Westwood Ho
August 5th 2008 07:52
I’ll get to the PGA Championship in a minute but first a quick review of last week.
At the WGC tournament at Firestone, my best result was courtesy of Chad Campbell who was just outside a top 10 dominated by major-class players. At Reno-Tahoe, Eric Axley cruised into a share of fourth which was a good return as he was at 50-1 pre-tournament.
Of course, there was Michelle Wie, who selfishly proved what a disaster she is when she lines up in these men’s tournaments, crashing and burning disastrously, shooting a quintuple-bogey 9 on one hole on her way to missing the cut. Please let this be the last time she enters a men’s tournament otherwise I’ll be tearing my hair out.
Anyway, on to the PGA Championship. Most people would have Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh as their two best picks but both those guys are off my list: Phil because his putting is just not up to scratch at the moment while I don’t think Vijay can win two weeks in a row given how long it’s been between drinks for the big fella.
I’m going for a range of players at various odds. I really Lee Westwood at about 25-1. He’s featured in all the recent big tournaments with his US Open performance, where he was third, and Bridgestone last week, second, are pointers to what he can do here.
He’s got a major-style game.
Another guy zomming back to his best form is Retief Goosen. He’s been battling along just below the surface in recent weeks, apparently taking his time to adjust to laser surgery on his eyes. But he was hot last week and everyone knows what he can do in majors.
At longer odds, Hunter Mahan has been playing well at this level for the past year following his breakthrough PGA Tour win about 14 months ago.
Now, a guy I really like at reasonable odds is Miguel Angel Jiminez. He was eighth at the Masters, sixth at the US Open and was 10th last week. He’ll never have a better chance to win a major.
And at long odds, take a look at DJ Trahan. Here’s a guy who popped into prominence with his top-10 finish at the US Open and last week was rock-steady on his way to a tie for eighth, just behind all the guys who are favoured to win in Detroit. At odds of more than 100-1, he’s worth an each way bet.
At the WGC tournament at Firestone, my best result was courtesy of Chad Campbell who was just outside a top 10 dominated by major-class players. At Reno-Tahoe, Eric Axley cruised into a share of fourth which was a good return as he was at 50-1 pre-tournament.
Of course, there was Michelle Wie, who selfishly proved what a disaster she is when she lines up in these men’s tournaments, crashing and burning disastrously, shooting a quintuple-bogey 9 on one hole on her way to missing the cut. Please let this be the last time she enters a men’s tournament otherwise I’ll be tearing my hair out.
Anyway, on to the PGA Championship. Most people would have Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh as their two best picks but both those guys are off my list: Phil because his putting is just not up to scratch at the moment while I don’t think Vijay can win two weeks in a row given how long it’s been between drinks for the big fella.
I’m going for a range of players at various odds. I really Lee Westwood at about 25-1. He’s featured in all the recent big tournaments with his US Open performance, where he was third, and Bridgestone last week, second, are pointers to what he can do here.
He’s got a major-style game.
Another guy zomming back to his best form is Retief Goosen. He’s been battling along just below the surface in recent weeks, apparently taking his time to adjust to laser surgery on his eyes. But he was hot last week and everyone knows what he can do in majors.
At longer odds, Hunter Mahan has been playing well at this level for the past year following his breakthrough PGA Tour win about 14 months ago.
Now, a guy I really like at reasonable odds is Miguel Angel Jiminez. He was eighth at the Masters, sixth at the US Open and was 10th last week. He’ll never have a better chance to win a major.
And at long odds, take a look at DJ Trahan. Here’s a guy who popped into prominence with his top-10 finish at the US Open and last week was rock-steady on his way to a tie for eighth, just behind all the guys who are favoured to win in Detroit. At odds of more than 100-1, he’s worth an each way bet.
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