalised Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia.
Good luck.
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