well i must confess to having backed Dufner. In my defence i did get 33s with ladbrokes yesterday. The guy is too good not to win soon & obviously this course is perfect for him. I would have drawn the line at 28s or lower though!

In addition am on;

Chalmers 80s Another with great course form & solid form this yr.

Stroud 100s - Was on him last week on a course he hadn't played well on in the past & he put in good performance. Here he has played well before and also played well at Sawgrass [another Pete Dye design last yr]

Duke - 175s - Nearly won this a few yrs back when pipped by Watney. Solid this yr & great e/w value.

Every - 66s - Solid as anyone of late & although he has not played here before his ball strking should suit the course and conditions.

On all e/w.

Good luck everyone!

Dufner's much better value for 1st round leader - 40/1 ladbrokes

Also on outright:
Howell III 40/1
Overton 70/1
Duke 175/1
McNeill 100/1

gone for

main bets
john senden 60
ryan palmer 140
scott piercy 120

also backed
ben crane 70
chris couch 450
john rollins 110
bruce molde 85

cover bet keegan bradley

Petterson had his arm cut off?...in form and now 42s,bit surprised at his drift..

And Joey McLister in for Neal Lancaster in a real bombshell.

Ok, I may have overstated that

added harry english as my selection

gl all

ericthecat • April 25, 2012 9:59 AM BST
Added some long shots to my team, really starting to get into this event, don't know why?


Like everyone else...to win some dosh

I find that Donald tends to do the business when you least expect him to.

Yeah good luck indeed.

Q I have added Daly @ 510s seems a huge price for somebody who has shown some form lately

also watney team of 17 now

that should have said 520s but who is bothered

watney @ 40s

Can't say I've ever seen a 1000 shot come in on the golf but it's going to happen eventually!

There are some very strange prices about this week where some are very short due to good course form whilst others who also have shown a liking for TPC Louisiana are big prices. Jason Dufner seems remarkably short for someone who has yet to win and has often shown a real problem over the weekend getting the job done. I will admit my first pick Charles Howell III has often been guilty of not crossing the winning line more often than he should but at least he has done it twice. He is on record as saying he loves this event and has always supported it as he was given a sponsors exemption when he first came on tour. He was 7th, 5th and 2nd at the old venue English Turn and has also shown a liking for the new venue - 2nd in 09 and 4th heading into the final round last year.mainly due to some really good putting (something he usually has a problem with). He comes into this week in really solid form this year and at an event he really wants to win and has shown he can play then despite reservations he has to be backed - 0.4 ew 50/1
I really don't get the price of George McNeill this week - we were on him at 55/1 when he won a weaker event in Puerto Rico - an event in which he was 5th last year so why on earth is he 125/1 in an event he was 6th last year? He was also 2nd twice last year and that just about sums it up - I just don't understand the price!! 0.5 ew 125/1
John Rollins has three PGA titles to his name but he has always struggled to cross the winning line here in Louisiana - in 02 he was 2nd heading into Sunday and finished 16th (different course) and in 09 and 11 here he was 3rd entering the final round - indeed he could be a good player to back and lay. He has been in pretty good form this season and his stats have been very good for a while - maybe he can take a leaf out of Ben Curtis' book and cross the winning line for the first time in a while.0.25 ew 100/1

@ TMM - McNeill, like Wagner and Mark Wilson, is under-rated by the punters. He has a couple of wins up his sleeve, but still there's no love.

You would be surprised at how often a player hits 1000 and wins or goes close.

Huh last week is a perfect example. He didnt win but traded sub 3. Estes was certainly a big price and went low on sunday.

Other winners off the top of my head are Rory at Quail Hollow, Petterson in Canada. I remember backing stallings at 500 during the final round when he won. Sneedeker this year would be another.

Bateman must have been perilously close when he won.

Lowry is the only one I can definitely say I've seen win at 1000-1 before the off.

Jeppe Huldahl in europe a few years ago was another

I've got a feeling Mikko Ilonen won or came very close to winning after being 1000 early on day 1 about 3 years ago.

Good luck with Bubba Shaky. It seems to take a while for newly-crowned major champions to get back on track (thinking G-Mac, Oosty and Charl), but Bubba might buck the trend on a course he likes.

Forgot Tim Herron, Alex Cejka and Chris Kirk.  Only one short, not four.