The McGladrey Classic 2012

Agree with English and Harman..Harman 110/1 massive!They both took last week off and are also playing on their home track this week.For me both these guys have great futures ahead and wont get a better chance to get in the mix than playing at home ....Moore proved that two weeks ago..GL to all...

I'm on Brian Gay E/W @ 125/1.

Showed a wee glimmer last week, and is one of the best putters out there, which is what this may well come down to,

Missed cut last year with level par, but I'll forgive him that.

Also think that Jason Day will feature, but I just can't back him at his current price. Too many silly errors.

Good luck with Kirk, mcateer, but I think that his price is just shocking. Not for me.

Michael Thompson, and Martin Flores, two others I think may go well.

yea i think blixt could do it again. but is to short

There are loads of players with various connections to Sea Island - either playing college golf there or living there etc but there was one player I have been waiting to back since June when he made me a considerable sum of money and nearly a small fortune - step forward Michael Thompson. When I was on him for the US Open it was because he loved the Olympic course having finished runner up in the US amateur. Sea Island has similar memories plus he has already been 3rd here last season - driving it in the hazard at the 72nd hole last year cost him a place in the playoff. He was 4th on this course in the SEC Championships in 2007 and has been 1st and 3rd at the Frederica course next door which is very similar and he puts it all down to the fact that the course suits his low ball flight. When the prices came out on Monday I jumped on the 66/1 and 60/1 (even a bit of 80 on Betfair) and sure enough his price has collapsed - proofed at 1 point ew 50/1.
I will stick with Every again this week - he seemed a bit rusty last week after a break. He has shown some of his best form on this type of short coastal exposed track - 8th Harbour Town, 3rd Mayakoba and 6th in the Sony Open this year and three years ago won the Web.com Tour Championship at Daniel Island. He has also played the course in his college days finishing a respectable tied 5th in the 2006 SEC Championship so it won't be totally new to him 0.2 ew 100/1
Last man in for me is a bit left field in the shape of Kevin Kisner who sat alongside Every back in 2006. When he turned pro he lived on Sea Island for the first two years so will know the course very well and finished a respectable 26th last year. Most of his best from is saved for the East coast so the last two missed cuts won't put me off and he tweeted me his game is coming into shape nicely. I have put him in at 0.2 ew 175/1 + 0.2 top 10 14/1 but he is still 200/1 @ Spreadex 

The sensible play is Zach Johnson who has to figure strongly here. I think his price although short is about right in this field.

He will be my main bet along with Ben Curtis and Henrik Stenson. I will be having a few small bets on the likes of Every, Knost, O'hair, Flores, Gay and Knox.

Good luck all.

We all seem to have shortlisted the same group of names; I've taken aboard Stenson 30, Thompson 38 and Knox 90.

some useful info around regarding players who are resident and those that have other links. This makes it very interesting but tricky to bet. But of course can't stop myself so just had
small bet B Davis who played pretty well 2 rnds last yr before W/D (neck injury ?) and who seems to like par 70s. And first time ever have backed De Jonge.

Thought 23 C Knost Top 10 finish looked generous

Great start from Cauley but seems very short to me. Really enjoyed what I saw of Round 1 this is the marquee event of the Fall series, sensational golf course I can see why all the pros live there.

Agree with Rhino. Backed Bud Cauley, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Scott Stallings, Sean O'Hair, Jason Day, Harris English, Blake Adams and Ben Curtis pre-tourney. Taken 3 times stake out of Bud and a bit out of Zach.  5/2 the two coupled seems very short, so I'm laying them both again.  Keeping them both winners, but not for so much.  Good luck with yours.

Laid Jim at 4.4, too short with such a bunched leaderboard and his record of falling over this season.

If 4.4s is short for Furyk, then 11s for a bloke who has never won must be very short too. I like Bud Cauley, but his price at times in the last two weeks has been eye-opening.

He had a great Fall series last year which may explain his prices over this time you speak of.

Think Jason Day is nicely poised to throw a low one in today, and set us up nicely for tomorrow.

Make that 11, not 13 ahead or within a shot. I can count

And Atwal at 17.5. Now I'm done.

DLIII will definitely be in the conversation today.

Cauley still seems short to me, but I'll stop banging that drum. I dont have great faith in Sabba or Crane but I'd rather four times the price for them, just one back of Bud.

The guys at -8 probably need to equal the course record to give themselves a good chance, but seeing as that's been done three times this week already it's not out of the question. With Sunday pins it will be tough though.

DJ Trahan has been rubbish for so long that I'd like to see him get up for a win, but it's hard to go past Jim Furyk at the moment.

Love for me. furyk will bottle this imo. If Love doesnt win, Cauley will

Any chance of Furyk not quite being 100% competive against his wounded Ryder Cup captain playing in his own event?

It would be a great tonic for Love to win this - maybe 'Gentleman Jim' might not quite have the killer instinct he would normally have in such circumstances, maybe missing a slight edge?

I'm not saying he's going to throw it or anything, but if he had to lose a tournament, I don't think losing to Love would hurt quite as much as others he's lost

I'm trying to imagine Europe losing in such circumstances, then Olazabal and Garcia going out in the final group in Olazabal's home event a few weeks later, and Garcia knowing what a win would mean for Olazabal - would Sergio be busting a gut to win?

Just a thought