The Frys.com Open

Horrible event to pick a winner. 3 times at Cordevalle, Mediate won out of nowhere, and the only thing I can find as a trend for Molder and Blixt the last 2 years was being 1st time winners who played well in Vegas the week before. No Vegas beforehand this yesr though, but will back a form runner chasing his first win in Hideki Matsuyama. Taken 26s. Won't be doing much else before the weekend, an event to exercise caution before the field thins in play.

Let's hope that the Californian sun shines this week and we get no weather delays. If Cali and Vegas next week can't get us through without interruption, time to relocate the Tour.

maybe hideki will give ishikawa a frickin injection of life. i cant remember the last time he contended.

he's multi talented tho that ishikawa. having so much spare time on weekends, he can indulge in his other hobby of riding horses at warwick farm to supplement his income. he's so brazen he sometimes even does this on wednesdays

This is the fourth staging of the Frys.com event from the Cordevalle course in California and looking at the three winners there does appear a connection in that they all had some good Californian form although they all came up just shy. Mediate of course had his battle with Tiger in the US Open at Torrey Pines, Molder twice had a chance to win the AT&T at Pebble Beach whilst Blixt lost a good lead in the Soboba Classic on the Web.com tour. This is were I concentrated my efforts but added a few other thoughts as this year instead of being an event where people were making a last chance dash for their cards it is the first event of the new PGA season.
Spencer Levin missed nine months of golf through injury and only came back in July getting eight starts on the Web.com tour before starting this year on a medical extension. He showed in those starts that he still retains his ability with a 2nd, 7th and 10th. Whilst he hasn't won on the main tour he did win three times on the Canadian tour including in California where he was born and raised and still lives. He has nearly won at Pebble Beach before and was 7th here at Cordevalle in 2011 so is very happy on Californian greens 0.3 ew 125/1
Jhonattan Vegas is another player coming back from injury - this time having undergone shoulder surgery in February and he has tweeted that his shoulder has got better every week of his last four events on the Web.com tour. The layers seem to have forgotten that a fit Vegas was 4th at Congressional and 7th at Sawgrass last year. He has a really strong record in California stemming from being a losing semi-finalist in the US Amateur at Olympic to winning the Bob Hope and finishing 3rd at Torrey Pines in 2011. He was 22nd last year having started brilliantly before his shoulder flared up and I have backed him outright 0.25 ew 200/1 and for round one leader 0.1 ew 150/1
Ted Potter is probably an even more surprising pick but he does have something in common with last years winner Jonas Blixt - they have both won the Greenbrier Classic at the Old White course (plus Potter was 6th this year) and lots of other players have done well at both venues. His other best finishes of 2013 were 16th at Pebble Beach and 10th at Torrey Pines and he also won the Soboba Classic in California on the Web.com tour. As a player who can find his form and win from nowhere he is worth supporting at 200/1 - 0.15 ew
Last player in Ben Martin is different from the other picks in that he has no form in California but he is the wrong price in my opinion. In his last eleven starts he has had five top six finishes and two wins and has finally fulfilled the potential he showed as an amateur. John Peterson is all the rage this week after five consecutive top five finishes but Martin can top that with the two wins so why is he double the price. He did play here back in 2011 in his first failed attempt on tour and improved with every round which should bode well for this week 0.3 ew 66/1

Timmy Clark for me.

Kevin Chappell 75
Charlie Beljan 290
Brian Harman 220
Ted Potter Jnr190

Are my hopeful selections.

only just starting

Tommy Gainey is doing my head in.

He has taken 7 putts on the last 3 holes from a combined total of 40 feet

And now he has missed the green with a wedge from the centre of the fairway from 95 feet

How the feck did he get to 2 under in the first place

horschel putting well too


5th Hole
Par 4
454 yards
1. 291yds to Fairway Bunker, 160yds to hole
2. 186yds to Left Rough, 32yds to hole
3. 13yds to Left Fairway, 29yds to hole
4. 27yds to Green, 5ft 5in to hole
5. putt 9ft, 3ft 4in to hole
6. putt 7ft 1in, 3ft 11in to hole
7. Calculating distance

Got a bit greedy on Blixt and will leave it overnihjt. Backed Ishikawa at a nice price I think he looks to me to be a 50/1 shot. That is a bit of value gone under the radar.

Nice start Camillo.....keep it up son

bannahan 10 Oct 13 12:56 
Longuns this week for me.

VILLEGAS
GARRIGUS
CINK
JJ HENRY

Will go in again Sunday.

Good luck all



I make that to be 12:56?

No aftertimeing here "guru"....ALL GREEN.

Well done for having another guess

Fookin clown

Any links for this golf tonight ? Coverage doesn't start until 10pm on Sky

had a lay in the 3 ball market earlier ? v j one . one of the guys pulled out leaving 2 players . does the bet still stand or will betfair void this?

you cant beat handing over notes in the bookies and then collecting.

However, it seems nowadays that they dont want our custom

Garrigues is one of the biggest chokers on tour.

Big lay

i heard you the 1st time.

lay him then.

Hopefully next week is more entertaining than this, boring as batsh1t this is

Garrigus