travelers chapionship

i tend to stay away from players who have been battling it out for a major the week after,they tend not to be ready

Forgot to post last weeks picks as was on hols - hopefully some of you followed the blog!

Matt Every 0.6 ew 80/1
Andres Romero 0.4 ew 70/1 (66/1 OK)
JJ Henry 0.3 ew 125/1

gone for the following
main 3 fancys
john rollins 90
harry english 65
bruce molder 65
also smaller bets on these
kyle stanley 100
brendon de jonge 90
tommy gainey 170

gl all

Outsider to begin with...Ryuji Imada @877 average...

had a few quid early doors with bubba watson and webb simpson.i'd be happy to discount harrington this week

I must admit I have been a little bit stumped by the withdrawals of Every and Romero as they were my main bets of the week but if they are injured I would rather they withdrew before the off! I have a theory about the Travelers Championship that revolves around amateur players and players turning pro. The event gives out invites to top amateur players and it is quite interesting to se what happens to them. Cink made his pro debut here in 1995 and has won the event twice. Hunter Mahan first played here as an amateur missing the cut in 2000 and won seven years later and been second twice as well. JJ Henry also played as an amateur in 1998 and won eight years later as a professional. Michael Putnam was 4th in his first pro start back in 2005, Michael Thompson played well as an amateur and then last year was 4th whilst Patrick Cantlay played superby last year shooting a 60 and turns pro this week.
This was why I was keen on Matt Every this week - as he follows a similar pattern and has been in such good form this year. I really couldn't put anyone off backing Cantlay this week as he seems a huge talent or indeed top amateur Patrick Rodgers - maybe I will add them in running. Anyway all this waffling leads me onto Brian Harman who made the cut here as a 17 year old amateur eight years ago and impressively he was 1st for Driving Accuracy and 12th for GIR - only his putting let him down. He was impressive in the early part of the season and his 61 at PGA National remains one of the rounds of the year. Lately he has been disappointing and has been annoyed with himself but he has been tweeting that his game is coming around and qualified really well for the US Open. He only missed the cut by one last week and I have a feeling he maybe this weeks Michael Thompson! 0.1 ew 400/1 0.2 Top 10 33/1 & 0.1 ew Rd 1 leader 250/1.
I have also gone for JJ Henry to repeat his winning performance from 2006 as he always plays well in the state of his birth. He also nearly won last month in his adpoted state of Texas when 3rd in the Byron Nelson - he clearly likes playing in familiar surroundings. That 3rd was apparently largely down to having Mark Brooks as a caddie at Sawgrass who convinced JJ he has been underachieving on tour and I can see him putting in some strong finishes so he can repeat his Ryder Cup appearance from 2006. J Henry 0.3 ew 125/1 + 0.1 ew Rd 1 leader 100/1

tmm ,i fancied Matt Every this week aswell. If my memory is correct he pulled out of the St Jude Classic the week before the US Open aswell, because i had a bet returned on him. My guess is he has an injury, think i will wait until he has played a couple of tournaments before i look at him again.

Blake Adams
Robert Karlsson
Ryan Moore
Ian Poulter
Aaron Baddeley.

Good luck.

Freddie Jacobson for me, back to back

Last week was a huge week for him, so in many ways it's no surprise.

Webb seemed to handle it a lot better - you get the impression not much fazes him.

Vijay was ~100s before the off, and after shooting +1 he's layable at 130s? Seems generous. A host of players including Wagner and Streely were around the same price before play, shot under par and are now longer than Vijay... Sometimes the market is strange

Well said alf

Will there be anymore play tonight??

Padraig on fire...

Brian Davis on course for 59

I would if I backed him Rob, don't have a financial interest in this one.

I stopped watching when Davis was -6 thru 8. Doesn't look like I missed much after that

Still looks like it's anyone's to win. Davis and Thatcher both winless so far in their careers, and with seventeen other guys within five shots there will be plenty waiting in the wings if the leaders stumble even slightly.

One bet for me going into the final round and i'm having a massive lay against Davis...OK he is joint leader ..but 4.5 on guy that has never won on the PGA tour...on a track when 3 shots can change on a few holes...No thanks..He is not hi up on the bottle front..his record going into final rounds in the mix is woeful..gl to all.

-14 looks a probable winning score to me.

Best score this week has been 62 (-8) so -6 and better may think they have a chance but i personally think the winner will come from the last 2 groups.

Players in with a chance for me are;

John Rollins -10
James Driscoll -10 (and my idea of the winner)
Fredrik Jacobson -9
Blake Adams -7
Kevin Streelman -6
Tommy Gainley -6

sorry hatrick of bogeys +3 on his round.

leishman in the lead!